Chapter Four: Out with the...Boys??

Sakura and Sasuke finally got back to Konohagakure a little before midnight and headed straight to the Hokages office to turn in their reports, then headed home for a well earned nights sleep.

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Sakura awoke the next morning to her phone ringing. "Who in their right mind would be calling me at..." she looked over at the clock "NOON!?" Dammit I over slept." jumping out of bed she picked up the phone and started rummaging through her closet for something to throw on.

"Hello??"

"Hey Sakura its Ino. I was wondering if you had died or something, but seeing as you answered the phone... anyways, hey do you want to go to the movies tonight with me and the girls??" asked Ino enthusiastically.

"Ah...sure why not... so when do you want to meet??" asked Sakura wiggling into a pair of worn and torn, old jeans.

"Is seven okay?" asked Ino.

"Yeah...uh...seven is just fine, so... see you then." said Sakura pulling on a purple tank top.

"Okay see you then...Bye Sakura!" and with that said Ino hung up.

"Well at least I have something fun to look forwards to tonight, instead of channel flipping and falling asleep on the couch." said Sakura with a sigh while making her breakfast.

When her breakfast was made she sat down in front of the television brought out her pink journal and started to write...

Getting Over You!

I was finally starting to get over you.

But seeing you again is making it so hard for me.

Every time that you smile those feelings try to return.

But I just want to forget you and get rid of all this hurt.

You've broken my heart one to many times.

Its over, I'm through with these feelings I've had for you.

I just want to forget you and all the pain you've caused.

But every moment I'm around you makes it worse.

I loved you and got extremely hurt.

And then when I was finally starting to get over you.

You return and the pain starts getting worse.

That's it, I can't stand it, loving you is a curse.

Good-bye my love, you should know that this hurts!

After she finished writing she put the journal away and finished her breakfast.

"Well what should I do now??" said Sakura trying to think of something to pass the time. "I know I'll go do some training and maybe go see what Naruto is up to." with her plan set she headed off to the training grounds for a good workout.

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When she got to the training grounds she disided to do target practice, clone sparing and also work on some new jutsu.

She trained for around five hours and was completely wiped out by the time she got home so she just took a nice hot hour long shower.

After her shower Sakura went into her closet to find something cute to wear to the movies.

She ended up wearing a black skin tight long sleeved shoulder less top that stopped right over her bellybutton, a blue jean mini skirt with three red silk ruffles on the bottom, black 3 inch heels, a chain choker with a shuriken charm and dangly kuni earrings.

"And to think it only took me forty-five minutes to put together this outfit..." said Sakura with a sigh grabbing her purse and heading towards the door.

"Looks like I wont have enough time to go see Naruto..." said Sakura looking down at her watch, "but I had better hurry if I don't want to be late!" with that said she opened the door and left, the door slamming shut behind her with a (Snap!!)

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"Hey Sakura, hurry up the movie is about to start!!" yelled Ino at Sakura who had just turned the corner.

"I'm hurrying dammit keep you shirt on!! No please... literally keep your shirt on!!" said Sakura with a smile

"Ha Ha very funny... now instead of trying to be a comedian why don't you get your big butt over here and help us pick a movie to watch... before they close the ticket booth!!" said Ino trying way to hard to be serious.

"Hey I don't have a big butt!!" snapped Sakura.

"Okay sorry... so what do you guys wanna watch??" asked Ino.

"Lets watch an Action flick." said Tenten punching the air.

"Lets watch a R-Romance." said Hinata blushing shyly.

"Lets watch a Horror Movie." said a male voice from behind them with a evil. "WHAHAHA."

"AAAHHHH!!"" screamed all the girls.

"Ha ha...hey girls calm down, its only me." said the male voice putting his arm around Hinata's waist and giving her a little squeeze.

"NARUTO!? You scared us half to death you idiot." said Ino wanting to just reach out and strangle him to death.

"NARUTO YOU MORON!! I'M GONNA THROTTLE YOU!!" screamed Sakura bringing her fist down hard on Naruto's head four times.(one for each one of the girls.)

"What the heck Sakura I was only joking...JEEZE lighten up!! So have you girls decided what movie we're watching yet??" asked Naruto curiously, the rest of the guys slowly starting to show up behind him.

"Wait... what... I thought that this was just us girls... Ino!!" said Sakura turning towards her friend with a confused look on her face.

"Oh...did I forget to tell you we invited the guys??" said Ino trying to play innocent, and failing miserably.

"No you conveniently left that little piece of information out!!" said Sakura angrily.

"Oops sorry... your not mad are you??" asked Ino cautiously.

sigh "No... but next time at least warn me, okay??" said Sakura in a pouty kind of tone.

"Of course.. now what movie should we watch?" said Ino reaching out to grab Shikamaru's (who had just arrived) hand, pulling him closer.

"Hey where is Neji?? asked Tenten a worried look on her face.

"Right here... sorry I'm late." said Neji going over to Tenten and giving her a peck on the cheek.

"I actually liked Naruto's idea to watch a scary movie." said Sakura with a mischievous smile.

"Yeah." agreed everybody.

"Then its settled." said Naruto. "Come on lets by our tickets, quick before they close."

After they all bought their tickets, they went into the theater and found their seats... well, all except Sakura who had went to buy everyone popcorn, candy and drinks. When she finally got back everyone almost attacked her to get their stuff. Once everyone had their things Sakura looked for a open seat and found the only one left which was right next to...

"Sasuke!? W-What the hell are you doing here?? asked Sakura a look of utter shock on her face.

"I came to see a movie... why? Can't I act like a normal person every once in a while and go out to see a movie??" asked Sasuke.'Wow she looks...no stop thinking like that even if she looks... NO!!'

"What are you doing here??" he asked.

"Out to see a movie with everyone, who conveniently paired off and left me to have to sit next to you through out the movie!" said Sakura point blunt. 'Great now if I get scared I'm gonna reach out and accidentally grab his hand or something.' thought Sakura.

Lighten up your next to Sasuke Uchiha in a dark movie theater... just think of all the possibilities. Said inner Sakura dreamily with a wicked laugh.

'No way nuh-uh, not in a million...' but the damage had already been done and in the very dim light Sakura turned a very deep shade crimson.

Sitting down Sakura tried very hard to pretend that Sasuke wasn't there but that only made it worse. (if that was even possible.)

The movie started and they got about half an hour through it before the first incident. Something scary happened on the screen, Sakura let out an "Eep!" and accidentally grabbed Sasuke's hand without realizing it and held onto it for the next twenty minutes or so, before realizing what she had done.

Sasuke who incidentally knew what had happened just let Sakura hold on to his hand until she removed it, afterwards he actually missed the warmth of holding her hand in his. 'Hm I wonder what else is going to happen tonight??' he thought laughing.

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After the movie ended Sakura bolted for the door reaching it before everyone else. She headed outside and didn't even wait for the others to come out she just headed off towards the nearest park.

"Sakura where are you going??" asked Ino who was chasing after her with a couple of the others not to far behind her.

"I'm just gonna go... sit in the park." when they finally caught up to her she was standing next to a giant oak tree in the middle of the park.

"Sakura whats going on??" asked Ino in a worried voice.

"Sasuke was in there... and I ended up having to sit next to him, I've had enough of him, to last eighteen lifetimes." complained Sakura up at the sky.

"OOOHHH!!Dammit!!" she said punching the tree causing it to splinter into hundreds of tiny pieces.

"Wow Sakura... just calm down before you hurt someone..." said Ino trying to calm her down.

"Yeah Sakura please just calm down... now what's wrong??" asked Naruto finally catching up to them and trying to be helpful.

"Naruto didn't you notice that Sasuke was in there, or were you to busy making out with Hinata??" yelled Sakura at Naruto venting some of her anger towards him.

"I-I... no I didn't see him, and what I do with Hinata is our business not yours!!" said Naruto calmly.

"Oh yeah, great all my friends end up HAPPY and in love while I end up single, CrAzY and hating the only guy I ever fell for, who just happens to be the exact same guy that tried to kill me nearly a few years ago...great, just GREAT!!" said Sakura who was nearly on the verge tears and had completely lost her mind.

"Sakura please just calm down your starting to scare us." said Ino who was scared that Sakura might lung at her and try to kill her at any minute.

"JUST STARTING TO SCARE YOU?? YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN SCARED A LONG TIME AGO INO!! said Sakura with a frightening laugh.

"I'm sorry for this Sakura." said Naruto lunging at her, hoping that he could subdue her and stop her from doing anything rash.

"Ha ha fool, try all you want but I'm not as weak as I once was." said Sakura with a crazy look in her eyes.

"Your right, but then again neither am I." said a male voice from behind her just before hitting her in the back of her neck, knocking her unconscious and catching her just as she started to fall.

"What the...Sasuke!?" said Naruto with a look of utter shock on his face.

"I'll take her home, you guys just go... have some fun. She'll be just fine, so don't worry." said Sasuke who had come out of the theater just in time to see Sakura shatter the tree she punched into hundreds of tiny pieces and to hear her little outbreak.

'So she's still single, thinks she's gone crazy,(even though really she's just overly stressed.) and hates the only guy she ever loved. I'm guessing that she was talking about me, so she still hates me...(sigh) well I can't blame her, I'd hate me too if I was in her position.' thought Sasuke who was jumping over buildings carrying Sakura bridal-style back to her apartment.

"You know you have more problems than anyone should be able to handle, and yet... your so calm most of the time, I bet that you've been avoiding your heartache for so long that it just finally caught up with you... and you just couldn't handle it. Sakura I'm sorry that all I cause for you is pain and heartache, but I promise that if you just give me a chance... I'll make up for everything." said Sasuke to the still unconscious Sakura.

Once Sasuke finally got Sakura back to her apartment he took her directly into her bedroom and placed her on the bed, then he took off her shoes and tucked her in under the covers.

Looking down at her, he moved a stray strand of hair away from her face and laid his hand gently on her hair.

"You know Sakura even after I left...even after I had tried to completely forget Konohagakure and everyone here...you where the one person I just couldn't forget, I guess that's because even though I pretended not to care and acted like you meant nothing to me, I had actually fallen for you, and it tore me up inside to leave you, but I had no choice. But now that I'm back I promise to never leave you again...no matter what!!" said Sasuke looking down at the cherry haired kunochi whom he had learned to love so much in his long absence.

Leaning down he kissed her gently on the cheek and left her apartment quietly so as to not wake her.

End of Chapter Four