Blood drips down my face as I let Sakura drag me down a street. We're not by my house so we must be headed towards hers. I say nothing though, I can tell she's upset and quite frankly I'm still pissed. I should have kicked the shit out of that clown, but when Sakura begged me to stop I lost my fight.

I can taste blood as it starts to drain down the back of my throat. We venture into a part of town I haven't been in before, where the houses are expensive and larger than normal. Sakura pulls me through the gate and up the path of an older two-story house.

I can't get a good look at it but it looks really nice. "Whoa, I'm bleeding like crazy. I can't go in there Sakura." I say trying to pull my wrist out of her hand.

Sakura tightens her grip and drags me up the front steps and right into the house arriving in what I think is an entranceway that then leads into a large room with light blue walls and a dark wood floor. I guess this is why she isn't worried, wood floors.

She drags me up the stairs and into a good-sized bathroom. She flips on the light finally letting go of me to rummage around under the sink. She pulls out a small tote and opens it up to reveal medical supplies. She leaves the bathroom and comes back a few moments with a tattered towel.

"Here, for your nose." She says gently pushing me back so that I sit down on the toilet seat. She kneels in front of me and taking a cotton ball she drowns it with rubbing alcohol and starts to gently clean the scrapes on my face.

I watch her as she concentrates on cleaning the dirt and blood off my face. I can tell that she cares, not only by how gentle she's being but by the tears that slowly form in her eyes. "I'm okay, really," I say quietly.

She shakes her head and goes to clean my split lip. I wince as the alcohol touches it, causing Sakura to pull away suddenly. The threatening tears finally escape causing her to fold her arms on my legs and bury her face.

"That fool Naruto, what was he thinking doing something like that." She sobs quietly into her arms.

I haven't even begun to think of why he would attack me like that. All through junior high, we had been rivals in sports and that's where his idiotic obsession with me started. He had never come at me though. The only thing that had changed this year was that I was friends with Sakura.

That had to be it. Uchiha didn't attack me because he doesn't care, that or his self-control is impeccable. Namikaze, on the other hand, had come at me, which could only mean that he had feelings for Sakura and strong ones at that.

I gently smooth Sakura's hair, hoping that the gesture is one of comfort. I'm angry that Namikaze didn't think about Sakura when he attacked. Though if he knew that it would make her this upset, he probably wouldn't have.

Sakura sits up slowly and looks at me, her face now tear-stained. Fuck my life. I hate seeing her cry. I reach out and slowly wipe them from her face. "No crying, okay?" I say, trying to reason with her.

Sakura sighs and nods before finishing cleaning my face and leans back on her heels. "I just don't get what made him so angry." She says on a sigh looking down at her fingers.

I chuckle. "Maybe he likes you," I say holding the towel to my face in an attempt to stop the bleeding or at the very least not make a mess.

Sakura looks up at me in disbelief. "There is no way that's true." She gasps sitting up on her knees and pulling me forward slightly, pinching the bridge of my nose. "It won't stop if you don't do this." She says softly.

I roll my eyes, trying to cover up the fact that she's unknowingly melting me with her concern. "It will stop whenever it wants to." I retort playfully with a smile.

She chuckles and shakes her head at me. Whether she wants to believe it or not I know the reason I have a split lip and bloody nose is that Namikaze has feelings for her, and I'm not sure I like that he does.

"Sakura honey is that you?" I hear a woman call from downstairs. "Are you okay? There is blood everywhere!" The woman cries up the stairs. I give Sakura a look of, I told you so, as hurried footsteps come up the staircase.

"I'm fine mom," Sakura says kindly to the woman and looks at me. "Naruto attacked him." She frowns.

The woman looks me over and I give a small half-wave with my free hand. "Oh my..." She murmurs. "Naruto did that?" She asks Sakura confused.

Sakura shrugs and un-pinches my nose and gently pulls my hand and towel from my nose. She smiles at me. "Bleeding stopped. Hold onto that though, just in case. We should get some ice on that eye too." She says putting the medical supplies away.

"I'll go get an ice pack ready." Sakura's mother says with a kind smile. "Are you two hungry at all?" She adds.

Sakura looks at me expectantly. I'm honestly starving after using so much energy during the game, but it's late and I don't want to be more of a pain. "Uhhhh...." I say trying to buy some time.

Sakura laughs. "Thanks for the offer mom, but I can make us something." She says putting the tote back under the sink and standing.

Her mother smiles warmly at her. "Okay honey." She says and leaves back down the stairs.

I get to my feet and a small headrush greets me. I close my eyes tightly and try to fight it off. I feel Sakura's body against mine as her she grabs my side and chest to steady me. "Take it easy, Naruto did hit you pretty hard." She reminds me.

"Hn, don't remind me I let him do that." I joke with a chuckle opening my eyes. Sakura is looking at me with a worried expression on her face. Jesus does she have to be so concerned about me...

"Are you good now?" She asks cautiously, still holding on to me.

How did I miss how caring Sakura is? I must be pretty self-involved if I missed something this big. I nod. "Yea, don't think for a second that I'm going to pass up your cooking." I tease with a wink.

Sakura rolls her eyes as a loud buzz echoes through the bathroom. Sakura reaches into her jean pocket, pulls her cell phone out and flips it open.

"Hey, Hinata." She says into the receiver looking over at me. "Yea, Naruto just came at him with no warning." She continues.

I laugh. "Oh, there was warning. Try the look of pure rage on his face." I mutter loud enough for Hinata to hear.

Sakura nudges me gently and points towards the hallway. "No Kiba is fine." She says solemnly.

I turn and open my mouth but before I can get anything out she puts her finger to my lips and points downstairs. I chuckle and make my way down the stairs. Holy shit her mother wasn't kidding, there is a blood trail from the front door up the stairs.

"Okay, thank you for calming him down," Sakura says quietly and hangs up the phone with a sigh.

I raise my eyebrow at her. "Take it Hinata was worried?" I ask. That's typical Hina, always worried about everyone.

Sakura nods. "Yea I guess she saw Naruto raging out in front of the school when she got picked up." She says quietly before walking into the kitchen.

"Here you go, dear." Sakura's mother says handing me an ice pack.

I smile and take it. "Thank you, Mrs. Haruno. Oh If you have something to clean up my mess with I'll do that for you." I offer, playing with the ice bag in my hands.

She shakes her head. "Oh no it's okay, you should sit down and ice that face of yours." She says with another warm smile as she leaves the kitchen.

Sakura turns to me with a weak smile. "I'm hungry, so that must mean you're starving. I'm thinking pancakes." She says thoughtfully.

Damn, that sounds really good. I nod with a lopsided smile. "That sounds really good, count me in." I say sitting down at the granite breakfast bar style part of the island in the kitchen. I'm sure this is not how Namikaze pictured this night turning out.