Hey y'all! I was thinking about this fic since i haven't updated in a long time, so i log in and look at this sorty and i'm like "shit, i've had chapter 3 for so long and i'v never published it!" so here it is!!!

I'm sad because yesterday my BF took the testing for entering the boarding school... = (

OH! And thank you raven rose 101 and Angelic Sakura Blossom for being my first reviewers!! 3 u!

I added two OCs: Celine, who is Ino's rival and Karin's roommate, and Mako, Celine's boyfriend who has an obsession for our dear friend Ino. They're both in Karin's gang.

I'm thinking that I should list the gangs we know already, so here they go (* means leader):

SHITT & THE GUYS GANG:

Sakura*, Hinata, Ino, Temari, Tenten, Sasuke*, Naruto, Kiba, Shikamaru and Neji

[This gang has two leaders because they used to be two separate gangs]

GAARA'S GANG:

Gaara*, Matsuri, Hanabi, Konohamaru, Kankurou, Rin, Obito and Lee

KKT & CO. GANG:

Karin*, Kin, Tayuya, Celine, Mako, Juugo, Suigetsu and Shiho

AKATSUKI GANG:

Pein*, Konan, Deidara, Sasori, Tobi, Kisame, Itachi, Hidan, Zetsu, Kakutsu

Ready? OK, I recommend listening to the song "Girlfight" by Brooke Valentine. I stole some lines from the song and it inspired me to write this chapter.

Konoha Boarding School

Chapter 3

Ino was sitting on her bed, watching as Sakura put on a pair of black denim shorts and a hot pink tank top. A black headband held her short hair out of her face. Sakura laced up her bright pink hi-tops and checked herself over in the mirror.

Her blonde friend knew this was Sakura's first girl fight. Ino had been in one last year, with a girl named Celine as the opponent. The whole fight had started when Celine had purposefully broken Hinata's ankle. And so she had to pay.

Luckily, Ino had gotten the best of her and managed to get Sasuke's gang to join hers.

Sakura knew how the fights worked: you win, and your reputation rose. You lose, and you are humiliated in front of everyone.

"Are you ready?" Ino asked.

Sakura took a deep, determined breath and turned to look at her friend.

"Let's do this."

~*~

"Ready, Karin?" an auburn-haired girl smirked, as the redhead adjusted her red strapless top.

"Sakura is going down, Cel-chan," Karin said, flipping her hair over her shoulder. "And then Sasuke will see just how awesome I am."

"Uh, Kari-chan," Celine said doubtfully. "You know that Sasuke is on forehead's gang, right?"

Karin smirked. "Who knows, if I win, maybe he'll shift over to ours," she looked over her shoulder at her worried friend. "And you might as well get revenge for being defeated by blondie, right Celine?"

The auburn-haired girl went red in the face. "That was a totally unfair fight! If my –"

Karin sighed. "Yes, we all know what happened. This may be your chance to earn your rep back, dearie."

Celine huffed. "Whatever. They're all losers anyways. And aren't you going to take those glasses off and put your red contacts on?"

Karin glared. "Yes, of course I am! Sasuke isn't attracted to muddy brown eyes. He does like a sense of danger. And red is the perfect color. And seriously, Cel," she frowned as she examined her shorter-than-thongs shorts, "You might want to get that dying job redone. Your gray roots are starting to show."

Ignoring Celine's gasp, Karin smirked and walked outside.

~*~

The crowd was gathered in the sophomore common room, where a large space had been cleared out. Everyone was there, except for Sasuke and his friends and the two opponents.

Karin and Celine were the first to walk in. Kin, Tayuya, Suigetsu and Juugo were already waiting for them on one side of the circle.

Soon after, Sakura and Ino walked in and were dragged by Hinata, Temari and Tenten to where Kiba and Gaara's gang were waiting.

"What are you guys doing here?" Sakura asked Gaara.

"You're in my sister's gang. You get humiliated, your gang gets humiliated, I get humiliated, and so does my gang. I'm here to make sure you win."

Sakura tried to ignore the evil glint in the younger boy's eyes. She knew what Gaara was capable of, and it wasn't pretty.

"Ignore him," Hanabi whispered into the rosette's ear. "You know how much he cares about our reputation. But please, please, please win this fight. Matsuri has been holding a grudge against Karin, and so is Konohamaru-kun." The black-haired girl gestured towards her glaring boyfriend and the equally angry brunette girl.

"Yo, Sasuke!" Kiba called. Sasuke, Naruto, Shikamaru and Neji walked calmly over to them.

Sasuke looked around. "What the hell—"

"There's about be a girlfight!" Temari whispered.

"Hey bitch," Sakura said, advancing forward towards the scowling Karin. "You ready to get beaten?"

"Fuck off, you pink-haired slut," Karin retorted.

That was enough for Sakura. She pulled back her am, curled her hand into a fist and sent it flying towards Karin's face.

The redhead began to nosebleed, but that didn't stop her. She kicked Sakura in the stomach, making her cough blood.

Damn, she thought. Karin then proceeded to hook her by her right top strap. Sakura struggled and the strap ripped, exposing some cleavage. A few of the onlooker whistled, and Karin smirked.

I will not be humiliated again! Sakura thought angrily. "Go. To. Damn. Hell." She hissed through clenched teeth and charged Karin, knocking her to the ground.

Karin took advantage of Sakura's uncertain stumbling to elbow her hard in the ribs. The rosette clenched her teeth again so she didn't scream. If she did, a teacher would come and that would be the end of their fight.

The redhead punched Sakura again, this time square in the forehead.

Sakura's vision went blurry. She had a sudden flashback of her childhood.

^^Flashback^^

The twelve-year-old rosette whimpered as the two playground bullies came nearer.

One of them picked up a stone. "Ha! Her forehead is so huge, you could easily use it as target practice!" he threw the pebble and hit her forehead precisely.

Sakura's eyes welled up with tears. "Please..." she begged. "Stop..."

The other bully poked her nose. "Flat chest and huge forehead don't make that great of a combination, cherry. Now, if it was the other way around..." the two of them snickered and Sakura sobbed.

The first one kicked her in the stomach and she keeled over. They laughed.

"You're useless, you know that?" they said. "Ugly and useless! Ugly and useless!" they chanted over and over again, making sure their words drilled their way into the crying girl's brain.

^^End Flashback^^

She hadn't realized it was happening all over again. Karin knelt close to her face and breathed, "That's what you really are, forehead. Ugly," she inched closer, "and useless."

Sakura's vision went red and without thinking she lunged forwards and pinned Karin to the ground.

The redhead screamed. "Get off, bitch!" she yelled, clawing at Sakura's face. She could hear some student's voices.

"Sakura-chan! DO SOMETHING!!" Naruto yelled.

"S-SAKURA!" Hinata called.

"Show her what you've got!" Gaara shouted.

"Give up!" Karin hissed.

"NEVER!" Sakura retorted and got ready to deliver her final blow to Karin's shocked face.

"NO!" was heard before Karin pulled out a small Swiss army pocket-knife and aimed it at Sakura's chest.

Sakura felt the blade pierce her skin, but it didn't go deep. Someone grabbed her by the hips and swung her to the ground. Someone screamed, but it wasn't Karin, it was someone else. She faintly heard Pein, the Akatsuki leader, call everyone to order.

Sasuke didn't know what had come over him. He knew Karin would stop at nothing, so he had ran in, grabbed Sakura and threw her to the ground before she could be harmed seriously. But since Sakura was heavy enough, he had stumbled and the still outstretched blade had struck his left side, sending searing pain up his chest.

He fell in between the two girls and twisted his head so he could see Sakura. She was on her hands and knees, panting. Blood was dripping on the ground, but she didn't look too hurt. The room was silent.

"SASUKE!" the rosette yelled and crawled over to him, clutching her chest.

"Sakura," he whispered. "Are you hurt?"

"Just a scratch, it's not deep," she reassured him as Ino and his brother also came forward.

Itachi pulled the blade out of his brother's side and Sasuke winced.

"You absolute idiot!" Sakura and Ino screamed in unison, Sakura to Sasuke and Ino to Karin.

"You could have killed her!" Ino yelled.

"You could have killed yourself!" Sakura scolded.

"I just saved your damn life!" Sasuke said, raising his voice dangerously.

"Oh my fucking god!" Sakura sobbed and hugged his stomach. "Oh my god, Sasuke, you scared me!" she said, crying onto his shirt.

"I have bandages," Rin announced, coming forward and bandaging Sasuke's wound, then moving on to Sakura, who was still latched onto him.

Ino gently shook her friend, who was sobbing, "I'm sorry. Gomenasai, Sasuke, I'm sorry!"

"He'll be OK, Sakura," she whispered. "Please, let go of him so we can go back to our room. Kurenai will suspect something if we show up to class half-asleep tomorrow."

"Fuck," Naruto sighed. "That was very scary. Never again, Sakura-chan, OK?"

Sakura nodded and hugged him, then walked off with Ino next to her and Hinata, Temari and Tenten lurking protectively around her.

~*~

Ino sighed and dropped her books on the bench under a cherry blossom tree. Classes had just ended, but she didn't feel like going anywhere with her friends.

Sakura was probably in Naruto and Sasuke's dorm, seeing that Sasuke heals properly.

Hinata should be in the library, studying for the upcoming science test.

Temari and Tenten... well, those two were always up to something, and Ino strongly suspected that the next time she'd see Karin and her gang they'd be covered in bandages from head to toe.

The last think Ino wanted to do was get involved into another fight. Usually she took advantage of it relieve her stress, but for now she was going to stay clear.

She sat down wearily and played with a strand of loose hair that had fallen out of its ponytail.

Someone draped an arm around her shoulders, and she immediately stiffened.

"Hello, Ino-chan," a voice whispered huskily into her ear.

"Goodbye, Mako," she replied acidly and clutched her books to her chest, ready to stand up.

"Why do you run, darling?" the raven-haired boy asked, wrapping his arms around her waist and holding her close to him.

"Aren't you supposed to be with your girlfriend?" Ino hissed, elbowing him.

He nibbled her ear and kissed her neck. Ino gasped and struggled harder. "Let go," she threatened, "or I'll scream!"

He laughed softly. "Not going to happen, honey," and he kissed her, trying to force her mouth open.

Ino unleashed the bottled up stress inside her and she kicked, punched and clawed at him, but he just kept holding her with those monstrously muscular arms of his.

Finally, she managed to kick him in the... ahem... you-know-whats.

Mako released her and doubled over in pain. "Damn you, Ino!" he gasped. "Can't you see that I love you?"

"Get away from me, freak!" Ino shrieked as he grabbed her left arm and forced her chin up. She tried punching him again, but he was too quick. He slapped her across the face, leaving a splotchy red mark.

"Let me go!" the blonde begged, close to tears.

"Let go of her, Mako."

Both teenagers turned around to see Kiba storming towards them.

"You see, Mako," he continued. "This is why she runs from you. You hurt her, but that's not going to make her love you."

"What do you know, dog?" Mako replied, as Ino sank to the ground, clutching her face. Kiba growled.

"I know more than you, at least."

"Oh, Mako-kun!"

"Coming, Celine-chan!" he called back, glaring at the brunette who was still growling softly.

As soon as Mako was out of earshot, Kiba knelt down next to Ino. "Are you OK, Ino?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine," she mumbled, blushing and looking down.

"That was quite a fight you put up there," he joked. Ino smiled.

"Yeah, I got a B+ on my History essay, and Anko got pissed at me for ruining my perfect A record in her class," she explained.

"Is he stalking you or something?" Kiba asked, helping her up and gathering her books for her.

"He's a total freak... cheating on Celine and everything."

"Man whore."

Both students laughed contentedly.

"Good thing you exist Kiba," Ino sighed. "You're the only non-girl being I can talk to now."

Kiba grinned. "Good thing you exist Ino," he replied. "Because then I wouldn't have anyone to take to the dance."

As he walked away, Ino gaped at him.

Did he just... ask me out?

Even though I am now a NaruSaku/SasuIno/KibaHina fan, I felt I should continue this fic for the sake of my readers and reviewers! I am working on chapter 4 as I am writing this so HANG IN THERE GUYS!!!