Honestly
I didn't think Everything would be this messed up.
I swear. I tried my best to end it.
But my life just became more entangled with his.
What do I do. I can't just stop this all now.
I'm still way too in deep.
I guess the only thing
I am able to do
Is stay away from you.
In turn,
Even though everything
Will surely
Shatter and Fall Apart,
I just have
That strange
Indescribable feeling,
That
Everything
Will
Be
Okay.
Title: It's NOT Incest
Pairing: Well I don't fucking know, you guys need to REVIEW and TELL me WHO you WANT to SEE SAKURA WITH. If you all end up saying her brother, then I have to do it. (But she might not be with them for the WHOLE story ;) Seriously though.
Rating: M
Summary: Sakura has to deal with her idiot friends finding out about her well kept secret. Gaara isn't really her brother. Sasori is. Sasuke and Naruto are new transfer students. Having fun has their consequences. Follow Sakura and her life in regards to her secret she shares with Gaara.
Chapter: 1
Word Count: A little bit more than four thousand.
Ages When the Story Start:
Sakura Haruno 17
Gaara no Subaku* 18
Sasori no Akasuna (half-brother to Sakura) 22
Sasuke Uchiha* 17
Naruto Uzumaki* 17
Ino Yamanaka 17
Shikamaru Nara 17
Chouji Akimichi 17
Hinata Hyuuga 17
Kiba Inuzuka 17
Shino Aburame 17
TenTen 19
Neji Hyuuga 19
Rock Lee 19
Temari 20
Kankuro 19
Matsuri 17
The bolded italics are the people you will see more than the others. Starred and bolded characters are the people that Sakura will most likely end up with. And if you are to give me your preference to who you'd like Sakura to be with, then please PEOPLE REVIEW. I'm really stupid to have just registered FF reviewers, so now that I took that block off, anyone can review. Granted I can get this done in time. So please review :)
Tis for SasuSaku month (:
For as long as Sakura could remember, Gaara was the only person in the world that would constantly be on her mind. She loves him, he loves her and they have been together longer than any of her past relationships put together. GRANTED they have been together since they were introduced to each other by their fathers at a younger age, Sakura and Gaara didn't feel like they had a liking towards each other until they reached age 10 (which is still more than her previous and short lived relationship of nine months with an unnamed asshole) Before they reached the tender and even more innocent age of 10, Sakura and Gaara had this vicious little rivalry between just the two of them. To both their fathers, it was the most ridiculous thing that they had ever seen, yet the most ingenius. Why? Well, to them, it'll prove who has the better parenting skills and, who will have the more successful company when the two grow older. To their mothers, well, they just thought it was cute, hoping their feuding should transform into something more. Maybe love, or that brother-sister closeness that they seem to have. But you know, their mothers and fathers were both completely an utterly wrong when it came to the course of their relationship.
Before she and Gaara started fooling around religiously, Sakura had a total of six relationships, only two of them turning out to be serious. Gaara was never a serious person when it came to relationships despite his attitude and facial features overall. All the girls flocked towards him, never any of them catching his attention. Because of that well known fact, surprisingly, Gaara has only ever had four relationships that all ended up in shambles. Why? Well the girls complained that a) Gaara never paid attention to them b) all he wanted was rough, animalistic sex and c) they all caught Gaara staring at one person: Sakura. To them, Gaara never denied that he liked Sakura, nor did he ever accept their accusations. Why? Because Sakura was his sister.
When Sakura turned 12, she started to notice things about guys that she never would have before at age 10, looking back at her short life. Sakura had grown in height, standing at 155 cm; she had lost all her baby fat, making her girly features look more defined. And not only that, Sakura had grown breasts; though they weren't as fully developed like some of the other girls in her class, they were large enough to catch the attention of more than half the guy population in their sixth year class of elementary school. Guys noticed her more often, obviously. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, but when it interfered with her friendship with Gaara, she decided she didn't like all the eyes on her. An example would be on a random day at school a couple years ago.
~Flashback~
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Five years and three months ago
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A newly turned twelve year old Sakura strolled through the front door of her elementary school. It was her last year there and was more or less excited that she would be graduating and attending Suna Middle School in the spring. But she knew she shouldn't think of things like that now, it was still in the middle of the semester and she and her best friend, Gaara were still fighting in the race to be the best. Why were they fighting? Well, I guess it all started when she and her parents went over to have dinner at Gaara's house, six years ago when she turned six years old. At that age, she and Gaara were allowed to start their first year at Kiri Elementary School. It was the day before they debuted as the next generation of the Haruno and Subaku geniuses. Sakura being a crowd pleaser, proclaimed that 'She, Haruno Sakura would be the smartest kid in her class.' Gaara, of course, used to being the smarter child between him and his older siblings, Kankuro and Temari, wasn't used to this pink haired brat, stealing his spotlight. So, he did the first thing any mentally advanced six year old would do, laugh at her, and reply, 'Pft, yeah right! I'm even smarter than you in my sleep!' Sakura hated being outshone by anyone, including her older half-brother, Sasori. So, like Gaara, she did the only thing she could in such an infuriating situation. She lunged as him, landing a punch on his cheek. Gaara, not understanding the importance of NOT hitting a girl, well, he hit her back. You would think that their parents would do something to stop them from injuring each other. But no, they left them to keep hurting each other while Mikaru (Sakura's mom), Kiyotaka(Sakura's dad), Karura (Gaara's mom) and Kisuke (Gaara's dad) talked about the future of their companies. The next day, Sakura and Gaara ended up going to school with bandages covering their faces.
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Let's just say they had a fun time trying to make friends while looking like mummies.
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After Sakura walked through the door, she took a left turn to look for her small locker than held her indoor shoes. Since Sakura's locker area was the in the last hallway, she had to walk a couple minutes in silence before getting there. Though, I wouldn't say she was walking in silence, there were other people that littered the area gossipping and copying homework. Reaching her destination, Sakura felt a weird aura that was close, freaking her out. But she decided to ignore it for now, since school was definitely her biggest priority. Not paying attention to her surroundings, Sakura strode past her locker and ran into a wall. But the wall was too soft and not to mention too close to her locker. Looking up, Sakura met sea foam green eyes that were just about the same as her own. "Ohayo Gaa-chan" Gaara glared at the pinkette for continuing to call him by the ridiculous nickname she gave to him not so long ago. But nonetheless, seeing her smiling face, made him drop the scowl to nod at her statement. Sakura rolled her eyes and replied, "Gaa-chan, you are so anti-social!"
Gaara snorted and said, "Whatever, it's not like anyone but you cares that I don't talk to them." Sakura pouted and spun on her heel to open her locker. Instead of seeing her shoes, Sakura found a pile of envelopes spewing from the small containment unit. Seeing that she had more letters than yesterday made Sakura sigh in annoyance. It was always like that since the second day of being twelve. Before, guys would only come up to her, to ask if they could borrow her homework or if she wanted to hang out during break. And that was only like three or four guys in one month. Now, it was triple that amount in less than half that time period. Not only did it creep her out, it pissed Gaara off that he wasn't able to get any time with Sakura unless they were at home. But home alone time was even less than what they had at school. Sakura's parents wanted her to take all sorts of unnecessary activities. Starting with etiquette lessons, Sakura also learned conversational french, english and chinese since most of her father's clients were of those nationality and ended with ballroom dancing. You can see how they all add up. At parties, Sakura would converse with the client's children and entertain them; maybe not only parties, Sakura could eventually go traveling, meeting people around the world.
Gaara, being more than a little annoyed, was furious. Sakura was having problems with the guys in their grade, and not that he would ever say it out loud, Sakura was his best friend and he couldn't stand to see her so freaked out. But before Gaara could say anything to the frustrated rosette, the bell rang, signaling the first bell of the school day. Sakura, turning to grab Gaara's hand, so they'd walk to class together, was surrounded by boys. Her outstretched hand that was meant for Gaara, was then grabbed by the school's cutest boy, Aware Keito. Sakura never really cared much for looks (45% is based on it), she looked for substance in a person; using the first through fifth encounters to determine their first impression. Let's just say she was not impressed. Neither was Gaara, who was on his butt watching his best friend get mauled by 'adoring fans.'
On Sakura's end, she frozen not knowing what to do. All the boys that were there, came from her class, the one next door, down the hallway, anywhere on the sixth floor. Some of them were even from the third, fourth or even fifth floor. (The floor they were on determines what year they are in. Sakura is on the sixth floor, so she is in the fifth grade-first floor is for kindergarteners)
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Keito saw Sakura's hesitation and stiffness and decided to pull Sakura away from the crowd. The other boys saw what was happening and decided to follow them, hell bent on killing Keito for taking away Sakura. Gaara stood up and glared at the receding crowd. He searched for Sakura in his surrounding area but to no avail, she wasn't there. TO add to his anger, the tardy bell rang, indicating any student that wasn't in their seat before that bell, was tardy. Though this has happened only twice since Sakura turned 12, he was getting to be more agressive towards those who got within a 5 meter radius. Gaara stopped his thoughts and ran up the five flights of stairs, turned left and raced down the corridor to see his classroom door close shut.
Sakura was pulled into the classroom, and away from the fanboys, but it didn't help that a) the boy she was with was aso a fanboy and b) all the fangirls for Keito-san were glaring at her. She didn't understand why until she saw her hand stil in his. Seeing that, Sakura immediately let go of him and started walking towards her seat. The tardy bell rang, but her teacher wasn't in the room. It became an occurrence on the first day of the school year after introduction. Since that wasn't shocking, what was, was Gaara wasn't in the classroom before the bell rang. 'Gaa-kun... Where are you?' she asked herself. The door opened, and her prayers were answered, Gaara burst through the door, with sweat beading his forehead. "Gaa-kun!" she exclaimed. Just as she was going to jump at Gaara for making her worry, Sakura was stopped by Aware Keito, who didn't like being ignored.
"Ohayo Sakura-san!" he greeted. Sakura sweatdropped at his persistency, but couldn't help but feel special that he was talking to her in such a formal manner. "You may not know me, but my name is Aware Keito. If I'm correct, then we have been in each other's classes since we were in the third grade." Sakura nodded, not sure what else to do. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Gaara regain his breath. She was glad that her best friend was okay, but didn't enjoy the frown that adorned his face. In her head, Sakura screamed out, 'Gaa-kun! Why are you making that face? IT's so hard for you to get someone to like you if you have that face all the time!' On the inside, even though she screamed murder, Sakura's outer expression was smiling and happy. And that was a good thing for Aware Keito. For he was going to finally confess his love to a Haruno Sakura. "Ano, Sakura-san," that had gotten Sakura out of her thoughts and he continued, "Ever since I met you in the third grade, I couldn't stop thinking about you!" Sakura's eyes widened at his confession. As did his fangirls. Gaara and the their silver haired teacher, who decided to show up, as well. "Please! Go out with me!" At that point, Sakura had no idea what to think, he wasn't the first person to confess, but he didn't do it using flowers and chocolates to butter her up or through a letter. Gaara, still standing at the door growled at Aware, not even caring that everyone in the room heard.
Keito could plainly see that Gaara had a crush on Sakura. She may not notice it right off the bat, but it's definitely noticeable, with the way he treats her compared to the other girls in the class. Keito really did have feelings for Sakura. On his first day of third grade, he didn't think anything would be any different than the last year, minus more homework and some people he had never seen in his class. But he was wrong when he bumped into Haruno Sakura. She was unlike the other females in the class, Sakura didn't fawn or pine after him, she kept her distance and only talked to him when necessary. It was a breath of fresh air to him that not all girls are scary. Seeing her surrounded by all those boys back at the entrence made him realize that she wasn't that dissimilar to him. They were the same in that sense, with having fangirls and boys chasing them, making them feel uncomfortable. The day she turned twelve, he noticed that Sakura was being tailed by members of the opposite sex like he was. And felt empathy towards her. Now, as he stood there, Keito decided to make his move. He moved closer, one step at a time, so he would be within Sakura's air space. Which was really close. "Sakura-san..." Keito leaned down to press his lips onto Sakura's own.
Sakura was surprised that Keito would do that. He was a genuinely nice boy, pushy at times, but he had never done anything like this. Not to her information anyways. Before she could do anything, like push him off and tell him otherwise, Keito was pulled away by an enraged Gaara, who had no intention of letting him get away with that stunt. "Gaara-kun! Stop it, you'll get in trouble!" Gaara heard Sakura's voice and released the the boy, who didn't seem to be fazed by Gaara's animosity towards him. Keito stood up and sat down at his assigned desk, while Sakura went over to calm the still fuming redhead. "Gaara, what has gotten into you?" scolded Sakura. Gaara noted that Sakura had dropped the honorific from the end of his name and it ticked him off even more than he was when Aware kissed her.
"What's wrong with me." he said calmly. Goosebumps appeared on her arm at hearing how composed and unemotional he sounded. In a louder, chaotic tone, Gaara repeated, "WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME." Sakura tensed and flinched at his fury. Gaara growled and grabbed Sakura's arm, and storming out the door with Sakura following, and their silver-haired teacher watched them leave.
Sakura, not wanting her hand to hurt anymore than it already did, reluctantly followed her best friend, wondering where he as going to take her. "Gaara-kun! Please let go of me," she begged. She saw Gaara look down at her from the corner of his eye, but it wasn't enough to stop him, in fact, it seem to enrage him even more. To Sakura, that was the ultimate act of betrayal. Gaara always listened to her. Whether or not her thoughts and feelings were idiotic, he always gave her his utmost attention. And before she knew it, tears started to pool at the corner of her eyes before they streaming down her face silently. Sakura wasn't exactly paying a close eye as to where he was taking her, but it dawned on her when she realized that Gaara was going to take her up to the roof. Sure enough, after running one flight of stairs, Sakura was standing on the roof with the redhead she had gotten close to within the past few years.
Gaara had loosened his hold on her, giving her the opportunity to slip out of his grip, but to his surprise Sakura didn't let go. The silence was unnerving him, so he decided to start the conversation. "Sa-Sakura, I didn't mean to pull you away from class." Since he wasn't looking at her face, Gaara was at a loss for words when he saw her tears. Instead of ignoring it, like any other person of the same sex would, the redhead pulled her to his chest, letting her sob as much as she needed to. "I did this to you. I'm always making you cry or frustrated or mad. I want to know what I can do for you." Sakura's head pushed away from his chest to see the serious look on his face.
"Gaa-kun. Just one thing." Gaara stared at her. Tears had stained her pretty face, the area under her eyes were swollen, and her nose turned slightly red. Overall, it wasn't a pretty sight, but Gaara didn't care, she was still the adorable little girl that picked on him every chance she did. So you have no idea how much shock and overwhelming desire came over him when Sakura said, "Kiss me." He thought he was dreaming, that Sakura was just puling his leg, or that she just wanted to the the taste of Keito out from her mouth. Or. He couldn't think of anything else to the reason why Sakura would want to kiss him. "Please Gaara-kun." It wasn't a question, but an order. The redhead gazed into the bright green orbs that seemed to match his own and moving his unoccupied hand, to her shoulder, Gaara reached down to press his lips softly upon her own. Sakura, who already had her first kiss, didn't want to waste any time, but she knew this was Gaara's first kiss, so she had to follow his pace. Just when she thought Gaara was going to let go, he licked her lower lip, asking for entrance. She was excited that they were kissing, but for some reason, it just didn't seem like the right time. She pulled her lips away from him, only for Gaara to attack her once more. "Gaara-kun, now isn't the right time," she mumbled against his lips. Gaara froze and pulled away from her.
Taking in his surroundings, he had no choice but to agree, "You're right Sakura." Sakura giggled at him, to which he retaliated by hissing out, "Whatever."
Sakura started giggling even more, escalating into full blown laughter. Gaara couldn't help but stare at her and listen to how happy she sounded through her laugh. She sounded like the wind chimes on a hot day- it was always better when you focus on it, focusing on Sakura made him forget what had happened back at their classroom. "Ne, Gaara-kun, promise me it'll be just me that you kiss." Gaara cocked an eyebrow when she asked him of that until she continued, "I'll do the same. Only if we are both not in a relationship. If either of us are dating someone else, then we can't. I really care about you. I just think that maybe it's more than that. I love you Gaara. I really do." Sakura was, by now, blushing. It was something that she had kept from Gaara since she met him. She liked him for a completely different reason that girls liked him. Sakura was the only one he ever opens up to. Never has he gone to talk to his mother, father or older siblings. Maybe because they were the same age and they have been together for a long time. Or maybe because he didn't fall into peer pressure when his guy friends were complaining that girls had cooties and he should stay away from her. She was grateful for him. Whatever it was, Sakura didn't want to lose Gaara, as a friend or anything else. "You don't have to agree Gaar, I'm just being selfish."
"No." Sakura gasped when she heard that one word slip from his lips. Gaara usually agreed with, unless it had something to do with him that was certainly not true. It meant a lot to her that Gaara was easily accepting of her proposition, and before she saw what hit her, Gaara's face was closer to hers than it was supposed to be. He was breathing her air and she was breathing his. "We can start this promise here," Gaara had extended his pinky towards her, knowing she a) loved doing this and b) would agree. "I, Subaku no Gaara, promise to Haruno Sakura, that if and only if I'm not dating someone, I promise to only kiss her."
Sakura grinned at Gaara's words, latching her own pinky onto his, she responded with, "And I Haruno Sakura, promise that if I am not dating anybody, then the only person that will kiss shall be Subaku no Gaara." They lifted their pinkies up and down a couple times then let go, signaling the end of the promise ceremony. "Thank you Gaara-kun" Sakura jumped up into Gaara's arms all while pressing her lips onto his.
What she didn't expect was her older brother to bust through the roof's entrance door screaming out, "SAKURA-HIME!"
Sakura and Gaara sweatdropped. Pushing away from each other, they both muttered, "Sasori-nii-chan."
Abruptly sitting up, Sakura rubbed her eyes, wondering out of all the memories that she had, she had to dream about that one. It was strange, even though she and Gaara had the weirdest relationship, it was still strong. They were best friends. They were fuck buddies. But they also loved each other. Yet for some reason, Sakura coudn't say they were lovers quite yet. Gaara was still the anti-social character. Just not with her around. As the years have gone by, both Sakura and Gaara have lived up to their pinky promise, only 'kissing' each other when they both weren't in a relationship. During that time, Sakura and Gaara had modified the rules. If only one of them were in a relationship, then it'd be okay if that person to start the kiss. Surprisingly, she wasn't the one to propose the idea, it was Gaara. And now that she thought of it, she and Gaara cheated on their past boyfriends and girlfriends. A lot.
When Sakura looked down at her clock, it read 7:55 and school starts at 8:15. "Fuck... I'm going to be late." Sakura had uttered that with such a nonchalant tone, that it didn't even seem like she cared that she was going to be late for the first day of the last year of high school. Truth is, she doesn't. The week before, she had attended senior orientation. They discussed what would be going down and what you should do before choosing the college they were to attend in the following spring. Along with that, they were given their schedules for the new year. Turns out Sakura would be having Hatake Kakashi as her homeroom teacher. Hatake Kakashi was her fifth grade homeroom teacher. And on the last day of the school year for her class, he had said, to Sakura and Gaara more so, "Because of you little twits, I'm going to start teaching over at Konoha High School. Don't be surprised if I end up being your homeroom teacher for one or all of those years. I remember every single one of your faces. So if you happen to be in my high school class after about three years, expect more homework" and he had said all that with a smile. And due to the luck of the draw, Sakura now has Kakashi for all four years of her high school education. He was true to his words too. Sakura always had seven extra pages of homework. At first she was annoyed that only she had extra in his homeroom and english class, but those seven pages were always something they learned the day before. But i guess it didn't help that Sakura had to find the pieces in a scavenger hunt during the school day.
Anyways, Sakura finally got her ass out of bed to perform her morning routine. She didn't have enough time to take a shower so she washed her face with a clean washcloth lathered up by the scent of mint from her favorite bar of soap. When she was done, Sakura slipped into the regulatory girl's spring uniform. It was a navy blue blazer with the senior emblem stitched onto the left breast pocket, underneath was a cream colored long-sleeved button up shirt with a few buttons unbuttoned. The pleated skirt was the same color as the blazer, navy blue, with two pockets on each side of her waist, the end of the skirt reaching mid-thigh. TO top it all off the tie hung loosely around her neck Grabbing her brown bag that all the students carried, she ran down the steps and into the kitchen to take the lunch she made the night before out from the fridge. As she was about to exit out the door, a familiar redhead blocked her path, his eyes glinting with lust. "Uh, Sorry Nii-chan, not right now." Her proclaimed Nii-chan frowned and stuck his tongue out at her.
"Sakura-hime, that's rude. You didn't even know what I was going to say." Sakura sighed, and motioned with her free hand for him to continue. "I was going to offer you a ride! I figured you were going to be late since you didn't wake up at your usual 6 am." Sakura's eyes lit up like a Christmas tree when she heard him say that. "But, I need a kiss." Never mind, the lit up tree, Sakura's eyes screamed bloody murder. She was not in the mood to play any of his games. She was going to be late for school dammit. "PLEASE SAKU-Chan?" Her brother gave her the most adorable puppy dog eyes she had ever seen. Sakura couldn't resist them, so she pecked her brother on the lips before grabbing the keys from his hand and dragging him to the garage.
"Let's go Sasori-nii-chan." Sasori glared at her and she knew exactly why. It was a pathetic attempt. Even though it is wrong to kiss your brother in that way, it is also wrong for him to LIKE you in that way. So they are kinda even. But they aren't completely blood related though. Sasori was her father's only son from his first marriage. After his first wife died when Sasori was three years old, her dad decided to get married to his high school sweetheart, who still had feelings for him as well. They hit it off, two months later, they got married and three years later, a baby Haruno Sakura was born. When she was born, it was no surprise that Sasori was highly protective of her, since she cured him of his loneliness, but he felt more than just that brother sister love. And she, her father and mother knew that. Which is one of the reasons why they decided to introduce Sakura to Gaara, so Sakura wouldn't go for her half older brother. Sasori complained, but agreed when he saw Gaara for the first time, and if he were still able to get kisses on the lips from his 'Sakura-hime.'
Sasori and Sakura then entered his new Lexus, and within less than a second, they pulled out from the garage in the direction of her high school.
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{End}
Right. So those who decided to stick to this story is probably wondering why there are two copies of It's NOT Incest. Let me explain. So I kinda went on this hiatus and along the way, I got an epiphany and now I sorta have a better idea of what I had before. Don't get me wrong, I don't have this huge elaborate plan like most FFs have when the first get into this, well actually, yeah I did but look what it did to me. I'm rewriting a masterpiece I swear I had down. =(
It's still up there so you can feel free to see the changes between the two stories.
I am currently still figuring the pieces and then in the future how to put the puzzle together. If updating is slow. I sincerely apologize. Those that get this e-mail about my update be sorely disappointed up until the fifth chapter. Which may take longer than expected since I got all this summer work I have to work on. Sucks right. Yeah.
BUT i will still go by what my initial plans for the story are. I won't reveal that for a while. I'm curious though. Who do you think Sakura should be with?
If I get at least 5 reviews for every chapter up until the new ones that you have yet yo see, then I will do something special.
Please do so. It warms my heart to see such love from readers everywhere.
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