Best Friends

Minna-san!

This is a collab. Fic between Hoshi rene and Rinna-chan! We hope you all will adore the story:

Rinna-chan: Finally! After so long... Sorry for the wait guys, but this chapter was really worth it!

Hoshi rene: Yay another chapter is done. Ya'll already know the disclaimer. Oh by the way no flamers are allowed. So if you don't like it, please push the back arrow and read something else.

Warning: This story contains OOC, because we want some of the characters to relate to our personalities.

Summary: Sakura Haruno is a sophomore at a High School in Suna. One day, when she was browsing the web, she found something very interesting that made her meet Tsunade Senju. They became pen pals and found more then one thing in common. They will help each other even though they have never met.

Pairings: NejiSaku, KakaTsu, NaruHina, ShikaIno, GaaMatsu.

To: Tsunade Senju – konohamail net

From Sakura Haruno – sunamail com

Subject: A disastrous date.

Tsu-chan!

I'm already sending you this email without waiting for your reply because I can't wait to tell you the news!

Well, let's begin with the disastrous date!

I wanted to be really pretty and impress Itachi-kun. We were going to a really fancy restaurant. Well, the Uchiha are rich, so they could pay. I wore my sexiest dress. It's a emerald green color that matches my eyes. It's strapless and it pushes my boobs up, making them seem bigger. It's really form fitting, but the skirt, that is mid-tight, flares a bit. However, when I walk in it, the skirt flutters a bit and Ino says my ass looks great. I was wearing some black high-heeled sandals that made my legs look endless. I curled my hair, put some light make-up and waited for them to arrive.

They rang the bell and I exited my place. Itachi-kun was waiting for me outside the car and Shisui-kun was inside with his girlfriend. I smiled at Itachi-kun. He opened his mouth but nothing came out! I made him speechless! He opened the door and I entered the car, him following me. Shisui's girlfriend turned in the front seat and smiled at me.

"Thank god I know Shisui loves me and you are Itachi's date, or I'd be seriously worried about you stealing my boyfriend. I'm Inuzuka Hana, by the way."

"I'm Haruno Sakura. Nice to meet you."

We went to the restaurant. The place was full and the plates were really expensive. Itachi and Shisui ordered lobster for us. Then something really freaky happened. I wondered out loud about how much money such a big, expensive restaurant like that may make per day when some four guys wearing masks came in holding guns and pointing them to the customers yelling that it was a robbery. People screamed all around and then another two guys carrying guns appeared. They grabbed two girls by their necks and pointed the guns at their temples and yelled everyone to stand up with their hands to the air and to quiet down or they would shoot them.

It was really scary. I kept crying and whimpering. I really thought I was going to die, that I would never see my family and friends again. Itachi and Shisui whispered to themselves about calling the police. Unfortunately one of the guys heard. He was going to shoot me, but Itachi jumped in front of me and took the bullet instead of me. His blood splashed all over me. I swear to you that my heart stopped. The world died for me. I couldn't hear, smell, and feel anything! I was in a state of shock. Everything I could think was Itachi. He fell to the ground and my legs gave out. I fell to my knees. I didn't even pay attention to the rest of the assault. All I did was put Itachi's head in my lap and hold his hand.

I couldn't accompany him in the hospital, since I wasn't his relative. However Shisui did. Hana and I stayed in the waiting room. She called his parents, because I couldn't do anything. I could only think about Itachi. I didn't care that I was drenched in blood, that my parents should be worried or anything. All I could do was sit there, in shock, waiting. Sasuke came, along with his parents. That woke me up. I feel so guilty Tsu-chan! Because I was supposed to have been shot, not Itachi! And, nobody blames me! Neither Mikoto, nor Sasuke, nor Fugaku.

When they were done, we were allowed into Itachi's room. The bullet hit his stomach, so his torso was all wrapped up. I stood behind with Hana as his family talked with him. Then, Shisui left the room with Hana. I was about to leave too, when Itachi called me. I turned to face him. He asked his family to leave, because he wanted to speak with me privately. After they left, I approached his bed.

"Are you hurt?" he asked.

"No. I am so sorry."

"Don't be sorry. It was my choice and it was my fault they shot. I apologize. I was expecting to give you a fun evening to take your mind off of Sasuke, but..."

"Don't apologize. It's not your fault that things happened the way they did."

"I won't make it to your play."

"You won't miss much."

"You know, with a Mrs Lovett like you, I think Sweeney Todd is an idiot to not care about you and only think about a dead person. I thought that Sweeney Todd should have stayed with Mrs. Lovett. If I were him, I would."

Somehow I think he wasn't exactly talking about Sweeney Todd. I think he was talking about Sasuke and I. If I am right, does that mean that he wants to stay with me? I don't know. It's dawn already. I tried to sleep, but I couldn't so I thought about writing to you.

And how are things with you and Kakashi? I wanna know about you too!

Kisses,

Sakura.

From: Tsunade Senju-konohamail net

To: Sakura Haruno-sunamail com

Subject:Jealously can be so funny

Thank God that you are all right.

Aww! Itachi is such a knight in shining armor. If only I had a guy just like that. And don't you dare say that I have Kakashi. I'm still a little upset with him. Ugh. Not only was he jealous of you, he is currently jealous of my new friend Dan.

This is part of the reason it has taken me so long to write back to you. About 2 weeks ago, Kashi, being the huge jerk that he is decided that I was spending to much time emailing you and not enough time with him anymore so out of spite the bastard hides my laptop from me. Which was also the start of our argument and when I first met Dan. Maybe I should explain.

Well the semester for was school was over and the gang and I decided to take a fun class for the summer. On the first day of class, which was two weeks ago, I wanted to email you to tell you how great it was that all of us would be taking the same class. The class that we are taking is called Naginata. It's a Japanese martial arts class. The name sounded cool, so we thought it would be exciting. Anyways, I couldn't find my laptop anywhere and when I asked Kashi if he saw it he just shrugged his shoulders and said

"Maybe it walked away from you, because you use it to much."

I instantly knew that he knew where it was. I mean seriously can laptops walk away. This started a huge argument between us. I was so mad that I left and went to class early. On the first day of class, the teacher had us in a classroom so that he could explain to us about Naginata and then he would move us to the gym.

I would usually save the seat next to me for Kashi, because he always comes late, but after what happened that morning I could care less about his stupid seat. So the gang came in and sat down. Genma was on my right; Anko and Shizune sat behind Genma and me. And Kurenai and Asuma sat in front of us. So that left the seat to my left and the seat to Genma's right free. Iruka wasn't able to take the class with us because he was working during the time class would start.

Class was just about to start when this tall gorgeous man walked in. He had long pale blue hair and dark green eyes. All of the women in the room must have went quiet, cuz you could hear a pin drop. He looked around the room for an available seat and he saw me and it was like our eyes connected. But for me it was more like I was examining him. I couldn't put my finger on it, but something about him seemed a little off. So he came towards me.

"Is this seat taken?"

"Nope" I replied. I could feel all of my friends' eyes on me in utter shock. They must have known something was up between Kashi and me.

"Thanks" he said, "My name is Dan and you are?" He smiled and held out his hand for me to shake.

"Tsunade" I smiled back and took his hand, he had a pretty good grip but his hand was super soft. Hell it was softer than mine. My mind was spinning something was definitely off.

"So is this your first martial arts class?" He asked as he released his hand.

"Naw, I took a Tae Kwon Do class it was fun." I smiled at his shocked look. I guess he wasn't expecting me to say that.

"Hey Dan, can I ask you something?"

"Sure Tsunade"

"Just call me Nade, everyone else does."

"Okay, what do you want to know"

"Well, why is your hand so soft. I never shook a guy's hand that was so soft before." He laughed at me and said.

"Well that's because I like to take good care of myself. Is that a problem."

"Nope, no problem at all" I smiled. Just as I was about to ask another question, I noticed that the teacher walks in and behind him, Kashi also walks in looking for our group.

You should have seen the look on his face when he noticed that the seat next to me was taken. I swear it was like I could see his jaw dropping behind his mask.

It serves him right. I thought. So instead of sitting next to me he sat in the seat next to Genma. I think I may have even seen a look of sadness in his eyes, but I quickly dismissed it and started to pay attention to the teacher. He was going our syllabus and the types of clothes we should wear for class. He also asked us to choose a partner to practice with. Finally he let us know that the class will be in the gym for the rest of the 6 weeks, he dismissed us and told us to be dressed and ready for the next class.

As soon as class was over I could see Kashi making his way over to me.

"Hey Nade, will you be my partner?" Dan asked me while smiling.

"Sure, Dan" he was sweet and since he asked first, I had no problem with it.

As soon as I had said that, I could feel a dark aura behind me. I turned to see a jealous looking Kashi, glaring at Dan.

I guess he must have heard Dan asking me to be his partner. I thought to myself. Because the next thing I saw was Kashi turning to Genma and dragging him out of the class. You could hear him telling Genma that he was gonna be his partner. I felt bad for Genma, because he was just about to ask Shizune to be his partner. I knew that I was gonna have to cook him special to make him feel better.

So after class, Dan and I exchanged numbers. And we have been talking and texting each other nonstop.

Within this time Kashi had obviously gotten over being jealous of you and transferred it to Dan, but he did apologize for what he did and he also bought me the cutest little dog. He told me his name was Pakkun. My little Pakkun has been wonderful and follows the both of us everywhere and he whines when he can't go with us.

Anyways, like I said Dan and I have been talking and texting each other a lot. The group likes him (except Kashi) and we have been to each other place too. Usually he has been coming to mine to eat, but when I did go to his place it was like I stepped inside a fashion magazine.

So just the other day Dan was over for lunch. It was his day off and lately he spends it over at my place if I'm home. Since it was the weekend I was home. We were both in the kitchen. I was cooking. Dan was at the counter watching me cook and Pakkun was sleeping on his pillow.

"So Nade, are you in love with Kakashi?" He asked. I almost dropped my spoon into my soup that I was making. My face was so red and I was speechless. I just nodded my head.

"Well, how about I help you win him over since he is so jealous of me."

"You know about that!"

"Of course I do. It's obvious. I can feel his anger every time he sees me next to you. And he immediately rushes to your side. One time I even caught him trying to teach Pakkun to growl at me, but your little pup loves everyone."

"I can't believe he did that."

"Trust me he did. So would you like me to help?"

"I don't know, Dan. I don't want to feel like I'm using you and lying to Kashi."

"Don't worry Nade, we won't do anything. It will be just me spending more time with you."

"Ok, but why would you help me" I had to ask this because people usually don't do nice stuff like this for me.

"Well, um, I sort of need your help with something." His cheeks started to turn pink.

"Sure"

"Aren't you friends with Ibiki?"

"Yes, we actually have a couple of classes together and we study together to." I said

Ibiki was a guy that I met in one of my math classes. His major was also Criminal Justice. He told me that he wants to be an interrogator. He is a genius. He already has a degree in Psychology and a minor in Biology and Chemistry. He is still working on his Criminal Justice major and his Math minor. He said that he is studying all of this so that he can get into peoples minds when he interrogates them and he can administer any type of drug to them to. He's so cool.

Ibiki is a well-built guy, and he has a scar across his nose, he never did explain to me how he got that but eventually he will. He also always wears a bandana around his head. When most people see him they immediately flee, because he looks scary. I think he is so sweet and hot. Once you get to know him you would think the same to. But the biggest thing that no one will be able to notice is that Ibiki is gay. Ibiki is not like the gay people that you see that act feminine or the ones on TV. He is very masculine and he is true to himself. He is who he is and he said if people don't like him well then they can kiss his ass. I like how honest and trustworthy he is. This is why we are friends.

Then something clicked in me. Why would Dan want to know about Ibiki.

" Dan, why do you want to know about Ibiki?"

"Well we are friends too, but I notice that you and him are better friends than me and him. I was hoping that you could to talk him more about me and invite him over when I'm over, so that we can become better friends."

I looked at Dan and saw how red his face was. It was then that I remembered the first day of school and I remembered how I felt something was off about him. Now I knew exactly what it was. So I smiled at him.

"So Dan, you offered to help me with Kashi, already knowing that nothing romantic would happen between us because…"

"Yes Nade, it's because I'm …"

To: Tsunade Senju – konohamail net

From: Sakura Haruno – sunamail com

Subject: The play. And your Kashi.

Oh dear lord!

Dan's Gay, right? He's gotta be gay, right?

I mean, wow, Tsu-chan! You go and get Kakashi jealous!

But you know something, Deidara also has soft hands, his hairs is shinier than mine and his place is so well kept... (he also does his nails) Does that mean that Deidara is gay too? If he is, I'm sure he likes Sasori-kun! He always treats Sasori special. And... He calls Sasori differently. He calls him Sasori-danna. Hmmm. Must look into that!

The play was surprisingly very good!

All of our friends were there, except for Itachi, of course. I made a wonderful Mrs. Lovett. I didn't sing off key and I didn't miss any of my cues. Sai was very good. He has this scary aura and his fake smile is perfect. The only embarrassing part was when I first appeared Deidara rose and screamed:

"Go Saku! You look great, bitch!"

I swore I'd kill him one day. Thank god Sasori pulled him down before he could embarrass me more. Sasuke-teme was also there. I could swear that when I first entered he smiled at me. He and Suigetsu (Suigetsu loves Karin. I don't know what he sees in her. Well, I used to be her friend too, so I can't say anything.) were in the front row. However the scene where Sai kisses Ino, I could see the smoke coming out of Shikamaru's head. I giggled. But when Sai kissed me, it was Sasuke that looked pissed.

After the play, I took awhile to get out of the dressing room. I was going to visit Itachi-kun, so I couldn't go with my Mrs. Lovett clothes and make-up. There was probably no one in school, but when I exited the dressing room, Sasuke-teme was there, leaning on the wall.

"You're going to visit Itachi."

I nodded. He sighed.

"I'll drive you." My parents haven't gotten me a car yet, but I'm expecting one real soon.

"Ah... I'll take a cab." You see, the idea of having to stay in car alone with him wasn't very pleasing.

"Don't be so annoying." I narrowed my eyes. If this was his idea of convincing me, he wasn't doing a very good work. He smiled at me. I forgot what I was thinking. Sasuke doesn't smile, he smirks. But his smile was so beautiful... "It's so easy to get under your skin. Come." I just followed him like a lost puppy.

The drive to the hospital was silent, but when I was exiting the car, Sasuke got sad and said to me:

"I'm really sorry. Tomorrow you'll understand."

I closed the door and he left. I cracked my head to understand what would happen tomorrow. But the only thing out of usual was the end of the trimester ceremony and the results of the "Student of the Year".

I walked to Itachi's room in a daze. When I entered the room, Itachi was glaring at a nurse.

"Come on, Itachi-kun. I'll only give you your dinner if you consent to go out with me!" She said.

"Never." he scowled.

"Mou, you'll starve to death!"

I raised my eyebrows. Itachi turned his head and saw me.

He smiled. He seemed really relieved to see me. The nurse glared at me and left taking Itachi's dinner with her.

He sighed and his stomach rumbled. I smirked. This was perfect.

"Are you hungry Itachi-kun?" I asked sweetly.

"Yes?" he actually looked scared.

"I made you dinner!" I had made a bento for him at Hinata-chan's house before the play.

I gave him the bento. His face was like a man that was in the desert for years and found a soda machine. I laughed.

"How was the play?" he asked.

I told him everything, but the part of Sasuke. I think it's something that it was meant for me alone. We had a really fun evening. I would have stayed more, but my mother called and I had to return home. I'm going to sleep now. I have a feeling that tomorrow will be a eventful day.

Best Wishes and Kisses,

Sakura.

From: Tsunade Senju-konohamail net

To: Sakura Haruno-sunamail com

Subject:You'll never guess what happened

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! Saku you'll never guess what happened. Well, before I tell you about what happened, first let me say that I'm so sorry I didn't realize that my computer cut off the rest of what Dan was supposed to say. And I'm so sorry that it has taken me a week to respond. My laptop has been acting up lately. It's been cutting off words and it has not been responding well either. It may be time for me to get another laptop.

I'm so glad that you rocked your Mrs. Lovett. I'm also happy that your play was a hit. Although, I must say that I am now curious as to what had happened to you on your next day of school with Sasuke.

Ok. I'm getting side tracked now. I'm gonna finish up the rest of the previous email that had cut off and then I'm going to tell you what you would never have guessed what happened.

So yes, you guessed it Dan is gay. But you know what that doesn't bother me at all, because he is such a great friend.

So our plan was to have Dan come over more often than usual and for him to be in close proximity to me. When we finished our plan, we sat down on the couch to eat. And then the front door opened and in walks Kashi. He looked so sexy in his suit and tie. He had told me the night before that him and Genma would have to go in for half of the day to help prepare for an important trial on Monday.

As he walked in, he looked towards Dan and me saw us eating on the couch and he immediately scowled at Dan. Dan did not let me know that we was going to start our plan at that moment, because the next thing I felt was Dan's lips on my cheek.

"Oh you had some soup by your mouth and I got it for you Nade." He smirked at Kashi.

My face turned a deep red. I turned to see Kashi's face and let's just say that he wasn't very happy at what Dan did. In fact, he was so pissed off that he stormed off to his room and slammed his door. All that you could hear was him cursing and punching his punching bag that he had in his room.

" Well that looked like it went well." Dan said

"You could have warned me, you know."

"Yeah, but I wouldn't have gotten the same expression from you and him"

"I guess"

" Don't worry Nade, this will work." He gave me the most sincere and genuine smile. And I knew at that moment that Dan and I would be friends for life.

"Ok Dan"

After that, we didn't see Kashi for the rest of the day.

When Monday came, I invited Ibiki to come and eat out with Dan and me after our class. And I'm proud to say that things went very well between them. So well that they are currently dating. ^_^. According to both of them, it was love at first sight. I'm happy that they found each other. And Dan even told Ibiki about our plans to make Kashi jealous. Ibiki grinned evilly and he gave us a lot of ideas on what will help us. Thanks to Ibki's extra input, I think that Kashi has reached a whole new level of jealously.

He doesn't let me out of his sight when all of us go out. When he sees me near Dan or standing next to Dan he immediately comes over and stands between us. Believe it or not he's even jealous of Genma still kissing me on the cheek and he's been doing that forever. And every night I constantly hear him punching his punching bag.

This has been going on for a total of five days!

On a quick side note: Dan and Ibiki say that it's a high possibility that Deidara is also gay, but if you really want to know then you should ask him.

Now that I got that out of the way, on to the part I really want to tell you about. Remember, I said you'd never guess what happened.

Well, just last night, I was making dinner and Kashi was watching TV with Pakkun. When suddenly, my cell phone rang and I couldn't get to it.

"Hey Kashi, can you answer that for me." I yelled from the kitchen.

"Yea, sure" he replied

"Hello" I could hear him say. After that I couldn't hear anything else. About 10 minutes later, Kashi comes into the kitchen looking mad as hell with little Pakkun following close behind him.

"Who was that on the phone" I asked, while cutting off the stove.

"Dan"

"Oh, what did he want?"

"To know when you are spending the night at his place." He hissed.

"Oh really" I said. "Hmm, I have to see when I'm free."

"YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!" He yelled

"What?" I was confused. Kashi never really yelled at me.

"You can't be seriously thinking about going over to his house to spend the night! HE'S A GUY, NADE!"

"And, you're a guy too. And we live together."

"THAT'S NOT THE SAME, HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SPEND THE NIGHT JUST SO THAT YA'LL CAN HAVE A BIG SLEEPOVER AND TALK ABOUT GIRL STUFF LIKE YOU DO WITH ANKO, KURE AND SHIZUNE"

I almost wanted to laugh at that, because that's exactly what Dan wanted to do. And he also wants to invite Anko, Kure and Shizune so that it can be a big sleepover, but he conveniently left that out when he talked to Kashi.

"I can't take this anymore, I'm sick and tired of him always over here. I'm sick of him spending time with you. And I'm sick of not being able to do any of the things that he is able to do to you!"

I knew that he was going to explode. So I figured that I should probably tell him that Dan is gay.

"Kashi, you see Dan..."

"Dan this, Dan that, that's all I ever hear from you now."

"But you don't understand."

"No Nade, you don't understand, but I'm going to show you."

The next thing I knew, Kashi grabbed me by the waist and then he...

Hoshi rene: So, what do you guys think? Do you like it? Please let us know.

Rinna-chan: I think it went well! Things are starting to heat up! Nice cliffie, by the way. Until next time! ^^v