All credits to Yves_Liong (writer from Wattpad) and Masashi Kishimoto (maker of Naruto).

To the guest reviewer who told me: "kill yourself, disgusting delusional pathetic fucked up virgin."

Fuck off. You don't even review with your own account, coward. Only idiots like yourself says and does things like that. I'm so sorry that you have no manners and that this world is full of stupid creatures like you. Now, go away and fuck yourself.

To the readers of this fic, if there are, I'm sorry I had to do that. I've been experiencing reviewers like that since I started writing my first SasuHina.

Warning: OOC characters

-DenHime

Battling With A Hot Guy

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08

Over the weekend, I came to a decision that I would take a day off today from plotting something bad on Sasuke. I just thought that even though the possibility of Sasuke saving me intentionally was highly unlikely, the point is, he really did save me. And that was what mattered. That didn't mean I'd let him off the hook that quickly. I will just give him a break. Besides, I am going to be busy since I need to fulfill my end of the deal with Sai.

As soon as I arrived at the school, I looked for Ino. Unfortunately, I'm still afraid of opening my cellphone in fear that I might read a swarm of hate messages. I'd give another three days before I use it again. I opted to check by her locker first, since everyone usually go there before classes starts. Luckily, she is there.

"Ino-chan!" I called out as I approach her.

She turned to me with a friendly smile. "Hey, what's up?" She greeted as she take out her things from her locker.

I decided not to go straight to the point because it might sound awkward. "What are you gonna do at lunch today?"

Her eyebrow arched up. "Eating, of course." She chuckled.

I giggled at her attempt of being funny. "Alright, besides that?"

"Oh... Well, nothing. Why?"

I gave her an innocent smile. "Can you come with me later? I want you to meet someone." I said.

She looked at me curiously. "Who?"

"Just someone who thinks you're cool and pretty." I answered teasingly.

Her eyes grew wide. "You're kidding, aren't you?" She replied, trying to hide her excitement. I shook my head. "Who is it?"

"I can't tell you because that would ruin the element of surprise." I answered with a grin.

"At least give me a hint." She requested, her eyes filled with giddiness.

"Fine. He's in the varsity and he played a big part in the victory yesterday."

"The varsity?" She repeated, her smile suddenly getting wider. "Oh my gosh! I think I know who it is!"

"You do?" I asked playfully. "There are five possible guys that fit my hint."

She nodded. "I know that but I'm pretty sure I know who it is. I've been noticing how he's always looking at me when we pass at each other in the hallways." She remarked excitedly. "Anyway, where will we be meeting him later?"

I couldn't help but think that Sai doesn't need to be introduced anymore after all. It seemed like Ino likes him with the excitement she is showing. Nevertheless, a deal is a deal. "At the cafeteria. Let's eat lunch with him." I told her.

"Okay!" She exclaimed, then she checked her watch. "Oh, I need to go. I have to meet my classmates in two minutes."

"Okay, then. See you later!" I said, not wanting to be the reason for her being late.

When Ino left, I went to look for Sai. He told me when we talked about the deal that he would be in the music room by this time so I headed there. Once I got there, I heard a raspy but amazing voice. I peeked in the room and saw Gaara. Sai was the one playing the piano to accompany him. They were so engrossed with what they're doing that they did not notice me as I entered the room so I was able to appreciate their music for a while.

However, I accidentally bumped into a nearby chair and so that caused Sai to stop and turn towards my direction. Gaara soon followed what Sai was looking at.

Feeling like someone who had just eavesdropped, my cheeks felt hot as I raised my hand slowly. "Hi." I greeted in a stammer. "I'm sorry to interrupt."

It was a good thing they weren't mad or anything. "Hey!" Sai greeted back with a grin the he walked over to me. "So what's our schedule?"

"Lunch time. You'll get to eat with her alone." I said, getting rid of my embarrassed side. "That is, after I introduced you of course. I'll find an excuse and leave you two."

Gaara suddenly cut in. "I'm in this too, aren't I?" He asked Sai.

I raised my brow at him but Sai nodded. "Of course but you have to leave when Hinata leaves because if you don't, then we wouldn't be eating alone." He remarked happily.

And so, everything was settled. I quickly said good bye and went to my first class.

"Woah, you look like you just ran around the school." Sakura-chan commented with a chuckled as I took my seat, a little breathless from my brisk walking. "Don't tell me it's another scheme that kept you busy until now."

I shook my head. "Not today. Today is my official break. I'm not going to plan anything." I answered her with a smile.

"Are you serious or are you just lying to me?" She asked jokingly.

Which I found hard to be a joke. "You don't trust me?" I responded but dropping it off and playin along. "I'm just lying to you."

We continued joking around until the teacher finally arrived. It was pretty amazing how quickly things went back to how the way used to be between me and Sakura even thought we fought yesterday. I guess we have been friends for too long to let something as low as that break our friendship.

When the bell rang, I was worried about Sakura not being aware of the date I set up. Luvkily though, she told me she's going to do something so I better eat with someone else. I immediately met up with Ino and then headed towards the cafeteria. As I scanned the tables for Sai and Gaara, Ino squeezed my hand excited. And when we finally approached their table, Ino couldn't hide her excitement anymore.

"I knew it!" She whispered to me.

"Calm down." I told her though I was starting to feel excited too.

Sai stood up as soon as we reached their table. "Hello." He greeted politely, his cute innocent expreession intact.

Ino seemed surprise by Sai's sudden introduction so I decided to start introducing them myself. "Ino, this is Sai. He's the guy I was talking to you about."

Upon hearing that, I could have sworn I saw disappointment in Ino's eyes. But she seemed to have gotten rid of it fast. "Hello." She replied with a smile, I noticed her excietemnt died down.

We took our seats and just smiled at each other until I realized I forgot to introduce Gaara. "Oh, and that's Gaara-san, Sai's friend."

She nodded. "I know him. He's a really good basketball player."

After that, I decided it was time for me and Gaara to go to leave the two alone. "I hate to leave so quickly but I need to go now. I forgot to do my homework for trigonometry." I said, standing up from my seat.

Gaara stood up too. "I'll help you. I'm pretty good with math." He said, his face void of any expression.

"Okay then." I replied, turning to face Ino. "I'm really sorry, Ino-chan. I hope you and Sai have fun though."

And with that, Gaara and I left the cafeteria together. At first, we weren't talking to each other so it was very uncomfortable. But then Gaara broke the ice.

"Listen, I'm sorry about last Friday. I'm not usually nosy when it comes to other people. It's just that, it's not everyday I meet a girl who hates Sasuke, you know?" He spoke in a low tone.

"Well, it's not everyday Sasuke acts like a big jerk." I answered.

"Would you mind explaining that?" He asked, now in a nicer tone.

I didn't know what got into me but I suddenly told him about the truth. "Sasuke always wears a facade that people see as perfect. They don't see the Sasuke as what he really is, a big jerk. He broke up with Sakura-chan telling her he was tired of playing. And ever since then, I just can't see him as anything but a thick-faced player."

"So that's the reason you're doing all those thing that will make him to hate you." He remarked putting the pieces together. "But why are you fighting a battle that's not supposed to involve you? Shouldn't Sakura be the one doing those revenge plots you've been doing?"

I shook my head. "Sakura wouldn't do those things. She's too in love with that jerk. That's why I'm doing this for her. That's what friends are for, right?"

Gaara went silent for a while, like he is in deep thought. The he spoke again. "Have you heard Sasuke's side? Did he really admit saying those things to Sakura? Because I really can't picture hom doing something like that."

"I don't need his side of the story to confirm that he really that." I answered. "I've known him since kindergarten and I know that he's capable of doing it."

"So you were friends before?"

I shook my head. "Not really. We weren't enemies but we weren't exactly friends either." I answered. "Anyway, can we change the topic? I don't want to talk about Sasuke right now, especially since today is my break from revenge."

He smirked at me. "I never knew that you can take a break from revenge."

"Well, now you know." I said with a smile.

After that, we fell silent again but it wasn't uncomfortable this time. But our peace didn't last long when a an unfamiliar girl came up to me in a panic.

"Hyuuga Hinata! Give me your locker key now!" She exclaimed in a scary tone.

Surprised by her action, I wasn't able to respond. And so, Gaara spoke for me. "Why would she give her key to you?" He asked in calm tone.

"She stole Sasuke-kun's bracelet and she's keeping it in her locker!" The girl responded.

"What?" I exclaimed. "What are you talking about?!"

"Don't play dumb, everyone knows you did it. Just give me your kep and if it's there, then you can't deny it anymore." She spoke with hatred.

I decided to give her my key since I am confident that I didn't do anything. Gaara and I followed her as she headed to my locker. When she opened it, the bracelet is really there.

The question is, how did it get there?

09

A few months ago, I remembered Sakura ranting about a bracelet that Sasuke wears. She was complaining about why Sasuke never takes it off even when he's playing basketball. Even his closest friends couldn't make him take it off. And rumors say only Naruto knows the reason why the bracelet is so important. I sensed the importance of the bracelet to him since then. But even if I knew that Sasuke will definitely get mad if I take it, I never really considered doing it because I also have something that I always keep with me.

"You stole it?" Gaara asked in disbelief.

Everyone nearby seemed to have sensed the heat of the situation because they suddenly gathered around us.

"Why do you still ask her? Isn't the fact that the bracelet is in her locker enough evidence that she really did it?" The girl who opened my locker spoke, glaring angrily at me.

I decided to ignore her and answered Gaara instead. "Didn't I tell you earlier? I didn't plan anything today. How can I steal something when I'm with you?" I remarked honestly. "I swear I didn't do it."

"Who said the bracelet went missing during lunch period? It's been missing since early this morning!" The girl exclaimed. "Why don't you just admit it, huh? It's obvious that you did it but you still continue to deny it. Who could be stupid enough to believe your lies?"

Gaara didn't say anything but his expression already give his thoughts away. He doesn't believe me. And who would blame him? He doesn't even know me that well to trust me, especially when all the evidences are pointing at me. Seeing how it was hopeless for me to defend myself and knowing no one will believe me, I tirned around and decided to walk away.

"Where are you going? You can't just walk away. Not unless you admit your crime." The girl said, suddenly standing in front of me to block my path.

"I told you I didn't do it. Why would I admit something I didn't do?" I said, clearly not letting her just push me around.

She scoffed upon hearing me. "We'll send you to the Principla's office if you don't admit immediately." She said, threateningly.

But before I could answer her, Sasuke suddenly appeared from behind her. He is sporting a blank expression. "I did it. I was the one who placed the bracelet in her locker, not her." He said.

Everyone, including the scary girl, turned to him in surprise. "What are you talking about?" The girl reacted.

And there it was again, Sasuke's nonchalant expression. "Early today, I stopped by this locker to tie my shoe. But as I did, my bracelet got stuck in one of the vent holes. So when I was trying to remove it, it just fell inside." He explained.

It was almost funny how everyone believed whatever Uchiha Sasuke said. It was obvious that he was lying, from the expression of his face. Unfortunately, people couldn't see that. Instead, they smile and nodded along to show they understand and believe him. It was really pathetic.

"So don't blame Hinata anymore." Sasuke concluded, everyone nodded their heads and just then the people started clearing out of the scene. He didn't really have a problem with that request, especially since the girls will just believe whatever he says.

Once everyone except me, Gaara, Sasuke and Naruto (he was just behind Sasuke all this time), had gone back to their own businesses, Sasuke turned to me with a nonchalant expression again.

"Sory for the trouble, Hinata-chan." Naruto was the one who spoke, with an apologetic smile.

I knew what Sasuke was doing. He is trying to make himself look good in front of everybody. "If you think I'm stupid enough to believe everything you said, you're wrong. And if you think I'm grateful for your help, I'm not. In fact, I'd rather not be saved at all if you're the one who's gonna save me." I said with a hateful tone. I turned to Gaara with a disappointed expression. I just couldn't take how he didn't believe me after I confessed everything earlier.

As I started walking away from them, I couldn't help but think about what just happened. I knew for a fact that Sasuke didn't accidentally placed the bracelet in my locker. In fact. He probably did it intentionally in we are at war. But then again, if he really wanted to make me suffer, then why did he get me out of the mess himself?

I suddenly remembered how Sakura told me to eat lunch with someone else because she has to talk to someone. It could just be a co-incidence that Sakura wasn't with me then. Or could it really be her?

Continuing to walk, I noticed a girl who took my key earlier together with another girl and they were holding a key just above the trash bin. For a moment, I wondered who could be their unlucky victim next to me. But then I recalled I haven't really gotten my key back.

Feeling my pocket, I swore my jaw dropped. I immediately run towards them, shouting out. "Don't do it!"

But those girls, being so heartless, dropped the key just about when my hand was only an inch apart from it. The girl even smiled at my face. "You're lucky Sasuke-kun doesn't hate you because we do." She said and then they left.

The first thing I saw in the trash was this half-eaten sandwich that was now filled with ants, and to top it off, a dead cockroach was beside it. Now, I am not the tupe of person who gets disgusted easily but seeing those, I couldn't possibly dig through them to find my lost key. But without it, I can't get my books for my classes after lunch, which according to watch is just five minutes away. What should I do?

Out of sheer panic, I decided I have to look for it. But before I get my hands disgustingly dirty, I ran to the nearest comfort room and got as many tissues as possible. When I got back, I took two pieces of tissue paper and used them as gloves as I started rummaging through extremely stinky stuff.

I never realized how hard it was to find a needle in a haystack until I did this. I already heard the bell signaling the end of lunch period but I still haven't found my key. I was even on the verge of giving up when I found a came across a brown goey substance with a very fould odor but then I saw my pink, hairy keychain few inches away from it. I grimaced and immediately grabbed my locker key and ran towards the comfort rom again to wash my hands.

As I held onto my key with a tissue, I noticed a paper stuck to it. I was about to throw it away on a nearby trash bin but then I caught a glimpse of a familiar handwriting on the crumpled note. Curious, I uncrumpled it and read the note that I thought was Sakura's handwriting as I walk out of the comfort room.

But before I could read it, a teacher suddenly appeared before me with a very stern expression. "What are you doing outside the classroom? Lunch period is over." He spoke in a very scary tone. Then he caught sight of my dirty hands and frowned. "Why are your hands so messy?"

He probably thought I'm crazy because it was written on his face. I gave him a naive expression. "I-I was looking for my key and so I lost track of time." I told him honestly. But he kept looking at my disgusting hands. "I accidentally dropped my kep in the trash bin so I looked for it there."

Unfortunately, finding key in the trash bin was not suitable excuse for being late in class. The teacher gave me an hour's detention after class and told me to wash my hands and get back to class. And so I did what he said, keeping the mysterious note inside my pocket then I washed my hands twenty time before going to class.

Sakura didn't seem to be aware of what happened during lunch period so I assumed she has nothing to do with it. I didn't even think about it while I continued on with classes. Sakura and I said good bye when I got to detention.

I decided to check out the note I placed in my pocket since there's nothing to do at detention. I took it out and read it. Just then a lot of thoughts starting formulating in my brain when I finally read the note.

"Karin, we need to talk about Hinata. Let's meet this lunch period. -Sakura"