Notes: Second chapter! :D Wow, I can't believe I'm actually liking the plot xD I suck at writing, I have to confess, but this is goooood! Well, that's my opinion. If you think I still suck and this story also sucks, you can review, okay? (: Anyways, about this chapter, there are some flashbacks (because I want to) but they're like the experience each girl is relating to the others :D Sakura's flashback is longer because she's the main character, I guess.

Disclaimer: You know I'm not Masashi Kishimoto.

Chapter two

Cutting hair

Hinata and TenTen were on their regular table in their high school's cafeteria. The Hyuuga girl was poking her salad with a fork, deep in thought. TenTen was focused on the music she was listening in her iPod and tapping her foot at the rhythm of the song. The students on the other tables around them were talking and being noisy, so they didn't hear the familiar voice calling their names until a girl sat in front of Hinata and waved a hand in front of her face, catching her attention.

"Huh?" Hinata raised her head, blinking with confusion. She had been so deep in thought she didn't notice Sakura before. The pink haired girl was smiling at her, and she seemed extremely happy. Hinata wondered why for a moment, but then she remembered; today was Friday, finally, the day they were going to do the love spell.

"Hello Miss Hyuuga, have you come back from the moon?" Sakura asked playfully. Hinata smiled sheepishly, and right then, TenTen took her eyes off her iPod's screen and noticed Sakura.

"Oh, when did you get here, Sakura?" TenTen said, taking her earphones off.

"You listen to very loud music, dude," Sakura said, rolling her green eyes. "You didn't even hear me calling your names. I can't understand why you haven't gone deaf yet… which reminds me that my hearing is very sensitive since last Friday… Anyways, are you guys excited for today?"

Sakura was very enthusiastic, and that surprised Hinata a little. She was supposed to be a little depressed about Sasuke and Karin, because their relationship was now finally official, but she seemed okay. But, well, Sakura was a master to hide her true feelings, she had to remember. Sometimes Hinata wished she could be as good as her at that.

"Yeah! I'm so freaking excited that I couldn't stop thinking about it during the whole week!" TenTen seemed to be very enthusiastic, too. "I even had a dream about it! I was about the spell actually working and that Neji asking me to be his girlfriend and it was so freaking cheesy that I almost threw up - but I loved it!"

"And what about you, Hinata?" Sakura turned to said girl. Hinata shrugged, acting kind of apathetic, but Sakura didn't say anything. She knew Hinata had a bad feeling about the spell and everything, but she also knew she wanted Naruto to like her. Besides, she agreed to do it, right? And her apathy wasn't going to screw her plans.

"OH MY GOD, GIRLS!" someone suddenly screamed, catching their (and everyone else's) attention. They recognized the voice even before they saw her, and, besides, it was pretty obvious; who else was noisy enough to scream like that without giving a damn?

"What now, Ino?" Sakura asked lazily, turning around to see her blonde friend entering the cafeteria, running and waving her hands in the air like a crazy person. She stopped in front of her, gasping for air. When she could breathe again, she took something out of her pocket.

"Sai's hair!" Ino said, handing Sakura a folded napkin. Sakura took it, confused, and unfolded, reveling a short lock of dark hair on it.

"Very well, Ino," Sakura smiled. "I think we're all ready to do it tonight."

"Yay!" Ino exclaimed, sitting next to Hinata. "I really can't wait. I know I said I didn't believe in magic, because I wanted to be skeptical, but I've never done a spell, so this is my first time, and can't help but hope it'll work!"

"I know it will work," Sakura said. "I showed the spell to my aunt yesterday and she told me it seemed to be real, and she knows a lot about magic so we can trust her."

"I really hope so," Hinata confessed, finally speaking. "I guess I'm curious to know if it'll work too."

Sakura smiled at her. Suddenly, she said, "Hey, do any of you know where Temari is?"

"Oh, she told me she needed to get Shikamaru's hair because she forgot to do it. You know how she is…" Ino said, rolling her blue eyes.

"Well, it will be easy for her, 'cause Shikamaru is always sleeping in the garden at lunch time, and she can cut his hair while he's asleep" TenTen said, playing with her iPod. "I just know that Shika is going to be easier than Neji…"

"Was it really that hard?" Hinata asked.

"Well, don't tell anyone, but Neji really loves his hair and-"

"Believe me TenTen, we can notice that. His hair is even prettier than mine," Sakura murmured.

"I know!" TenTen laughed. "Anyways, I had to fool him to cut a lock of his hair, and it wasn't exactly a piece of cake…"

Flashback

"You're saying that you learned how to make head massages, and you want to practice with me?" Neji asked, raising an eyebrow at TenTen. Said girl nodded and smiled happily. Please, please believe it, she begged mentally.

"And why don't you practice with Lee? He'll need it more than me…" Neji crossed his arms over his chest and eyed her suspiciously. TenTen's request had been really random, and he had a bad feeling about it. Besides, they were supposed to don't talk to each other ever since that, er, situation happened.

"Oh, please Neji!" TenTen knew he wasn't going to accept this way, so she decided to start plan B: throw a tantrum. "Why don't you trust me? I'm your best friend ever since we were six years old! I am incapable of doing something to hurt you, because I love-"

TenTen covered her mouth with her hands before she could finish the sentence. What the hell had that been? Had she been about to say she loved him? Well, it wasn't a lie, but still…

Man that was embarrassing!

But Neji just stared at her, emotionless. "Fine," he said after long pause. "But if you do something, TenTen…"

"Trust me, just trust me!" she replied, smiling. God, why didn't she think about that before? Neji liked her, he had a crush on her, and saying something like I love you could make him give her anything she asked for!

"Okay, sit down and just relax," TenTen instructed and he obeyed. She was so lucky to be in Kakashi's class with him; the teacher was always 20 minutes late, so the students had time to talk and do the homework before he arrived to the classroom. TenTen had the perfect time to complete her mission.

TenTen put her hands on his head and started 'massaging'. Actually, she had no idea what she was doing, she was just improvising. But she felt Neji's tense body relaxing, and she realized that she was actually pretty good at that.

Discreetly, she took the scissors she 'casually' left on the desk next to her and cut a short lock of Neji's long and brown hair. When she put it in her pocket, she stopped massaging and poked Neji's shoulder. "Okay, it's ready. Thank you so much, Neji!" she said and then ran away.

End of flashback

"Well, who would've guessed someone could actually fool The Neji Hyuga…" Sakura murmured.

"Yeah, I guess he really, really likes you to let his guard down, TenTen," Hinata commented, and said girl just blushed.

"My mission was very hard to do, too," Sakura started, "Sasuke is troublesome, as Shikamaru would say. But somehow, I completed my mission, and I can't believe I am still alive…"

Flashback

Sakura was walking towards the high school's huge garden. She was going to meet her friends under a tree for lunch, but first, she needed to do some business.

Her heart skipped a few beats when she spotted a dark haired boy with a red haired girl sitting on a bench under a beautiful cherry blossom tree. They were Sasuke and Karin; Sakura knew it even before she got closer and could see them better.

Everyone knew Sasuke Uchiha was the most popular boy in the school, because of his looks, of course. Now that he had a girlfriend, said girl needed to be overprotective with him, because there were a lot of bitches- ahem, girls competing with her for Sasuke's heart. Sakura wasn't one of them, although she liked him too, but she wasn't quite sure if they were actually fighting for his heart like her. They just wanted a hot boyfriend like him, and she knew that Sasuke knew that too (he wasn't that stupid) so she couldn't stop wondering: why was Karin, the major bitch- ahem, fangirl, his girlfriend? Did they really love each other?

Sasuke and Karin were alone, luckily. She had her nasty arms around his neck and was whispering something in his ear with a seductive smirk. Sasuke's face seemed emotionless, but knowing the Uchiha as Sakura did, he was actually tired and annoyed. That confused Sakura even more. Why was he annoyed being with his beloved girlfriend?

Sakura glanced at her watch and realized it was almost time. She was hiding behind some bushes, just waiting for the moment to attack. Suddenly, she heard some female's voices, and Karin stood up, alert. Finally, Sakura thought with a smirk.

"HERE THEY ARE!" one of the female's voices yelled. Sakura heard footsteps, a lot of footsteps, coming closer. Karin's expression was of pure horror and fury at the same time. Sasuke wasn't affected; he seemed more relaxed, actually. Soon, Sakura saw a group of girls walking towards Sasuke and Karin.

"Oh Sasuke!" they squealed. Yes, they were handsome boys' worst nightmare: fangirls.

DUN, DUN, DUN!

"What the hell are you doing here?" Karin demanded. It was ironic how she used to be one of them before being Sasuke's girlfriend, and now she was talking to her old friends as if they were nothing but some annoying bugs.

"Oh, Karin, don't be so rude towards us! We were friends, remember?" one of the girls said. Sakura guessed it was Karin's replacement, the new herd's leader. "Besides, we're just here to say hello to our- I mean, to Sasuke, right girls?"

The herd agreed. Karin was fuming and glaring daggers at them. "It had been the same thing during the whole week," Karin said. "I am always searching for new places where I can have some privacy with my boyfriend, because you're always after him! I'm tired of it, he's mine, don't you get it?"

"Dear Karin," the leader said, and Sakura realized she had the same hypocrite attitude as Karin, "I think we shouldn't be talking about this with Sasuke here…"

"Fine!" Karin barked. "Then why don't we go to a private place to talk about it?"

"I think that's a great idea," the leader agreed for all of them.

Karin smiled a fake smile at her and then turned to Sasuke. "Baby, you stay here. I need to talk to the girls, okay? But don't worry, my love, I'll protect you!" she kissed his forehead and then she left with the fangirls.

Sakura watched as Sasuke sighed and lay down on the bench, ready to take a nap. She could guess he was thinking about how annoying women were. When she made sure the bitches were nowhere to be seen, she stepped out from her hideout and walked towards him. She felt her heart beating faster, but tried to calm it down.

Sasuke's eyes were closed, and he opened them when a shadow above him blocked the sunlight. "Sakura?" he asked, surprised to see her there. He sat down, rubbing his eyes (Karin really made him tired) and Sakura sat down next t him. "What are you doing here?"

Sakura smiled. "I was on my way to meet with my friends some place near here, but I heard all the noise coming from here and saw the girls leaving without you. I guess I thought you needed company."

"Actually, I didn't," he said. "I didn't sleep well last night, and I wanted to take a nap." Sakura was about to apologize, but then he suddenly smirked. "But it's been a long time since the last time we talked."

"Yeah, I guess so." Sakura looked down to hide her blush; she loved when Sasuke smirked like that. But she needed to control herself; she had a mission to complete. "Perhaps you were too busy with your new girlfriend." She looked up, and saw him raising an eyebrow at her. "Sasuke, why didn't you tell me that you were into Karin before? We are friends, aren't we? "

"Yes, we are, Sakura." He looked away. "It's not like I don't trust you, but... I don't know; it just… happened."

They didn't say a word for a few moments. Suddenly, Sakura decided to break the silence. "Why her, Sasuke?" Sasuke turned to her, looking confused. She repeated the question, louder this time. "Why did you choose her? Do you… do you love her, Sasuke?"

He didn't respond for a moment. Sakura was ready to stand up and leave when he suddenly said, "No, I don't." She felt hopes building inside her. But then he turned and looked her in the eye. "But you wouldn't understand if I told why I am with her… I'm sorry."

Sakura felt her eyes watering, but blinked the tears away. What he said meant he wasn't going to tell her the reason and that he wouldn't break up with Karin any time soon. But she wouldn't cry in front of him, even if he crushed her hopes. She had to be strong. He was going to regret, like her friends told her; no matter how much she loved him, he needed to realize his mistake by his own. Besides, maybe the love spell could open his eyes and make him realize before it was too late.

Suddenly, they heard footsteps and female's voices. The fangirls were back. Sakura remembered her plan and froze in her place. Crap, she hadn't cut his hair yet! She needed more time!

Karin was the first one she spotted; the others were following behind. When Karin saw Sakura (sitting next to her Sasuke, alone, inches away, too comfortable) she froze, and the others imitated her.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE, HARUNO?" Karin screamed at the top of her lungs, and, surprisingly, she seemed angrier with her than with the fangirls before. Sakura felt kind of proud.

"Oh, nothing Karin, we were just talking, right Sasuke-dear?" Sakura spoke with a calm voice, trying hard not to laugh. When she called Sasuke Sasuke-dear, she leaned an inch closer to him. She knew Karin knew she liked Sasuke too, and doing that she was provoking her. Sasuke sighed with annoyance, knowing Sakura was just messing with Karin to have some fun, but didn't say anything.

"GET AWAY FROM HIM!" This time the fangirls attacked. They ran towards Sasuke and Sakura, like a stampede, and almost crushed them. With all the girls over Sasuke and her, Sakura managed to take the scissors out of her pocket and cut a dark lock of Sasuke's hair. She did it on time, just before someone pushed her out of there.

"GET THE FUCK OFF ME!" It was Sasuke's voice. Everyone froze, hearing the fury in his voice. The fangirls stepped back, slowly and carefully, and even Sakura flinched. Sasuke stood up and fixed his clothes (pervert fangirls- ahem). He gave them his best glare and then stomped away.

"Sasuke, my love! Wait for me, please!" Karin followed him. The fangirls were distracted, so Sakura took the opportunity to run away from there, putting Sasuke's hair into her pocket.

End of flashback

"Crazy bitches…" Ino murmured.

"I know. I'm glad I could escape." Sakura sighed. "Anyways… What about Naruto, Hinata? I'm curious to know about your method."

"Well, actually, it was easy," Hinata responded. "I love him and everything, but, he's really an idiot…"

Flashback

It was Biology class, with Orochimaru. The freak- ahem, teacher, was too distracted explaining the photosynthesis to notice certain blond sleeping on his desk. Hinata was the only one that noticed it. Actually, it was impossible for her not to, because she was right next to him and he was snoring kind of loudly.

She stared at the boy resting his head on the desk. Even sleeping, snoring and drooling, Naruto was beautiful for her. But she couldn't get distracted; she had a mission. Even if she didn't like the idea, she wanted to do it, just for curiosity.

Hinata took the scissors out of her backpack, keeping an eye on the teacher. Then, she leaned closer to Naruto, as discreetly as she could, and cut some of his hair. Suddenly, Naruto stopped snoring and moved a little. Hinata's heart skipped a beat and she froze in place. She realized he was waking up and she reacted just in time before he turned to her, putting the scissors and the hair behind her back.

Naruto stared at her sleepily. He blinked his blue eyes and grinned when he remembered where he was. "I'm sorry, I fell asleep. What did I miss?" he asked her.

Hinata blushed. "N-Nothing, actually; you-you're lucky the teacher Orochimaru didn't notice-"

"HYUUGA! UZUMAKI!"" Hinata and Naruto froze in place. The teacher was glaring at them. "If you don't mind, I'm teaching in here."

"W-We are sorry, teacher." Hinata looked down, ashamed.

The teacher gave them a warning look and continued his class. "Crazy pervert," Naruto murmured and Hinata giggled. Well, at least she did it, and it wasn't that hard.

End of flashback

"Man, you were lucky you caught him sleeping," Sakura laughed.

"Yeah, I'm lucky I love an idiot, I guess," Hinata said, smiling.

"Okay, okay, it's my turn to tell my history…" Ino started enthusiastically.

Flashback

"Wow, you're amazing!" Ino exclaimed, watching Sai's hand drawing on the piece of paper so gracefully it seemed like it was dancing. He was drawing a girl, and it was actually a good drawing, even though it looked so simple. Ino really admired Sai's skill to draw, and envied him a little.

"Thank you." Sai smiled a sheepish little smile at her. Ino felt her cheeks burning slightly; that happened every time he looked at her.

Man, it seemed like she really liked him! That's why she needed to do the love spell; she really wanted him to like her as much as she liked him.

Sai's hair was straight and as black as the night. If Ino distracted him, she could have the opportunity to cut some of it without him noticing. But it would be just too problematic for me, Ino thought. She was thinking just like the lazy of her ex-boyfriend, but she knew that it was normal, because she used to spend a lot of time with him and the laziness was contagious.

Suddenly, she had an idea. "Hey, Sai?" she said, and said boy nodded his head, telling her he was listening even though he continued drawing. "Would you let me cut a lock of your hair?"

The question caught him off guard. It had been the most random and unexpected thing ever, Ino knew it, but by now Sai should know Ino wasn't exactly the most normal person in the world. And it seemed like he did, because he shrugged. "Sure, why not," he said, and then he continued drawing. "But may I know why?"

"I don't know, I just wanna have something yours to remember you," Ino said, saying the first thing that came to her mind. "And, um, you're a really good friend! I want to remember you always."

"Wow, thank you so much, Ino, you're a good friend too!" Sai couldn't help but smile. Why wouldn't he? He had made a friend! A very pretty friend, in fact. "Go ahead, cut some of my hair."

Ino smiled happily and took her scissors. Wow, that was easy.

End of flashback

"Oh God, please tell me you're kidding," TenTen said, gaping at her blonde friend.

"I'm not, he's actually a nice person," Ino said proudly.

"Well, we couldn't have done the same thing with our boys," Sakura said and then shrugged. "They're different from Sai."

"Ah, yes, that's why I love him…" Ino sighed, getting a dreamy look in her eyes.

"Hey, girls, I'm worried about Temari," Hinata confessed. "Lunch time is almost-"

"HEY, OVER HERE!"

The four girls turned to the cafeteria's entrance. Temari was walking towards them, with a wide smile on her face. "Did you miss me?" she asked, winking at them.

"So you did it?" Sakura asked with curiosity as Temari sat next to Ino.

Temari sighed. "Yeah, and I think he noticed…"

Flashback

Temari knew Shikamaru was going to be there, lying on the grass and watching the clouds pass by. She called him 'cloud freak' sometimes because he was obsessed with them. His hobby was kind of boring, but she had to accept that it was actually very relaxing and romantic- ahem, boring, yes, very boring.

She started walking towards him. There was no one else around, luckily, so there wouldn't be any witnesses. But then, when she was close enough to him to see his face, she noticed he wasn't sleeping. She cursed her luck; now it was going to be more difficult to cut his hair!

"Hey, Nara," she greeted, sitting down next to him.

"I wonder what Gaara's older sister is doing here with me," Shikamaru murmured, not even looking at her. Temari hated when people didn't give her the attention she wanted. She punched Shikamaru in the arm.

"Ow! Tomboy!" he complained.

"Pussy!" she replied. "But well, answering your question, I'm interrupting your peace, of course. Can't you see it?"

"Why thank you, genius." Shikamaru scoffed. "But what I want to know is: why?"

"Because I want to," Temari said, smiling happily, "and because I'm bored… Oh, by the way, my name is Temari, darling, not 'Gaara's older sister'!"

"Yeah, whatever," Shikamaru murmured. After that, he didn't say anything else to her, and although Temari was annoyed with him because she hated to be ignored, she knew she had to take the opportunity.

She took the scissors out of her pocket and cut a short lock of Shikamaru's ponytail. He felt something in his hair moving and saw Temari moving out of the corner of his eye. He turned his head to her and saw she was holding the scissor in one hand and some brown hair in the other hand. Shikamaru processed the information for a couple of seconds, and then his eyes widened.

"You do not just-!"

Temari didn't let him finish. She stood up, smiling, and left before he could react. Mission complete.

End of flashback

"Yeah, that was fun…" Temari sighed, smiling.

Suddenly, the bell rang, indicating the students to walk to their next class. The girls stood up and took their things, getting ready to leave.

"Okay girls, give me you locks," Sakura said, extending her hands. Her friends put the napkins and plastic bags where they had put their locks in her hands and Sakura put them in her backpack.

"So, let's repeat it," Sakura started. "We'll meet this afternoon, right before the sun goes down, in the forest near TenTen's house, next to the lake's bridge. I will bring the ingredients I collected and everything you collected for me and gave me yesterday. Is that clear?"

"Crystal," the other girls said at the same time, nodding.

"Okay then." Sakura took a deep breath. "Prepare yourselves to be loved by the man of your dreams."

Notes: Chapter edited because it used to have a lot of grammar mistakes. What do you think about it now? :)