Vengeance

Roku ~ Trouble trouble trouble...

6- Trouble, trouble, trouble...

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The entrance had opened almost a few minutes after the little incident with Karin happened. Being the "daring" girls we were, Ino, Sakura, and I took the long way to class and ended up being about two minutes late. We were lucky enough to not get caught by Tsunade or the principal. We weren't really worried about Kakashi-sensei. You should know the reason behind it.

Do you want to know one thing? We shouldn't have been late.

When the three of us walked in, we saw that Sasuke was already in his seat. And guess who else was in their seat? Karin.

"That redhead didn't listen to me," Ino mutters through her gritted teeth.

She was right. Karin's head was turned so she was facing Sasuke. She tried numerous times to get him to talk to her, but he would either give her a short answer or ignore her altogether. As much as it made me relieved knowing that he didn't want to talk to her, I was still angry because Karin STILL tried to get to Sasuke, even though she was warned--threatened, in this case.

Karin must have felt our presence in the room. She was deviously smirking. As the three of us walked to our seats, she turned her head back to face the front of the room. Well, at least she wasn't trying to talk to Sasuke anymore.

As I walked up the stairway, I felt someone's gaze on me. Thinking it was Karin, I turned to look at her. Not even close. Her back was still turned, her gaze on the front of the room. I turned my head slightly to the left to find that it was Hinata.

Her face seemed to show great sorrow and worry. By the way she looked at me right now, I knew she needed my help. And I knew exactly what the problem was. The news of Sasuke and I being together had spread like a disease. Of course this one person would find out eventually.

Kiba found out.

Speaking of Kiba, I hadn't seen him in school at all yesterday. Maybe I have, but chose to ignore his presence. I immediately felt guilty about the second theory.

"S-Sayuri," Hinata's weak voice rung through my ear. "Um..."

I shut my eyes, but not as tight. I nodded at her as I pursed my lips together. "I know."

"He's... well, I'm not sure where he is right now."

She was answered in a matter of seconds.

Kiba walked through the door, his head bowed down and his hair covering his eyes. He held a book in one arm and had his backpack slung on his other shoulder. I remembered that he sat in front of me. 'Well, isn't this just great!' As he approached the stairway, I quickly ran up the stairs to get to my seat to avoid meeting his gaze.

Sakura was confused about me running back to my seat until she saw Kiba taking a few steps up the stairs. She caught on immediately and scooted her chair closer to me so I wouldn't feel as if I were alone.

Before I knew it, Kiba was already in front of me, though his back was turned so that he was facing away from me. He takes a seat on his chair. But what really got me off the chain was when Kiba put face in the palms of his hands.

I mentally sighed in frustration. I know that all of this was my fault. It was my fault that he was acting differently. I couldn't blame Hinata for not knowing what to do when someone was heartbroken, but when she looked at me and asked me to help Kiba, I couldn't help but think that she was putting the blame on me... even though it was of my doings. But how was I supposed to help him? Was I supposed to tell Kiba that I love him and leave Sasuke lying on the ground? To be honest, it's not really fair...