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Ino hadn't spoken to Sakura for at least a week now, the blonde barely even spared a glance, let alone one of her pretty smiles. Sakura felt her heart breaking everytime she was ignored by the girl. She had asked one of the other girls why Ino was ignoring her and the answer was perhaps the worse case scenario.
"She's not purposely ignoring you Sakura-Chan, she's just got a crush on Sasuke-Kun, so she's spending all her energy on him!"
This was bad. Who does Sasuke think he is? Stealing her crush, now she had been told she saw everything and his treatment of Ino angered her so much.
Ino had tried to give Sasuke a hand made bento, it looked delicious with little octopus sausages and vegetables in the shape of a heart, but, instead of sincerely thanking the time and effort Ino had put into the bento he had just glared at her and told her to leave him alone.
How dare he!
Sakura felt a righteous amount of anger and had immediately went to cheer up the blonde, however Ino hadn't looked heartbroken, she looked determined, declaring that love will never be easy, that you'll have to fight for it sometimes. She then pushed Sakura away, muttering plans to grab the boys attention.
Sakura needed a plan, she couldn't have Ino ignore her forever, she needed to find someway to gain her attention but the only thing she paid attention to was Sasuke.
Huh, maybe she could use Sasuke as a way to have Ino's attention on her instead.
If she became Ino's rival for love, Ino would put all that determination and focus on her instead of Sasuke, maybe along the way Ino will gain feelings for her, one of those love-hate relationships that Sakura's mother loved to read about!
Maybe this could work!