I know, I know! I am sooo sorry, I am a terrible person. But! Fear not! I am back :D

To be honest with you, I kind of felt a bit disconnected from the whole story for a while, but now, my inner fangirl is raging and out for fluff! (See what I did there? ahah).

Now, there is an awesome anonymous reviewer who really caught my attention and sent me a real long, yet lovely comment, so I'm going to answer you right here ^.^

Yes, I am talking about you, Stumbler =)

First of all, I had promised myself a break from writing, but I hadn't realized that 6 months had gone by without an update! Crazy... So thank you for telling me that, it inspired me to get to work as soon as possible ahah.

As for the history classes with Ero-senin... I've given that a lot of thought and you will see what they're like, I promise! =3
And yes, I will definitely put this fan-fiction under the "humor" category. Honestly, I tried to be serious for just one story, but this kind of fan-fiction is not the same without humor... especially being a Naruto fanfiction!

Now, I love Lee, I really do. And I am also sad that I haven't been able to put him in this story as much, but hey, you said it all in your review and I'm glad you understand. Maybe next story? :)

Thank you so much for bothering to write this, you are an amazing person :)
And yeah, it's cool that you noticed that I'm Portuguese ahah. But yeah, I've been learning English for just as long as I have been learning Portuguese, so... I have two mother tongues? I guess? XD

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Now that I have finished my reply, let's FINALLY go on with the story, yeah? Thanks a lot for everyone who waited, I'll be sure to update regularly from now on. To be honest, I'm not far from the end of this fan-fiction, but until then... ENJOY :D

Drama filled chapter coming up, btw.

Chapter 14

"I'm going to kill her." Naruto said a bit too loudly, which resulted in getting the attention from other people around their table. He didn't care though. Sakura had really done it this time.

"Hmm… I'm bored." Sakura said, munching at her not-so-tasty sandwich. Sasuke was sitting next to her, right outside on the school's plaza, along with the usual clueless followers of hers. She had to admit, with Karin and Tayuya around, there was at least always a topic to be talked about.

She didn't want to talk about Naruto, either, since Sasuke was there and her little fake tricks would come to an end if he did find out that she indeed still had 'feelings' for the blond. So… there really wasn't much else to do.

"Anou… Sakura-chan?" A girl asked, slightly intimidated by her pink-haired 'superior'. The latter only groaned in annoyance.

"What is it, Yumi?" Yeah, it definitely wasn't the same. These girls annoyed her. Not that the other two didn't, but they amused her at the same time. These girls were waaay too plain.

"Someone's coming this way." Indeed, they looked to their left and saw Naruto coming, along with Hinata and their other friends. On any other occasion, Sakura would have jumped out of her seat and run out to greet Naruto, even if he'd completely ignore her. However, this time, she chose to stay still. That is, because she saw the clear anger in his face.
Now, Naruto is a cool guy, but when he's mad… he is mad for real. Just like he was right then.

"Haruno!" He called in a less than tolerant voice. Yup, he was definitely pissed. "You're going to pay for what you did!" He yelled, ready to throw himself at her as they reached their bench.

Sakura shut her eyes, seriously believing for a second that the blond was really going to grab her. But it never came. Hesitantly, she opened her eyes, to see Hinata's hand on Naruto's shoulder.

"Hinata-chan, what are you doing?" Naruto asked. Usually, Shikamaru or Neji or even Sasuke would run in to keep him from doing something crazy, not that Naruto would ever actually hurt a girl, but, at the time, they all wanted for Sakura to learn a lesson.

However, they definitely weren't expecting Hinata to jump in. She didn't answer her boyfriend.
The Hyuuga took a couple steps forward and Sakura met her halfway, suddenly not so scared anymore, thinking that she could take on Hinata.

Those thoughts all flew out the window as the not-so-shy-anymore girl punched the pink-haired queen bee, right across the face, so hard, that she was pushed right back onto the bench.

To say that everyone was shocked was an extreme understatement. Sakura held up a shaky hand on her cheek as a small tear shed from the corner of her eye due to the pain. Hinata panted, trying to control the extreme anger she felt for Sakura.

"Give it back…" The blue-haired girl said.

"I-I…" Sakura stuttered, still crying from her stinging cheek, which was now reddening. "Don't have it…" She whispered untruthfully.

"Why I oughtta…" Naruto mumbled fiercely, pulling his sleeve up his arm, really annoyed by the fact that she lied even in such circumstances. He grabbed both Sakura's shoulders and forced her to look at him.

"Stop with the lies Sakura. You're only digging yourself further into a hole." He said. An unexpected groan came from the male who hadn't spoken yet.

"Will you just stop it?" Sasuke asked. "Sakura, enough bullshit. Naruto, calm the fuck down. You're overreacting."

"OVERREACTING?!" Naruto yelled, astounded by his best friend's words. "Are you crazy? Do you have any idea what that book means to Hinata? Stop being such a jerk. What has happened to you? You've never been like this about anyone else. Sakura is obviously using you!" He shot an accusing glare at the girl, who only bowed her head in shame.

"I know that, okay?" The Uchiha said, shocking his blond friend. "And I agree with you. What she's doing is bullshit. And it does amaze me how she still lies."

"Oh, shut it, Sasuke!" Sakura shouted, snapping out of her temporary quiet state. "You helped me get the book."

"Enough with the lies, Sakura!" Naruto yelled once again, not being able to contain his anger. "You have no one but yourself to blame-"

"No, Naruto… It's true, I helped her." Sasuke said causing a very awkward silence. He looked away from piercing, wide, blue eyes. "I was there the whole time while she did it. I could have stopped her, but I didn't. So it's partially my fault, too." He reached to his left and grabbed a pink handbag, decorated with Sakura Blossoms: obviously Sakura's bag.
He unzipped it and took out a familiar black diary. Hinata gasped, blocking out everything else from her mind and running to retrieve her mother's book.

She couldn't help the tears of joy that came from her eyes, knowing that the only thing that she had left from her mother was finally back in her hands. She turned back to her boyfriend, who was still completely shocked and staring at Sasuke.

Her smile glowed, she completely forgot the situation and Naruto's obvious struggle with Sasuke, so she ran over to hug him tightly. He also wrapped his arms around her; however, he still looked on at his supposed best friend in both hurt and disappointment.

The silence was horrible enough to kill.

"Naruto? Hinata?" Ino asked hesitantly through this whole mess. The two looked back at the blonde. "Just leave them. It's not worth our time."
Without saying anything, Hinata nodded and tried to pull Naruto with her as she walked away. He stayed planted on the spot, though, throwing another glance at Sasuke. He let out one final sigh, turned around and left with the rest of his friends.

"I'm so happy to have it back." Hinata said, placing the book back on its shelf and cleaning up the mess she had made the other day while looking for it. "It means the world to me."

"Yeah…" Naruto said, sitting on her swivel chair, fidgeting with a random pen of Hinata's, his gaze never leaving it. "Glad that's over."

The blue-haired Hyuuga turned around and looked at him suspiciously. Yeah, he looked miserable and she couldn't help but feel guilty. There she was, completely happy that everything in her life was going great now that she had the book back, yet overlooking her always-supporting boyfriend's own feelings.

Of course he was upset. His best friend had completely stabbed him in the back for some bitchy girl he happened to like.

Hinata sighed, taking the pen away from Naruto's hands and sitting on his lap. He looked up at her, wrapping his arms around her waist instantly and giving her a painfully fake smile: the only smile she hated to see on his face.

She leaned in for a quick peck on the lips and then shook her head in disapproval. He sighed, knowing that he didn't need to use that fake smile on her.

"Even surprise after surprise… it's still stupidly shocking." He admitted. "He seems to turn into a completely different person whenever Sakura's involved." He buried his face in the crook of her neck. "So pointless… she's so not worth it."

"Why don't you tell him that, Naruto-kun? Maybe a tongue-lashing will set him straight."

"Oh, he knows it. That only makes it worse." He sighed. "I don't know what to do anymore." Hinata didn't know what to tell him. He always found a way to comfort her in any situation, but when the roles are inversed, she feels so awkward and unnatural.

All she could do was hold him and agree with him, hoping for the best. She couldn't help but be relieved when his phone started to ring, though. He took it out of his pocket and groaned as he saw the caller ID.

"It's him." The two stared at the phone as it kept ringing, neither of them really sure of what to do.

"Do you want me to answer it?" Hinata asked.

"No." He said, pressing the red button. "Not worth our time…" He then threw his phone randomly at her desk, completely forgetting about it as he reached up behind her head and pulled her down for a long kiss. He seemed shaky, almost desperate. He seemed to just want to forget about the whole situation, so she let him kiss her.

They completely ignored the phone as it announced that Naruto had received a new message.

Sasuke groaned, wanting to throw his phone against the brick wall, deciding against it.

He was still in school. Naruto had missed football practice. Naruto never misses football practice. Sasuke was in trouble. The Uchiha rubbed his eyes with his palms in frustration. He had really done it this time.

"No luck?" The voice completely took him by surprise as he turned around on his bench, his stomach making a flip when he was met with an all too familiar set of green eyes and pink hair. He turned back around and made himself a little bit more comfortable on the bench.

"What do you want, Haruno?" He asked, not really in the mood to talk to her.

"Don't call me that, Sasuke…" She said sincerely as she took a seat with him on the bench, as far away from him as possible. "Sounds weird coming from you."
For a few seconds, Sasuke didn't say anything.

"What difference does it make? I'm not too sure what to call you anymore, in any case." He paused. "Sakura. Haruno. Queen bee. Selfish bitch. Cocky bastard. A waste of my time… you choose."

"You don't mean it."

"What if I actually do?" She didn't reply, knowing he had a point. He sighed, shoving his phone back into his pocket.

"Look… I'm sorry." Sakura said, fidgeting with the hem of her expensive, glammed up top. Sasuke huffed.

"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to. I'm not too innocent either."

"You didn't do anything… it was my idea. And I stole the book by myself." She said.

"Well, you sure do seem to change your mind quickly." He replied, ironically.

"I didn't mean what I said before."

"I don't care."

"I've had a change of heart, Sasuke!" She raised her voice.

"It's a bit too late for that!" He couldn't help the way he screamed at her. They took the moment to just stare at each other. For some reason, he no longer cared for those wide, surprised green eyes… all he felt for them was pity. "Enough is enough… and I've had enough."

And he left it at that as he stood up and headed home, leaving a now sobbing Sakura on the bench.

Kiba let out a long sigh as he walked with his hands behind his head.

"That was painfully troublesome." He said, frowning. Ino nodded in agreement as she walked beside him.

"It was. No need to sound like Shikamaru, though." The blonde teased, which made Kiba grin.

"Heh. Guess you're right. I'm just glad that we don't have to deal with anything like that anymore…" Ino's head fell. They kept walking, blue eyes fixed on her own shoes.

"How do you know that?" She asked. Kiba sighed.

"I don't." He admitted as he bit his lip. "I just hope…" A weird silence took over the street.

And they walked…

They just kept walking…

Until…

"I miss her."

"Huh?" Kiba looked at his blonde companion curiously.

"I miss… the old Sakura." Ino said, her head leaning backwards as she eyed the sky with a smile. "I remember running around the park collecting flowers with her, playing hopscotch together…" She giggled at the memory. "I always won. And then, of course, I remember us talking about boys. She had a huge crush on Sasuke… kind of hard to believe it at this point in time."

Kiba remained silent, however, a smile had slowly grown on his face.

"Sometimes…" She paused. "Sometimes I just wish she'd turn back into that… I wish she would be real again. We've all grown up into something better… yet she managed to become something worse. Sometimes I wish there was a way that we could show her the right path."

"You don't think there is?"

"No." Ino answered bluntly and surely. "She has to figure stuff out by herself. Then she'll grow up."

And that's that! :D
I really hope you enjoyed it. I am trying to make these chapters worth the wait :)

Chapter 15 is in progress! Until then remember to follow the story and leave a review. They inspire me to keep writing (:
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