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I updated and I allowed you to see who slapped whom. Aint i a wonderful Author? Also, i am a co-author for Surviving Highschool by cafana989. It is a Gaara and Sakura fic. I know i hate the couple too, but my friend likes it, and like a good friend i support her....so yes i did co-author for her. Go check it out whether you like the couple or not, please?

This lullaby is only a few words,

A simple run of chords,

Quiet here in this spare room,

But you can hear it, hear it,

Where ever it may go,

Even if i let you down,

This lullaby plays on...

Konaha's Lullaby

-Full Summary-

Sakura Haruno a total neat freak, perfectionist and total play girl of Konaha, is on a mission to try and prove that love doesn't exist. She believes love is a myth. Seeing her mother's relationships fall apart for as long as she can remember, she just doesn't believe there is a thing called love. She dates many guys just for fun. To have something to do, and to make sure her heart never gets broken. So far she has proven that she will no be broken. Relationships are just a game to her. A game she plans to win. Now Sasuke Uchiha is a total play boy. Although he doesn't think love is a myth, he is beginning to think that there is no such thing as love. He dates tons of girls in hopes of finding what love really means. But so far he has had no luck. He is searching for the "his perfect" girl, which really isn't all that perfect, but would be at least someone who likes him for him. Both of these young teenagers soon meet and both worlds soon collide....

-End of full Summary-

Chapter 14

Recap: “That is a lie and you know it!” Ino said. A smack was heard outside the building.

Normal POV:

An echoing smack sounded outside the building and echoed inside it faintly; the people closest to the door, which happened to be Sasuke and his group, heard the sound.

“What the hell?” Kiba asked. He knew Sasuke would be here with Karin, but that was all he knew. He knew nothing of the plan; whereas, Shikamaru knew of the plan but he did not know what was going on. He did not know who smacked whom, but someone did get smacked for sure.

“I don’t know should we go check it out?” Karin asked innocently. She knew exactly what happened. A smirk was plastered on her face.

“‘Hn’, yeah we should.” Sasuke said, getting up from his chair.

Shikamaru and Kiba repeated the gesture and Karin followed shortly. They all went outside and were shocked, well Karin wasn’t, by what stood before them.

Ino Yamanaka was on the ground clenching her cheek; Sakura standing in front of her with a choleric expression.

None of them talked—all were to speechless.

“Don’t you ever call me a liar; you are a weak, manipulating little bitch who has to have everyone stand up for you and if they don’t you automatically tear down what ever ounce of self respect they have. I didn’t do anything about it before because I wouldn’t point out your flaws like you didn’t point out mine. That time is over, Yamanka. Don’t ever think I have an ounce of respect for you. That point is long gone.

I trusted you with one simple thing and you ruined it. This is our own fault, it isn’t mine. You brought this upon yourself. I thought about lifting it, and giving you an extra chance, but why should I? You’re just like everyone else in this world. Give someone you trust, with every fiber of your being, a little knowledge about yourself and the have all the power over you. You finally figured out how to use that power. The only thing you didn’t count on was how I would react. You figured that because I was your friend I would let you slide. I am not going to give you any benefit of the doubt.”

“Why not, you gave everyone else one.” Ino asked; her hand placed on her cheek as she spoke.

“I didn’t see them backstab me in front of my own eyes. I saw you.”

“Just because I kissed Sasuke you treat me like I’m worthless?” Ino asked as she tried to play the innocent act.

“No, Ino. It’s because no one else would do that. You didn’t have the guts to say to my face that you liked him, either. If you told me I would have left him alone. You could toy with Karin all you want. But you didn’t face me like the woman I thought you would be. No, you decided to sneak around and not tell me. You decided to back stab me!

“I wouldn’t have cared if you kissed Sasuke as long as you told me you liked him! He is worthless to me. He is just some playboy that wants some fun. He doesn’t care what he does with you, Karin, or me. I know that. You just went up and kissed him and pretended like everything was all perfectly happy.” Sakura growled—she wasn’t back down. “You were wrong though. And in the end the only one you are hurting is yourself. He is using you. You fell into his pathetic trap. He was playing you like the fool you pretend to be. Your blonde Ino, but honey you’re not as foolish as you look; ignorant maybe, but your not foolish.”

“Sakura,” Sasuke growled “what do you think you are doing?”

“Teaching her a lesson she should have learned before.” Sakura snapped, not really caring who asked her the question.

“Sasuke-kun, help me!” Ino cried as she clutched her cheek. He walked towards Ino.

Sakura turned towards Sasuke, frowning. “Stay out of this if you know what’s good for you, Uchiha.” She snarled.

“If this is how you treat your friends, than I won’t stay out of it, Haruno.” He replied.

Sakura laughed. “You treat every girl like a toy. I’ve seen how you act when Karin can’t scare of a girl. You’re in your element, just like I am when I catch a boy in their own skin—their own element. You like to mess with girls, you can’t stay with one. Ino is proof of that. Besides, she isn’t a friend of mine anymore. She knows the rule; backstabbing is an unforgivable thing. My trust can not be tested, although their loyalty can. She broke the rule, she is done.

I do not give second chances. She earns it or she doesn’t. She receives it or she loses it. She lost it; she can’t get it back. She is done. That is the law. Learn it, live it, and if you have a problem with it then you deal with it. It is girl code, something you might not understand…so I’ll put it in a term you can understand: Bros before Hoes. Does that make it clearer?”

Sasuke stared at Sakura. So was this how it was—the real her? Sasuke just couldn’t believe it.

“I TOLD YOU! I TOLD YOU NOT TO CROSS HER! OF COURSE WHAT DO YOU DO, UCHIHA? YOU CROSS HER, WITH HER BESTFRIEND NONE THE LESS!” Kiba roared. He warned them when they first met. Don’t cheat on her. It doesn’t matter if it was cheating her trust, or cheating on her relationship wise. It was all the same to her. It was cheating.

“…” Sasuke could stay anything. He never figured that Sakura would be like this when she was pissed. Yes, they argued a few times, but it never turned into this. Finally he found his voice.

“If Ino is a backstabber than what are you, Sakura, a whore?”

“I would rather be a whore than a backstabber. At least then I wouldn’t have hurt someone that cared for me and I would have my dignity. I wouldn’t have to coward behind you and beg you to protect me. I might do a lot of things, but I do not ever—”

“She does not steal boyfriends.” Karin cut in. Sasuke looked at Karin in shock. She just stood up for Sakura.

“Exactly,” Sakura smiled at Karin. “I am not a boyfriend stealer. Yes I tried to toy with your emotions, but if you left Karin because of something I did or said I wouldn’t allow it. I would leave you alone. I play with guys’ emotions; I do not steal a girl’s boyfriend. Karin knows that better than anyone.”

“Uchiha, you are so dead.” Kiba shook his head. He warned him, how could he ignore it? He tried to look out for him, but no don’t listen to Kiba—he is just a boy with a dog who knows the girl that could kill his reputation for as long as he lived, whether he was an Uchiha or not.

“Yes, welcome to the real world. In this world, you do not get second chances and you do not get what you want. Few people get rewarded here, but even fewer are forgiven. This world is my world.”

“Since when did I enter “your” world, Sakura-chan?” Sasuke teased.

“Do not call me Sakura-chan.” Sakura growled. She didn’t answer his question.

“You entered it the moment you kissed Ino, Sasuke-kun.” Karin replied. “You’re in hell now.”

“Wow,” Shikamaru spoke up for the first time “you are really pissed off about this, Sakura.”

“I told you from the very beginning…well I implied it.”

“Yes, you did. Although, I didn’t think you would slap her.” He mused.

“Nor did I, but I did.” Sakura said; her voice was edgy. She was trying to calm down. Shikamaru did nothing wrong, he should not be punished.

“You did slap her, and it was going too far!” Sasuke growled.

“Says who? You, the guy who doesn’t care if he hurts a hundred girls, it doesn’t make any difference to you; she is just a girl. Nothing important—just something to entertain you, once she bores you, you go on to the next. It’s as simple as that. I know your kind of guy Sasuke. You know my type of girl, whether you admit it or not. I don’t like to be double crossed, we both share that. We hate it when we are betrayed. You would execute one of your own members, even Naruto, if they did you wrong.

“It is our natural instinct. So why are you belittling me, when you know you do it yourself. You know you would crush anyone who hurts you. It is who you are. It is who I am. We are who we are. We need barriers to protect us. It is how we survive, how we dominate our lives. We don’t like to be hurt, we like loyalty.” Sakura stepped closer towards him.

“People like us thrive off of the loyalty of our friends. It is what gives us strength. It makes us who we are. They are our barriers, our guards. But if one of our guards is disobedient, we have to teach them to behave properly. We don’t want our barrier to be shattered anymore than it already is. We need to rebuild it. Get new blocks to help strengthen it, even if it means disposing of the old one. Even the strongest army needs a good foundation. The greatest castles need protecting. Broken blocks, are useless blocks; that is how we live, Sasuke.” Sakura was now centimeters from him, her brother was on his face.

Sasuke stood there, staring at Sakura. All of them were. She made a point; even Ino had to admit it.

Karin’s eyes bore into Sakura’s back. She really was amazing. She was manipulating Sasuke, pulling him into her net. She was showing him her side of the story without giving him any information about her at all. How much did she already know about Sasuke, that Karin herself didn’t even know? Was Sakura really that observant?

Shikamaru smirked. ‘You have already figured out Sasuke. You figured out the most important part of him—he needs his friends. Then again, you do also, don’t you?’ He pondered.

Kiba just shook his head. He saw this side of Sakura—her darker side. She hated showing it. It brought out the worst of her. But like Itachi said to her before, sometimes you need to bring out the worst so you can show the best. Kiba eyed Sasuke, in looks he wasn’t so different from his brother—personality wise, he was a whole other universe apart. He never understood how Itachi of all people had earned Sakura’s trust in such a little amount of time. He was there at Hibiki’s party. Itachi and Sakura didn’t know each other much and he didn’t know what happened after he left, but he did know about a few days after those two became so close. It was amazing.

“I wouldn’t slap my friend.” Sasuke replied.

“No, you would have someone else do your dirty work for you.” Sakura replied. “No matter how you look at it though, you know I am right—”

“What are you right about, Sakura-chan?” a new male voice said.

Everyone turned to look at who said that. Who dared interrupt Sakura when she was talking? No one saw the face, but Sasuke and Kiba instantly froze. They knew that voice well. How could they not?

A smile graced Sakura’s lips. She seemed to relax. Amazing how his presence soothed her.

“Stuff,” Sakura replied.

“What kind of stuff?” he asked.

“Rules, meanings, you know.” Sakura replied.

“Sakura, don’t beat around the bush.” He said, sounding annoyed.

“Aww, are you annoyed with me, Itachi-kun?” Sakura pouted. She never did like when he was angry with her.

Itachi sighed, shook his head and stepped outside into the light so he could get a better view of the seen.

“So you slapped Yamanaka?” Itachi asked.

“Since when did I become Yamanaka, Itachi-kun?” Ino asked, becoming hurt.

“Don’t you dare speak to him as if you and he are on friendly terms; he is not your friend!” Sakura snarled.

“He was always my friend, Sakura.” Ino snapped.

“That is a lie, you two only spoke because of me. Itachi-kun wouldn’t even speak one word to you if it wasn’t for me.”

“That is not true!” Ino snapped. “Itachi is my friend, right?”

“You are close,” Itachi said and Ino smiled at his words, “but I would never have talked to you if it wasn’t for you being Sakura’s friend. Besides, I always called you Yamanaka or Blondie anyway.” He said as he tried to change the subject.

Kiba shook his head. “Itachi, dude, don’t bother. You know what happens when Sakura is like this. She can’t be calmed. Try as you might, you’re going to lose this fight.”

“It is worth a shot, though. Now tell me why are you fighting against her, Sakura? She was close to you.”

“She disobeyed the rules.” Sakura replied.

“But, she was your best friend.” Kiba replied.

“Bestfriend is eleven letters but so is backstabber.” Sakura spat venomously.

“Now, now, Sakura don’t you think you should here her side of the story?”

Sakura murmured something incoherently.

“What was that?” Itachi smirked.

“Why should I? She broke the code!” Sakura bit her lip.

“You know you should though.” Itachi said.

“She knows it. Ino had a weakness, Sasuke took advantage of it. She saw them. She got furious. What she did was understandable. Fight fire with fire.” Shikamaru said.

“But is that the whole story?”

“Ino hated that all the guys liked me. She was jealous, whether she admitted it or not. She had become my shadow; something she never wanted. She wanted me to stay the quiet girl I was when I was younger. She didn’t want me to become social. She tried to hide it through out the years, but she crumbled when your brother came. I was chasing after him to piss of Karin, and she tried to get him. Instead of approaching me face to face about it she snuck behind my back and lied to me.” Sakura said. Ino looked at her in shock. “Yeah, I knew for a long time.”

“Are you or are you not, doing the same thing that she was? Not going to talk to her about it?”

Sakura didn’t even think about an answer. She instantly responded. “I decided to show her how it felt to be hurt by a friend.”

This lullaby is only a few words,

A simple run of chords,

Quiet here in this spare room,

But you can hear it, hear it,

Where ever it may go,

Even if i let you down,

This lullaby plays on...

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~Yami Uchiha