Star-Chan: Yay here is chapter 5 of my story. Thank You for all who have read and reviewed you guys are what keeps me going!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Recap:

"I went into Shika-kun's room like at four in the morning and I heard him talking on the phone with that new girl Temari was it? And he also said that he had to call that late because he needed to make sure everyone was asleep so no one was listening. I think there's something going on between them. I asked him who it was but he said it was no one and rushed me out of the room!" Ino said tears starting to fall from her baby blue eyes. Sakura hugged her tightly patting her back said it will be okay.

"What am I going to do Sakura…?"

"I'll tell you what we're going to do, we're going to follow him later and find out what the hell is going on."

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It was almost eleven now, everyone in the Uchiha house was in the kitchen eating the delicious breakfast-er-lunch that Sakura had made for everyone. The chocolate pancake on everyone's plate was almost all gone, and Sasuke's specially made tomato rice balls were looooong gone.

"Sakura-chan, why does Sasuke get something different then us?" Naruto said jealous of the tomato rice balls that his so called best friend wouldn't share. Sasuke grunted and looked away from Naruto.

"Why are you complaining Naruto? Was it the pancakes, did they not taste good?" Sakura questioned her friend disappointed that she may have not made the pancakes yummy enough.

"N-no not at all Sakura-chan…it's just…never mind." Naruto sighed and excused himself from the table. Ino walked over to Sakura and tapped her on the shoulder.

"Sakura, it's about time to get ready."

Sakura looked at the clock that read 11:15; she looked back at Ino and gave her a little nodded.

"Excuse me and Ino please, we need to get ready."

"Ready for what." Sasuke asked Sakura quickly, needing to know where his girlfriend is going to be. Sakura loved how Sasuke is very protective of her, but sometimes he does it a bit too much.

"Do you want to come along Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked innocently.

"Depends where…" Sasuke said taking a drink of his orange juice. Sakura smirked and leaned close to Sasuke's ear and whispered.

"The mall," Sakura said and watched Sasuke choke on his juice. She and everyone else started laughing at the flustered Sasuke trying to regain his composure. He cleared his throat causing everyone to stop laughing.

"No, it's fine you guys go have fun." Sasuke said thinking about the last time he took a trip to the mall with the girls…oh the horror. Sakura and Ino headed upstairs to change out of there sleeping clothes.

"I need to be going to." Shikamaru said standing up and pushed his chair in. He was already all dressed when he came down for breakfast. Everyone looked at him curiously.

"Where can you be going Shikamaru, your so lazy you wouldn't even lift a finger for anything." Neji said to Shikamaru who panicked a little and thought hard to make up an excuse.

"I…uh…I'm going with Ino…yeah." All the guys looked at him like he was crazy. After there one time experience with the girls and he still wanted to go.

"But there still upstairs, shouldn't you go get them first?" Neji pointed upstairs. Shikamaru shook his head.

"No, I'm needed to do something before that…so yeah."

O…kay then, good luck." Neji said to Shikamaru giving me a strange face. Shikamaru got up and walked away from the table and out the door. Sakura and Ino came down a few minutes later dressed in pants and t-shirts. Sakura walked over to Sasuke.

"You need something you want me to get?"

"Yeah, more tomatoes, I ate them all." Sasuke said and looked helplessly at Sakura who laughed and sighed. She nodded and kissed Sasuke on the cheek before leaving with Ino. They walked to the corner coffee shop that was not far from the Uchiha house. They saw Shikamaru already sitting down at a table for two waiting for Temari. Sakura and Ino went in quickly and took a seat not far from Shikamaru, being Shika-kun; he was lazy and was dozing off, so he didn't notice the two.

"Sakura, I'm scared." Ino whispered to the pink haired girl behind a menu.

"Its fine, I'm sure Shikamaru would tell that Temari girl he loves you and doesn't want anything to do with her."

"But Sakura-"

"Sh, here she comes!" Sakura said looking out the window seeing the blonde girl walk into the coffee shop and headed towards Shikamaru's table. Both girls watched carefully and tried they're best to hear.

"Shikamaru, nice to see you again darling." Temari said tapping Shikamaru awake. Shikamaru sat up and got up to pull out a chair for Temari who thanked him and sat down.

"So, we need to get some things straight." Shikamaru said while staring seriously at Temari. His mind was all made up; he was going to tell her he loves Ino, but every time he saw how hot she was, his mind turned to rubber.

"Okay then, what is it?" Temari said crossing her beautiful visible legs due to a skirt she was wearing. Shikamaru tore his eyes away from them and focused on what he came here to do.

"Temari, you're really nice and all but-"Shikamaru had started saying when he could speak no more. Temari had stood up, leaned over and kissed Shikamaru on the lips. She pulled away and smiled at him.

"Sorry, I couldn't resist, now what were you saying?"

"Uh…I…wanted to ask if you wanted some coffee." Shikamaru asked the blonde who smiled and nodded. He mentally slapped himself for not telling her straightforward.

"What an ass I am right now." He thought to himself. Shikamaru shook the thought away. He knew it was wrong, he couldn't get his legs to stand up and desert the girl he knew wasn't the girl he's suppose to be with. Shikamaru told himself that it was no big deal, that it was just a friend to friend date, nothing more so typically he wasn't doing anything behind Ino's back, though deep down, he knew it was wrong, he was lying to himself, not wanting to admit what a jerk he is right now.

Sakura and Ino were still at the table, shocked at what just happened. Sakura tried to comfort Ino, but her mind couldn't think right now. Ino was shaking from the pain and tears fell free from her eyes to the floor. Her hands came to her face and covered her painful look on her face.

"Ino…don't cry…come on, she kissed him first…so-"Sakura said trying to find words to comfort her friend. Ino shook her head and got up from her seat and started running out of the store. While running towards the door, she crashed into someone, but didn't look up and kept running.

"Was that just…Ino?" Sasuke said with a puzzled look on his face. He started heading back into the store when someone else crashed into him knocking him to the floor with her on top of him. Sasuke grunted, annoyed.

"What is this, crash into me day or something?" Sasuke said annoyed and opened his eyes to see pink hair. He watched Sakura get off of him and start bowing and apologizing. Obviously Sakura didn't know she crashed into Sasuke.

"I'm so sorry; I really didn't mean to bump into you, I'm sorry!"

"Sakura its okay stop saying sorry now."

"Sasuke-kun, what are you doing here?" Sakura asked the raven haired boy who looked at her suspiciously.

"I wanted some coffee; better question is what are you doing here?"

"Never mind that, I'll tell you later, did you just see Ino run out of here, if you did where did she go?!" Sakura questioned her puzzled boyfriend.

"Yeah I saw her, but I don't know where she went off too. She didn't look too happy, what's going on Sakura? Didn't you say you were going to be at the mall?"

"I'll explain later, now we need to split up and find Ino, who knows what she might do!" Sakura said grabbing Sasuke's arm and pulling him along with her. They ran to the places where Ino usually goes to, the mall, the park, salon, but couldn't find her. Sakura decided to call her.

Ring

"Hello,"

"Ino, where are you are you-"

"Sorry I can't answer your call right now, but if you leave I message I will call back." Sakura heard Ino's voice mail say and ended the call. She started sobbing.

"It's all my fault…why did I mention such a stupid plan…" Sakura said crying harder. She blamed everything on herself. Sasuke looked at Sakura painfully, he hated when she cried. He put his arms around her and held her close.

"What's going on Sakura?"

Sakura looked up to see Sasuke's concerned face. She smiled through her tears because she always knew that Sasuke was there for her.

"Shikamaru…kind of cheated on Ino with Temari…"

"What, that lazy ass did? But…he loves Ino so much." Sasuke said not believing what the cherry blossom was telling him.

"I don't know that's what Ino thought too. She told me that she heard Shikamaru talking on the phone with that new girl Temari, and they were to meet here today. So I made a plan saying that we should go spy on him and see what's going on between those two. It's all my fault, if I didn't say to spy on them; she wouldn't need to know so much and wouldn't have disappeared!" Sakura said starting to sob again.

"Sakura, you didn't do anything wrong, Ino would have to find out sooner or later, it would hurt her either way. Don't be so hard on yourself, she wouldn't like that, and neither do I." Sasuke said stroking Sakura's cheek. She smiled again.

"I'm so glad I have you Sasuke-kun." Sakura hugged the Uchiha. She felt a ring from her bag and broke away from the hug. She dug out the phone and gasped at the text message she saw.

"Sakura, I know you're worried about me…but I'm fine. I'm in no danger at all…I just need to think alone for sometime. Don't worry I won't do anything stupid, you have my word. Just go back to Sasuke's and I'll be back shortly, okay?" Sakura read what Ino text to her and text back an okay. She knew that Ino would not be that stupid to do anything that would worry her friends. She told Sasuke what Ino said and he nodded.

"So let's go back and prepare some dinner shall we?" Sasuke said taking Sakura's hand. She smiled once again at him.

"I forgot the tomatoes…should we go buy them?"

"Of course, you know me, I can't live without tomatoes! Besides, everyone is out tonight so I guess we can buy take-out or something?"

Sakura looked up at Sasuke curiously. "Where did everyone go to? You didn't scare them off now did you?" Sakura laughed.

"No, unfortunately," Sasuke mumbled the last part softly."…Naruto took Hinata out for dinner…oh I wonder where," Sasuke said sarcastically since there is no other place that Naruto would bring Hinata for dinner. "Neji and Tenten went out on a date, and Ino its some where and so is Shikamaru."

"So it's only us two…that's nice."

"Why you don't want it to be only us, you don't sound too happy about it Sakura."

"Of course I'm happy, it's just I'm still worried about Ino…"

"She said not to worry, so everything's going to be fine, don't you trust her?" Sasuke asked Sakura who looked away and nodded. Sasuke tugged on Sakura's hand to usher her to go, but she let go of his hand. He turned around and saw Sakura staring at the ground.

"What's wrong Sakura?"

"Sasuke-kun, I don't think things are going to work out right now," Sakura started to say; Sasuke was taken back by what she said.

"…what are you talking about Sakura? You know I love you more then anything, right?" Sasuke said worried that he did something to get Sakura mad at him. Sakura looked up to meet Sasuke's onyx eyes. Her face was serious.

"I mean it's not going to work out because I'm too tired to take another step!" Sakura said her serious face broke into a smiled filled on. Sasuke sighed in relief and watched the cherry blossom laugh her head off.

"So what do you want me to do about that?" Sasuke grunted. Sakura told him to turn around, so he did.

"This," Sakura said and jumped on his back making him piggy-back her.

"Sakura, aren't you a little too old for this?" Sasuke said supporting Sakura by her legs while she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Nope, now, come on horsy let's go home!" Sakura said and laughed, Sasuke couldn't help but laugh along.

Star-Chan: Okay so this chapter was mostly ShikaTemaIno, I don't know which girl should end up with Shikamaru, gosh this happened when I saw it in the anime too, I was all Shika and Ino and then boom Temari comes in. So anyways I hope you liked this chapter!

Reviewers Corner!

Yes, it's that time again for this section of this chapter! But first…I need your help!

VOTING: Which couple?

ShikaTema?

ShikaIno?

See it was suppose to be ShikaIno, but then I added Temari and more drama started, so now it's up to YOU to tell me which couple you want to happen in the end. If you want Temari, I can change some things around, but then again Ino would be incredibly sad…and I feel horrible…but I guess I can make something work:D so please review and tell me which one you want to win!

Tenshi-Chan008: That's partially true, if its all Ino and Shika drama and they break up, then they could lose the bet, but then again, I can make it so they keep it a secret ;D Authors Power! Woot! haha

SakuraUchiha14 maybe I will add a little filler episode in the end about Neji/Tenten's night adventure, but I might need some help! We'll see when the time comes. I don't know how to write much Naruto/Hinata fluff, she's so shy and all, but I'll try and think of more.

Nightshadow Dweller That's fine if you didn't review for the last chapter! Thanks for reading my story and taking the time to review now.

pinkprincess0210 I love writing SasuSaku fluff it never gets old, though I hate it when I try to put Sasuke in character, he has no emotions[in the anime/manga I mean But I do believe he is very protective of Sakura in his own way. Sorry if I made him a little OOC

xXxSakura-chanUchihaxXx: Thank you muches!

sasusaku-emo I'll try my hardest to write the chapters longer, though this chapter was not too long, SORRY!

Ri-chan: Yes, I don't like it when people write and don't update until forever! I get so mad because I want to know what happens! No matter how busy I am, I keep some time to write and update.

Paramore Rox Your Sox: Well here's your chance to vote now! Thank You :D

Cardboard: Yeah drama for Ino Shika and Temari now! I can tell you there's more drama to come! Haha but I don't want to tell you too much afraid I would spoil it.

miyako-uchiha: I like them together too, but then I also like Shika/Tema I'm stuck in the middle, I don't know which one I like more!

WaterBlossom1: Thank you for looking forward to the next chapter; it lets me know you are actually enjoying it:D

winrycherry101: Thank you muches!

Something a little extra: My Two-shot!

Hey I just posted up my two-shot; it's actually a Christmas story with my favorite couple Sasuke and Sakura of course! Well anyways it's called "A Gift from Me to You" the storyline is Sasuke comes back just for one night because it's Christmas eve and finds a present from Sakura, and then he goes and give Sakura a little something of his own.

A line from the two-shot is going to be!

"Sakura, do you happen to have a mistletoe?" Sasuke asked the blushing cherry blossom.

Anyways if you guys are bored, or interesting go check it out and tell me what you think! I would really appreciate that.