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Chapter 9: Sakura's POV:

When we get to my house, I let us in, and we immediately climb up to my room. We sit down on my bed. Sasuke doesn't say anything, and I take the chance to tell my story.

"3 years ago, I was a student at Cider High in California," I begin. "I was pretty much on my own for the first year. Everyone targeted me for everything. I was the one who was always blamed. Even the teachers were against me. Desperate, I tried to make some friends. I got involved with the wrong group, but I tried to ignore that, because for a time, I actually fit in. Then my sophomore year came. My 'friends' decided that they had had enough of being nice to me. They said that if I wanted them to continue being my friends, I had to do certain…things." I pause. Sasuke says quietly "What did they make you do?"

I take a shaky breath.

"At first they made me steal things, or do their classwork. Then when I became more 'mature', they did things to me…bad things."

Sasuke puts his arm around me, and I lean onto him.

My voice is now a whisper.

"I was so close to snapping. Then I met a guy named Rock Lee. He literally saved me. He would stand up for me whenever anyone would pick on me, and he made sure that I felt safe. I owe him my sanity."

"I'm sorry," Sasuke says. "For everything."

Then, slowly, he puts his hand on my cheek, then he softly kisses me.

"Sakura Haruno, I love you and I will make sure that nothing like that ever happens again," he vows.

"I love you too, Sasuke," I say.

The next day, we heard the news. Shikamaru had been expelled. Ino and I became best friends, although she never quite forgave Sasuke for setting her up. Sasuke and I became inseparable, and now I'm waiting in the crowd at Shark Bait Grill and Tavern, getting ready to hear the best show of my life.

The End