By- DECEPSHUN!
Summary- Haruno Sakura used to love fairytales, but when she learned that life wasn't as sweet as in fairytales, she stopped believing in them… okay, so what happens when she's trapped in a fairytale? And guess what fairytale it is? Cinderella- and she's the main character! Lovely. Pairings- Sakura/ MULTIPLE, Naru/Hina/Kiba, Shika/ Ino… AU; R&R, PLEASE!
Rating- T, I guess? (Ha! Now, that it's rated T, get reading for mass swearing… not! Or am I really not joking?)
A/N- Okay, so now, you're probably thinking: 'Oh, great! DECEPSHUN started another story, and if I like it, she won't update soon because of all the stories she's working on!' so… gomen! I couldn't resist the urge to write another story!
You know the drill. I don't own Naruto… period. - Disclaimer XD
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Prologue- I Love Fairytales… What's Wrong with That? -
-Sakura's POV-
When I was a little kid, my mother used to always read me stories by my bedside, before I fell asleep, dreaming of fairytales, fantastical creatures and such. Oh, how I loved those stories! But the other kids used to tease me about it… and I answered, asking: "I love fairytales, so what's wrong with that?"
And I believed that one day, when I grew up, my prince would come over and save me from the other kids who teased me.
I thought that he would fall in love with me, and we'd live happily ever after…
But the day my prince came… he didn't fall in love with me. He hurt me, without even knowing it… because, after all, you'd expect your enemies to hurt you, so it doesn't matter, but when a love one hurts you… it's always unexpected.
And what hurt the most was…
She stole away my prince.
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(A/N- this is a memory, by the way…)
A 12-year-old Sakura glanced at Kiba, who smiled faintly at her. "Umm," Sakura said timidly. "Ever since you helped me with those kids who teased me…" She paused for a second. "… I think I have a crush on you!"
Sakura, of course, believed that Kiba would smile and respond, saying that he liked her so very much and was glad that she had brought it up. But he didn't.
Instead, he sighed, and looked away. "Err, Sakura," he said, serious. "I… I don't like you…" Seeing Sakura frown and look as if she would cry, Kiba added quickly- "I mean, I like you as a friend! But I… I like Hinata!"
Sakura ran away, and locked herself in her room. She took a deep breath… and cried, and she realized…
Never again would she believe in fairytales.
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-Third Person POV-
Haruno Sakura's bookshelf is full of manga, but if you open the secret storage box, you'll find a whole five box full of fairytales. She had them all- Rumpilstilkin (A/N- is that the correct spelling?), Sleeping Beauty, The Little Match Girl, stories by the Grimm brothers, stories by Hans Christen Anderson… and her favourite story- Cinderella.
But when Sakura was still 11 years old, her bookshelf held only fairytales, with the occasional Fantasy/ Adventure novel, and no manga whatsoever. The 'incident' changed that.
After that, her favourite fairytale, Cinderella, became her least favourite, because, she learned that fairytales weren't real, and no one could love like in those stories. Her favourite things, fairytales, had deceived her, and Sakura felt a small cut, but a deep, hurting cut. And she knew it would never heal.
One day, she just painted the walls of her room black, and when her mother asked why, Sakura answered that it represented how she felt right now.
When Kiba came over, Sakura completely ignored him, and pretty soon, he gave up, and at school, Sakura saw him with Hinata, laughing at something she was whispering into his ear. Sakura, at that moment, wished she were Hinata… but that would never happen, she knew. Because that sort of thing only happened in fairytales, and fairytales were all… fake.
Soon, Sakura stopped looking at Kiba and Hinata, and started hanging out with Sasuke, Gaara, Naruto, Ten Ten, Ino, and Shikamaru. Ino and Ten Ten understood how she felt, and comforted her at times she felt like dying, Naruto and Shikamaru, because of Naruto's hyperness and Shikamaru's laziness made her laugh when she was down, Sasuke and Gaara, well, when they were alone with Sakura, they would just talk about life… and the point of it.
So, you see, they were great friends, the seven of them.
And it was a pretty darn normal day when this story begins…
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"Wake up!"
"Sakura."
"SAAAAAKURA…"
"Sakura-san…"
"OMFG! FOREHEAD GIRL!"
Haruno Sakura woke up with a start. "What the heck is that?" she muttered groggily, and through her blurred eyes, she saw Ino and Gaara.
"OMFG!" Sakura was fully awake now. "WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING HERE? AND MOM LET YOU GUYS IN?"
Ino ignored her, and replied, instead, "Get dressed! Wear this!" She shoved a black, frilly skirt onto Sakura's lap. "It's the first day of high school! I'm so happy!" Ino shoved a shirt into Sakura's open hands.
"Sakura-san." Gaara said.
"What?" Sakura asked, her head snapping in Gaara's direction.
"We climbed in through the window," Gaara replied. Sakura's eyes widened as she saw the wide-open window. "Gaara! Ino!" she scolded the two, "Those curtains were new! Now you guys got them dirty!"
Ino shrugged, and Gaara smirked.
"Now, get dressed, damn it!" Ino yelled.
Sakura raised her eyebrow. "In front of him?" she asked skeptically, pointing at Gaara.
"Hell no," Ino said. "In the bathroom, baka."
Gaara, however, smirked. "Oh, you want to change in front of me? Sure, you can; go ahead."
Sakura hit Gaara on the head, and glared at Ino. "Well, you weren't making it clear enough!"
"What?" Ino asked sarcastically. "It couldn't get processed through your stupid brain?" Sakura glared at Ino and took the clothes Ino chose to the bathroom, and yelled, "GAARA! BETTER NOT PEEP!"
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At school, everyone was excited about starting school again, and Sakura was happy that Kakashi-sensei let Sasuke, Gaara, Naruto, Ino, Ten Ten, Shikamaru and her sit together… weird, but true.
"Ah, Sakura's group!" Kakashi-sensei suddenly said. "Temari's joining you guys! Is that okay?"
"All right." "Sure thing, Kaka-sensei!" "Troublesome… but I guess so." "Okay!" "Hn." "Sure." "Whatever."
Temari sat down next to Sakura, which Sakura noted as odd, because she thought Temari would sit next to her brother, Gaara.
"Ah," Temari said once she was sitting down. Sakura gulped… Temari sure looked… scary…
"Don't worry," Gaara whispered into her ear, as if he read her mind. "She just looks scary…"
Temari looked at Sakura, with an odd look. "So you're Gaara's girlfriend? Strange, cause I thought he like blondes." She cast a meaningful glance at Ino.
Sakura blushed. "N-no… we're all just friends…" Temari muttered, "That's what they always say…"
"Shut up!" Gaara glared at Temari, and Temari mumbled, "And that what they always reply when I say that."
Both Sakura and Gaara glared at Temari, and immediately, she shut up, which, if I say so myself, is a pretty darn good choice; you don't want to get on Gaara's bad side… or Sakura's, for that matter.
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After school, in Sakura's room, she (Sakura, that is) decided to open that box of fairytales that she hadn't opened in around a few years. She felt that it would be a good time to open it again.
She breathed in the smell of the books, a strawberry scent, because of the air fresheners that she used to put the books on the shelf with. It brought back… memories…
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(Memory)
"Mommy!" Sakura, aged 5, exclaimed happily, "Can you read Cinderella to me? I love that story so much!"
"All right, Sakura."
They settled down on Sakura's bed, and her mother began the story… "Once upon a time, in a faraway place…"
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Sakura felt her hand unconsciously touch the Cinderella book, and she decided to open it… and suddenly she saw a bright sparkle of light… and smelled fresh bread cooking… heard people talking…
'Where am I?' she thought confusedly to herself. 'Wasn't I in my room?'
Sakura walked around the place she was transported to, trying to find a familiar face, but all she saw were people scurrying about like there was no tomorrow, and all she hear was people chatting, like gossipers at Sakura's high school.
She decided that this was a dream, and picked an apple up from a nearby stand and was about to bite it when…
"Stop! Thief!" A fat man pointed at her. "You stole my apple!"
"I know the King," she said, thinking that if it was a dream, and she should just have fun while it lasted. "So leave me alone."
"Right," the fat man spat, "And I'm a graceful, beautiful, feminine ballerina!" Sakura looked the man over, and just to annoy him, she gasped out: "Wow! You're so graceful, feminine, and you can be a ballerina! (Though I'm not sure that you're beautiful!) Reach for your dreams, sistah!"
"I'm a man." The fat storeowner glared at her. "Guards!"
Two robed men came out of the darkness and held her wrists tightly. "You're coming with us to the prison," one of them said, muffled by the hood, and Sakura suddenly had a feeling that this was no dream.
"No!" she yelled.
"Let her go." A voice from behind the three said calmly.
The three turned around, and Sakura saw a familiar red-head (Guess who?) and she sighed in relief. "It's the king!" one of the hooded men whispered, scared. "Let her go!"
They let her go, and scurried away, back into the darkness.
"Thank god." Sakura was relieved. "It's good to see you here, Gaara… now where's Sasuke, Naruto, Ino, and the others?"
"What? Who's Sasuke? Naruto? Ino?" the red-haired person asked in confusion.
"You don't know them?" Sakura gasped. "They're your friends! And so am I!"
"But I don't even know you."
To be continued…
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A/N- Yay! It's DECEPSHUN'S new fic! Review, please! Oh yeah, and starting next week, I won't be updating every day, because the break's ending soon! There's only 3 days left until school starts again for me! And I might not update on Saturday, 'cause it's a jam-packed day! Well, thanks for reading!
Love from,
D#E#C#E#P#S#H#U#N
PS- It must seem like I love Sakura/ MULTIPLE s, ne?