Hello again everybody! Once again, thanks so much for reading, and you will all be getting virtual cookies! And apple turnovers! If you don't like apple turnovers, then what's wrong with you!

Okay, so the second chapter is up. I know the first chapter was mediocre, so hopefully this one will be better than the first. Remember constructive criticism and ideas for the next chapter are EXTREMELY welcome!

Oh, and by the way, some of this story was inspired by my friend Nikki! Thanks again Nikki!

You see, I do listen to your ideas!

Enjoy!

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"You." His voice brought her out of her dreamy thoughts and back into the real world. "I want to ask you something."

Sakura stared up in shock. Oh God, could this be it? Was Sasuke finally going to ask her to the dance? Ino had been saying for some time that she would set her up with him. Maybe this was it!

"Sakura, right?"

"Yes! What is it that you wanted to ask?" Sakura was looking up at Sasuke like a little kid waiting for candy.

"Why do you have my shuriken?"

The over-eager smile on Sakura's face disappeared instantly, and turned into an expression of apology.

"Oh! THAT! Right! I'm sorry Sasuke-kun, after you went into school you must have dropped it in the huge tussle, and I didn't want you to lose it, so I picked it up! I was going to give it to you the next time I saw you, so, here you go!"

Sakura held out the Shuriken towards Sasuke. Sasuke took it and put it into his bag, but he didn't leave as Sakura had expected. What did he want?

"Ohh, and Sasuke-kun, please don't believe those girls and what they said! They were all lying! I didn't intend to steal your shuriken!"

"hn."

"And I wasn't going to do a foreign voodoo with it! I'm not even foreign!"

"hn."

"Well, actually I think my great grandfather was German, but both my parents aren't! And if I was German, then I would probably be able to speak it, and I can't ! I can't even pronounce it, especially the ch in nach , I sound like a dead car, I just go cccchhhhuuugggghhhhhh, see!"

Sasuke was smirking by then, but his smirk was a little more smiley. Still a smirk nevertheless, but almost as if he was laughing.

The school bell suddenly went, signaling the end of lunch. Sasuke resumed his default, slightly annoyed expression. He simply nodded at Sakura and said "Thanks for returning my shuriken" and then walked towards the building.

Sakura blinked. That was odd. And also rude! Almost like he took pleasure in watching her squirm in front of him! Oh god, had she just said "cccchhhhuuugggghhhhhh" right to his face! How embarrassing! Sakura rolled up into a ball with embarrassment.

The next lesson just happened to be Shuriken training. Sakura went and stood next to her team members, who consisted of Uzumaki Naruto and Rock Lee.

Sakura was enveloped in a huge bear hug from Naruto.

"Sakura-chan! I'm sorry I couldn't have lunch with you today, I had to help clean up some…"

Naruto stopped in mid-sentence when he saw the developing bruise along the underneath of her left eye and a small cut on her upper lip.

"KAKASHI-SENSEI! KAKASHI-SENSEI! Sakura's hurt really badly! What happened to you, Sakura!"

Sakura sighed. "Oh you know, some dumb girl accidentally fell on me during lunch. It was a complete accident and all."

Lee walked over to Sakura. Lee's pet squirrel Delilah, who was sitting on his shoulder, suddenly squeaked.

"Delilah may not be so good in combat" he began, "But she is an expert in human psychology and can tell when someone is lying every time. Right now she's saying you are not being truthful."

Kakashi, Naruto and Lee all looked at Sakura expectantly, waiting for an explanation. Sakura studied her feet.

"urm, well, What happened is that…"

"Come on, let's give her a break you guys, she's been through enough." Kakashi spoke up, "Sakura, don't worry about it. Just try and concentrate on your Shuriken training for now. And I'm making you all a deal. If you can hit the bullseye 5 times in a row, im treating you all to ramen at Ichiraku's after this!"

There was a thud. Naruto had fallen to the ground and was now lying there with a demented expression on his face. To him,Ramen was more important than his whole life.

That evening, Sasuke returned home from a long day of training. He walked into his room, dumped his bag on the floor and flopped on his bed, exhausted. The last technique he had been practicing was Chakra control, which involved running vertically up a tree, without the use of his arms and using only his chakra to keep his feet rooted to the tree. Let's just say there were a lot of slips, trips and falls, and he ached all over.

The dance was only 3 days away. He didn't care for dances, and to him they were just a pain and a waste of time. Unfortunately, one girl had found his bag that day when he promised he would go to the dance with whoever found it. She was an average looking girl, with brown hair and blue eyes, who had come back looking like she had just been run over by a car simply to get his bag.

As he slowly closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep, he remembered the pink haired girl at lunch that day. God, she was weird. Who was she? Why had he never noticed her before? One thing was for certain. She sure was funny. It had been almost impossible not to burst out laughing when she had made that "cccchchhhhhuuuggghhhh" sound at lunch that day. But most importantly, why was he still thinking about her?

Ring Ring, Ring Ring

"Hello?"

"SAKURA-CHAN! You will never guess who's going to the dance with Shikamaru!"

"Hey Ino. Hmmm, let me guess, you?"

"YES! He just came and suddenly asked me! I'm soo happy! I finally have a date!"

"That's great Ino. Good for you…"

"….., Hey, listen Sakura, don't worry about it. You're gorgeous! Of course someone will eventually ask you! Don't worry, even if you don't get a date in time, I'm going to do some SERIOUS setting up!

"What, did you just say setting up?"

"Okay, well I gotta go now! See you tomorrow!"

"INO! Don't you dare, EVER set me up with anyone for the dance! INO! Are you listening, NO setting up!"

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepp.

Ino had hung up. Sakura sighed. She now knew that whatever happened at the dance, it definitely wasn't going to be running smoothly. Ino was notoriously skilled in her ability to meddle with other people's business.

The next day at school, Rock Lee watched as Sakura walked into the school building. He watched her beautiful pink hair blowing slightly in the breeze. He sighed. If he was going to do this, it would have to be now.

He had always liked Sakura, ever since they first met. Now was his chance to ask her to the dance. He didn't have a date, and he knew that Sakura didn't either. With his pet squirrel Delilah sitting defiantly on his shoulder, he strode full of forced confidence towards Sakura.

"Sakura-chan!"

"Oh! Hi Lee-chan! What's up?"

"Well, urm, I was just wondering…"

"yes?"

"Doyouwanttogotothedancewithme?" Lee said as quick as lightning.

Sakura stood there with a confused look on her face.

"Sorry, I didn't quite catch that."

Lee took a deep breath. "I was just wondering, would you like to go to the dance with me?"

Sakura smiled. Lee was such a sweet friend. He had always looked out for her. This dance wasn't only for couples, but for friends too! Just the way Lee stood there with that look of embarrassment on his face made her almost jump and hug him.

"Yes! Of course, I'll go to the dance with you Lee!"

Lee's face lit up. "You will! Oh thankyou Sakura! We're going to have so much fun!"

And with that, he ran away into the school building, seemingly still too embarrassed to face her for too long. Sakura stood there for a few seconds, smiling to herself. She then walked into the building after Lee.

Little did either of them know, just a few feet away, Sasuke had been standing behind a tree, eavesdropping. He stood up from leaning against the tree. It was then that he realized what he had been doing. He shook his head. He had no idea why he had been listening. He saw Lee running up to Sakura, guessed what he was about to ask, and his legs just carried him as if they had a mind of their own to a nearby tree to listen in.

What was it about this girl that had him under her spell? Why in the world was he so damn interested in her?

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