Notes: OHMIGOSH OHMIGOSH OHMIGOSH!! I. Hate. Myself. I haven't updated since last year?!! Are you freaking seriouss!!?? Man... I spent three hours finishing this chapter, & just because you, my loyal readers ;) I know it's kinda shorter, but I just want you to know that I'm still alive and loving this story! n,n But, I have a life, you know? I've been busy :L & I'M A TEENAGER, FOR GOD'S SAKE, SO DON'T BLAME ME!! DD: Er, anyways; I'm really sorry for making you wait, but I promise I'll be more responsible from now on ;D

&HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Disclaimer: Even in 2010, I still do not own the characters of this story. D:

Chapter nine

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We can just hope now

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Hinata's next class was Chemistry, and there she would find Sakura, who was the first person that had to know what she discovered.

She arrived to the classroom just in time before the teacher arrived. The pink haired girl was sitting in the front row, and Hinata ran to sit behind her.

"Ami told me everything. You are not going to believe it," she whispered as she past by her. Sakura's eyes widened and she turned to stare at her friend with shock and confusion, but before she could say a word, the teacher arrived and the class started.

Forty five minutes seemed like an eternity to Sakura, even though she liked chemistry. She kept tapping her nails on the desk anxiously, desperately wanting to know what Ami told to Hinata. What would be so bad? A bomb in her locker? Gum in her hair? Or was Karin really so much of a psychopath to dare to kill her? Sakura wondered and wondered, feeling angry, but scared at the same time.

Finally, the bell rang. Sakura jumped at the high-pitched sound and stood up quickly, turning around to face Hinata. Her friend stood up slowly, and Sakura noticed the worried expression in her pale face.

"Uh…" Sakura muttered, "So?"

Hinata stared at her feet and bit her lower lip. A moment later, she raised her head and stared at Sakura with anxiety. "She's trying to put another boy between you and Sasuke," she murmured, and Sakura's eyes widened. Hinata continued: "She-"

"Hyuga Hinata?" a voice said from the classroom's door. Sakura and Hinata jumpred of surprises and looked at the person in the door.

"Yes…?" Hinata said, raising an eyebrow. What was the secretary Shizune doing there?

Shizune smiled politely. "Your father is here. He says he'll pick you up now."

Hinata blinked. "N-Now? But, why?"

"I don't know, Hinata. But he seems to be in a rush, so I advise you to hurry up."

Hinata sighed sadly and nodded. She turned Sakura. "Sorry, Sakura, she's right; my dad hates to wait." She smiled apologetic. "I'll tell you the rest later, okay? I promise."

Sakura sighed. She nodded and smiled a little. "It's okay, don't worry. And thanks for everything, by the way."

Hinata smiled. "It was nothing." She grabbed her backpack and walked to Shizune. "Bye, Sakura," she said, waving her hand to her friend, before leaving the classroom.

Sakura smiled weakly and waved her goodbye. When they finally left, Sakura sighed sadly. Well, she could wait a little bit more, couldn't she? At least Hinata did tell her something. 'She's trying to put another boy between you and Sasuke', was what she said. That was horrible, but predictable coming from Karin a.k.a. the major bitch in school. However, it was something Sakura could manage.

If she likes playing dirty, I am going to play dirty too, Sakura thought with a smirk, as she grabbed her backpack and left the empty classroom.

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Twenty eight days later…

The classes were over and Ino stood in front on the entrance as the students exited the school. She saw a familiar face between the crowd, and a smile appeared in her face instantly. She was used to that to happen, to feel her heart beating faster and her skin burning pleasantly every time she saw that face, either if she wanted or not.

Sai's eyes met hers and a small smirk appeared in his pale face. Ino felt her heart stopping for a moment when she saw that sparkle in his dark eyes. Every time he looked at her like that, she thought that she was dreaming, and that she really didn't want to wake up.

The blonde waited as he walked to her, never looking away from her eyes. Sai hold her hands in his and pecked her lips. Ino smiled at him. Could life get any more perfect? She guessed not. With a boyfriend like him, anything could wake her up from this beautiful dream.

"Hi," Ino murmured, staring into his eyes dreamly. She knew she looked stupid, but she didn't care.

"So… What are we gonna do today?" Sai asked, smirking.

"I don't know," Ino answered, pursing her lips. "I have a lot of homework."

"Oh, it's okay." He shrugged, running his fingers through Ino's long ponytail slowly, making her feel thousands of butterflies in her stomach. "I mean, you're a responsible student. I don't blame you for that."

Ino smiled. He understood her so well… How cute! She definitely couldn't have a better boyfriend than him.

"But, what about tonight?" Sai asked, caressing her cheek with his palm. "We can go to watch the stars in that place I brought you last weekend. Do you remember?"

"Yeah! It was so romantic!" Ino exclaimed, remembering the beautiful scene of them lying on the grass, holding hands, while he explained her about the constellations. Of course she wanted to do that again, but… It had been almost a month since the last time Kim came back. The moon was going to be full that night, and the fairy was going to visit Ino to take her body for a day the next morning, because she was the next after Temari.

"But I can't," Ino continued, making a sad face. "I'm gonna be busy."

"Really? Doing what?"

She couldn't tell him that a fairy was going to take her body the next morning, could she? So, it was the perfect situation to do what she did best. "Well, my homework, of course."

Sai raised an eyebrow. "But are you really going to need so much time?"

"Yes, of course!" Ino exclaimed. "I told you I really have a lot of homework. I wasn't lying. Or you thought I was lying? You think I am a liar, Sai?!"

"N-No!" Sai's eyes widened with fear. He didn't like the angry Ino. "I- I mean, you never lie to me, I know that."

"So you don't suspect?" Ino asked, narrowing her eyes and crossing her arms over her chest.

"No!"

"Then don't question my reasons, honey!" she exclaimed, smiling cheerfully. It was incredible how her mood changed so easily.

Ino leaned forward and kissed his lips. "Hey, I got to go, okay? See you tomorrow!"

And with that, she turned around and walked away, leaving a confused Sai scratching his head behind.

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When Ino arrived to her home, she spent the entire evening hiding her personal stuff, like her diary, in places where Kim would never find them. She also wondered what she would do as a "ghost" for twenty four hours. Maybe spying that hot neighbor while he's in the shower… she thought, but then shook her head. Oh, no Ino! Bad girl! Remember Sai! You have a boyfriend now, so behave!

The night finally came and Ino had fallen asleep in her bed, tired of hiding so much stuff. She was woken up the next morning by a hand shaking her shoulder violently.

"… Girl!" She heard someone yelling, but she was too tired to recognize the voice. "Wake up!"

Ino growled and opened her eyes slowly. She blinked and the blur image of a girl's face became clear enough to her to remember it. She jumped away and gasped, completely awake now.

"K-Kim!" she stuttered. Kim stood up in front of her, with her hands in her hips and looking annoyed. Ino sighed and moved away some hair covering her forehead. "Dude, you scared the hell out of me!"

The fairy rolled her blue eyes. "It was the same with everyone…" she muttered. "Anyways, I'm tired of waiting. So stand up already. We're starting the change."

"The change?" Ino repeated confused, doing what Kim told her to. "What change?"

"What do you think?" Kim said sarcastically, walking to stand about two meters away from where Ino stood.

Ino's eyes widened. "Ohh! You mean, that change? You getting inside of my body and I becoming a ghost?"

"No, the other change," Kim said, still sarcastic, putting her hands together and closing her eyes.

Ino frowned. "Uh?"

Kim sighed and frowned. "Yes, Ino, the change of me getting inside of your body and you becoming a ghost! Just SHUT THE HELL UP and let me do this, okay?!"

"Fine!" Ino said, and then murmured: "How grumpy…"

Kim just growled; she did heard that. But she continued focusing on what she was doing. Ino blinked once and when she opened her eyes again, she was at the other side of her bedroom, just where Kim had been standing, and in front of her was a girl that looked exactly like her…

"OHMIGOSH!" Ino gasped. "YOU'RE ME! I mean, you're still you and I'm still me, but now you're inside of me, so you're practically me, but I am-"

"Shut up," Kim ordered, rubbing her (Ino's) temples. "God, don't you close your mouth for a second? I'm having a headache… well, you are having a headache, but it is bothering me."

Ino smirked proudly. "Don't worry, that's just who I am."

"A loud annoying blonde with no brains?"

"Exactly." Pause. "HEY!"

"Whatever." Kim rolled her eyes and then headed for the bathroom. Ino followed her.

"Hey, what are you going to do?" Ino asked her suspiciously as Kim stared at her reflection in the mirror, combing her hair with a comb that she found in the sink.

"I'm making you look good," the fairy answered. "Because I won't enjoy my day if everyone's staring at your body like if I was inside of a monster, right?"

"I don't look like a monster when my hair is messy, you know?" Ino smirked proudly. "I'm naturally beautiful."

Kim snorted, but didn't say anything else. Ino watched her as she fixed her hair and her makeup, and then she helped her choose clothes to wear.

When Kim was ready, she left the room. "Have fun!" Ino yelled at her from her door as Kim ran downstairs.

When her body was out of sight, she sighed tiredly, closed the door, and sat down in the floor. She hoped everything would be alright. It was kind of unfair she didn't get the chance to use the Keeping Promise Spell like Temari did, but she couldn't try it. Kim would get very angry and an angry Kim didn't sound too good.

So I can just hope, Ino thought, falling asleep again. She really needed a little bit more rest.

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When Sakura arrived to school, she was desperate to find Hinata. She needed to know the other details of Karin's plan, like who was going to be the boy, or when it was going to happen, and where. However, as she entered the classroom, someone stopped her.

"AHHHH!" screamed Naruto, tears falling down his tanned cheeks. Sakura stared at him with shock and he suddenly wrapped his arms around her, almost crushing her body.

"Naruto!" Sakura said. "What's wrong?!"

"HINATAAA!" he screamed in her shoulder. "SHE- SHE- SHE'S GONEEEE!"

Sakura frowned. "Wha-?"

"Sakura!" yelled a familiar voice. Sakura saw TenTen waving at her from over Naruto's shoulder.

"TenTen!"

The brunette ran over to them. She opened her mouth to start talking, but Naruto started crying harder. TenTen frowned, gripped Naruto's shirt, and threw him away from Sakura. Naruto curled up in a ball in the floor, and an annoyed Temari ran to him, patted his back and murmured "It's going to be okay" again and again to him.

"What the hell did he mean?" Sakura asked immediately to her friend.

TenTen sighed, and Sakura realized she looked extremely worried. That worried her even more, too. TenTen wasn't the kind of girl who worried too much; she always focused on just finding a solution. If you see TenTen worried, it means thing are really wrong.

"Hinata called me last night," TenTen started. "She told me her dad got a new girlfriend, who lives in America, and he had picked her up yesterday to take her to meet her new mother-in-law. She explained me that she didn't like her, but her dad did, so he is forcing her to stay there with the woman to know her well until she likes her."

"WHAT?!"

"I'm not done, yet," TenTen interrupted her. "She also said she's not able to have any more contact with her friends, so she's kind of out of touch right now. She doesn't know if she's coming back soon…"

TenTen trailed off and looked down. Sakura saw the concern and sadness in her face, and she felt a lump in her throat. She tried to swallow it.

"Hey," Sakura whispered, putting a hand over her friend's shoulder. "She'll be okay, TenTen; we'll be okay. Just don't lose hopes."

TenTen looked at her and her lower lip trembled. Sakura hugged her and the girl started crying on her shoulder.

"Naruto's not fine," Temari said, walking to them after taking a crying Naruto to his seat.

"Yes, I can see it," Sakura commented, watching the blond being now comforted by another friend of his.

"I'm actually trying not to cry right now." Temari sat down in a near chair. She looked at Sakura like a scared child wanting her mother to tell her everything was fine. "She's… She's coming back, right?"

"I…" Sakura wanted to say 'yes, she definitely will', but she didn't feel like lying to herself right now. "I don't know, Temari. I just hope so."

TenTen stopped sobbing and moved away from the pink haired girl. She sniffed and rubbed her wet eyes, taking a seat next to Temari. "That's all we can do," she said. "Hoping."

"I guess so." Sakura sighed sadly.

"I'm sorry for changing the subject," Temari said after a moment of silence. "But, what about Karin's plan? What did Hinata find out?"

"She just told me one thing before Shizune came to take her with her dad," Sakura answered. "She said Karin is trying to put another boy between Sasuke and me."

TenTen gasped. "That's… Ahh."

"What a bitch," Temari growled, staring at Sakura with wide eyes.

"But she couldn't give me the details. Her dad doesn't like to wait."

"So what are you going to do now?" TenTen asked, crossing her arms over her chest.

"I'll have to be careful from now on," Sakura answered. "I won't be with any other boy but Sasuke."

"Speaking of him..." Temari said, staring at something behind Sakura.

Sakura turned around quickly and saw Sasuke entering the classroom, looking as cool as ever. He walked and moved as a model of a magazine, and he even looked hot putting his backpack over a table. When his eyes met hers, a smirk appeared on his face, and something inside of Sakura melted.

"Oh," was all she said as she walked to him, looking at nothing but his eyes.

Sasuke put his arms around her when she stood in front of him. He kissed her cheek and then rested his forehead over hers.

"Hello," he whispered as his girlfriend put her hands over his chest.

"Hello," Sakura replied. "Nice to see you again."

"Yeah, the same." He kissed her, first sweetly and then deeply, and suddenly everything around them disappeared for Sakura. She would have had thrown him over a table if it wasn't because he broke the kiss all of sudden and said: "Why is Naruto crying?"

Sakura came back to reality and remembered the horrible situation. A shadow casted over her face and Sasuke frowned at the notice. "It's Hinata," Sakura said. "She left."

"What?" Sasuke's eyes widened slightly, but for him that meant he was really shocked. "Why? Where?"

"Her father forced her to be with her new American mother-in-law to know her better until she likes her," Sakura replied, playing with the fabric of his jacket. "She's in America and will come back-… Well, actually we don't even know if she's really coming back. She's not allowed to have contact with her friends anymore." She raised her head and stared at her boyfriend with sadness. "What if her mean dad makes her stay there forever, Sasuke? What if my friend… never comes back?"

Sasuke sighed and pushed her head to rest it over his shoulder as the girl started sobbing. "Sakura," he murmured in her ear while hugging her tighter. "It's going to be okay."

Sakura knew those words were a lie. She knew things weren't fine and were almost impossible to end well. First Kim, then Karin, and now this? she thought angrily.

However, as she heard Sasuke saying those words, she did feel it was all fine for a moment. He always made her believe that the impossible things were possible. That was what she loved the most from him.

Notes: Oh, look! A SasuSaku fluffy moment at the end! :O ... I hope it wasn't too lame ): My excuse is that I wrote this in the night & I'm kinda tired so be nice with me xD For all fans of the other main pairings: don't worry ;) There will be more NaruHina, and Saino, and ShikaTema, and NejiTen (read that, Rukia635241? ;D) fluffy moments in the future :DDD Because, yes ladies and gentlemen, this fanfic is not even close to the end! (DUN DUN DUN!!)

Super Useless & Stupid Note Number One: I was listening to Dance Gavin Dance as I wrote this :DDDDDD & I love that band as much as I love my mom D:

Super Useless & Stupid Note Number Two: I found out that the full moon happens every 29 days, 12 hours, 43 minutes & 12 seconds, so Kim will appear every "almost a month" from now on. FORGIVE ME, GOD! D:

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