A/N: Hey ppl! I'm back again! Hope you like the previous chapters…and I'm sorry for making the girls very mean….but peeps (people) this is my main purpose! I wanted you guys to know that love could really change anyone, everybody, every one even though they're really mean! Well that's all!
I just forgot to say that Sakura and every body is now 16 yrs old! Oh sweet sixteen! This detail is important so don't forget about this one.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto but I wish I did…
'thoughts'
"words spoken"
(Author's note)
Love can change everyone
Chapter 4: Why Sakura changed
After eating their lunch, Sasuke and his group went to the girls' table to talk about something. " After school meet us at the back of the gym and tell us what you think about Shikamaru's competition plan, okay?" Sasuke said calmly and…well, warmly. O.o
Sakura and her group was shocked at how Sasuke spoke to them. "Okay." Tenten said. " Sounds good to me, what do you think Sakura?" Ino asked Sakura who was still eating her lunch. Sakura just shrugged meaning it's okay for her. "Okay, see you after school then" Shikamaru said in a friendly way. "Yeah, see you after school even though we'll see each other at class." Neji said "And sorry for what I did a while ago." He added to Tenten. "It's okay. . . sorry for punching you…" Tenten said. Neji laughed and said "That's okay. Anyway we got to go bye!" The boys went away smirking which Sakura noticed.
" They're kind. We were just mean." Ino said. "Yeah. I agree. Don't you think so Sakura?" Tenten said. "No. Didn't you see them smirk? I think they're playing with us." " You think too much Sakura. It's okay plus you knew Sasuke before, right?" Ino said smiling at her best friend. " Yeah maybe I am thinking too much. And yes I know Sasuke." Sakura replied " Tell us your story girl!" Tenten said and Sakura started to tell them what happened.
"Hey that work well didn't it?" Shikamaru said. "Yeah it did, anyway tell us your story with that Haruno-girl, Sasuke" Neji said and Sasuke started to tell them the story.
(okay guys! Here's the flash back!)
Flash Back
A young girl with a pink hair was under a cherry blossom tree reading a book peacefully.
" Hey forehead-girl what are you reading?" a boy asked and then snatched the young girl's book away from her hand. "What is this? Cinderella?" another boy laughed. "Gosh, forehead- girl! Don't you realize the fact that you are now in Grade 3?" They started telling bad things about her and throwing things at her, even girls did. There were about 3 boys and 2 girls picking on the young girl.
"Hey! Stop that!" a boy yelled.
" Sasuke-kun, you shouldn't side up with this forehead- girl! She's so ugly" a girl yelled as she threw a garbage at Sakura's face.
" I said stop that!" Sasuke said now in front of the girl. They all got scared of the great Uchiha and then ran away. "Are you okay?" Sasuke asked the girl in front of him. She nodded and said "thank you".
"What's your name?" "My name's Sakura."
"How come you're not playing with your friends?"
"I don't have any friends. Everybody hates me because they say that I have a big forehead" Sasuke laughed and said: "Then, I'll be your friend!" (Sasuke and Sakura are only 8 years old at this time!)
4 years later… (They were 12 years old here. 4 years before now.)
"Sasuke-kun" Sakura called her best friend but was surprised when she saw that he was with his friends.
"Sasuke-kun? Hey don't tell me you're friends with this girl" A boy said. Everybody looked at Sasuke and waited for what he will say. "No, she's not my friend" "Are you sure? Show us then, hurt her. Hurt her like every body does!" Another boy said. Sakura was shocked. "Fine" Sasuke said and then he threw things at Sakura and hurt her like everybody did 4 years ago. Sakura fell on the floor and started to cry. "They're right! You are very ugly, Sakura" (ouch!) Sasuke said looking directly at Sakura. Sakura cried harder. 'Why Sasuke-kun? Why? WHY?' She thought.
Sasuke's friend started to laugh and one of them said. "I believe you. Now let's stop this before we get late for our next class." "Go ahead. I'll just go get my things." Sasuke replied as his friends went ahead of him. Sasuke went towards Sakura as Sakura backed off from him. "I'm sorry Sakura. I don't want to lose my friends, that's all. Come here and I'll bring you to the clinic before my class." Sasuke said offering his hand to Sakura. "No,no,NO!" said Sakura "I don't know you! If you are my friend you're suppose to protect me! Not hurt me…" "The friend you're talking about is a boyfriend and I am not you're boyfriend because I…." Sasuke said but didn't continue.
"Because you what? What? Because you hate me too don't you? Because you don't like me!" ". . ." Sasuke didn't say anything. "I hate you! I swear I would never be like this again. I would never be a wimp! I'd be stronger." Sakura said and ran away from him. "I'm sorry Sakura. . .I'm sorry"
End of Flash Back
" So you mean, he was kind but became bad to you once because he didn't want to lose his friends?" asked Tenten "Yeah…" Sakura answered while standing up from her chair. " Well, maybe he had a reason or something." Ino said. "Maybe…I don't know…I lost my trust to anybody after that, except when I met you and Tenten" Sakura said while, for the first time, smiling a little bit but was still close to smirking. " We will never do that to you" Tenten said "Yeah, you changed us, remember? We were wimps before but you thought us how to stand up right?" Ino said smiling at Sakura "Did I? When? How?" Sakura laughed. " Don't act like you didn't!" Tenten said. "Fine, I did. But you did most of the changing stuffs." "Anyway, let's go to our next class." Ino said walking towards their lockers.
" You hurt that girl, Sakura." Shikamaru said. " No wonder she changed. She became stronger AND mean. I bet the other 2 changed because of her." Neji said. "It's all your fault!" Neji and Shikamaru said at the same time. " I guess…" Sasuke said looking a little bit sad because of what happened to their friendship before. "But losing my friends was not the only reason. I don't care if I lose them. I had Sakura as my best friend anyway." Sasuke said closing his eyes as he remembered what was the reason why he needed to let Sakura go. " So, what's the other reason?" Neji asked. " There was a girl who liked me so much and she was very rich but I didn't like her." Said Sasuke " And then she told me not to go near Sakura anymore or else she would kill or hurt Sakura.
"Wow" Shikamaru said. "And then?" "And then nothing." Sasuke replied. "She went to a different school when we turned 13." "Great!" Neji said "So you really liked Sakura?" "As a friend I guess, before I did" Sasuke said. "And now?" Shikamaru asked grinning. "I don't know. She changed so much. She's cold, like an ice cube." "Maybe YOU could make that ice cube melt!" Neji said. "I like that Tenten girl. She's strong and kinda cute but…" "But?" Sasuke and Shikamaru asked at the same time. "But…she's a little bit cold too." Neji said. Shikamaru and Sasuke laughed. "I kinda like that Ino-girl." Shikamaru said. "She pretty cute and well, she yells a lot and she protects her friends. But she's cold too." "Yup, they're all cold. But I think we could melt those ice cubes." Sasuke said "Forget about my cruel plan and let's be kind." "What cruel plan?" Neji asked.
"Well you see, I thought for a good revenge we will make them fall in love with us and then break up with them." Sasuke said "But then I don't want to hurt Sakura again." "I don't want to hurt Ino" Shikamaru said. "I don't want to hurt Tenten" Neji said. "She was kind anyway." "So I think we fell in love instead of them falling in love with us huh?" Sasuke laughed. Then Shikamaru and Neji laughed too and headed for their next class.
' I can't believe this. I'm being scared of Sasuke.' Sakura thought 'I'm scared of liking him again and getting hurt. Is that why I'm being more kind than before? I'm changing to the weak me again? I better forget about this and continue on my studies.'
'I said sorry to that Hyuuga. Do I like him? No Way! He's, he's, he's…he's mean but kind. Huh? That doesn't make sense at all! I must be crazy. Do I like him!' Tenten thought as she looked down at her notebook again and tried to concentrate. 'I'll forget about that'
'I think I like Shikamaru. He didn't do anything bad to us anyway, except for making fun of us. No, I can't like him. I can't.' Ino thought as she shoved that thought away and continued on studying japanese
TBC….
A/N: Yehey! 4th chappie finish! I'm getting faster than before! Wait a minute. Are the girls, the ice cubes, falling in love with the boys. And at the same time the boys fell in love with the girls? That fast! Cool! Well you see some people, even me, thought that the girls are too mean so I better end up their evilness and turn it to kindness! Hahaha! Please Review!
Sorry if everybody is so OOC. It's difficult to make them the real them, since I watch the Japanese version of "NARUTO" and I'm not THAT good at Japanese. Well That's all!
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