Hello fellow readers and authors!
I'm very happy everyone loved Periods on Marriages so much. Keep reviewing please! =D
I was so surprised so many people loved The Conquering so much. The plot sounds pretty good, but I know I can do better, especially for my beloved fans.
So to make them sit in the edge of the chair in interest, I'm rewriting it. The change in title will represent a brand new story. The plot mostly be the same, but a lot better.
Enjoy my fellow readers! =)
Chapter 1: Just Another Ordinary Day
"I'M GONNA GET YOU UCHIHA!"
Sasuke laughed at angry burning fire that raged in Sakura's eyes as she continued chasing him around the quad. Tenten sweat-dropped as she watched her best friend chase her daily annoyance.
'Don't they get tired of this?' Tenten sighed along with a bite of her ham sandwich. She nearly dropped it though when she heard her 8-year long crush, Neji.
"They're still going on with that?" He asked as he took a seat next to her.
Tenten turned her head to hide her blush, "Y-yeah," she responded, "since the beginning of lunch."
She tried not to squeal when she heard him sigh and scoot an inch closer to her. "Is that ham?" he asked.
"Y-yeah," Tenten answered. Still with her head turned to the side, she intended to show her sandwich in front of Neji, but ended up almost whacking him in the face with it. Neji inched back to evade it. "Y-you w-want some?"
Neji raised an eyebrow, chuckled, and took it, and brushed his hand against hers in the process, causing Tenten's face to turn as red as her backpack.
"Sure," Neji said, "Just try not to stutter so much. You're starting to sound like my cousin, Hinata."
"O-ok," Tenten said, mentally scolding herself from going against his wishes. Neji chuckled and took a bite from her sandwich. After chewing the ham sandwich for a few seconds, Neji started making his way up again.
"I gotta go get Sasuke," Neji said as he got up from the ground the two were sitting on. Tenten looked up at him as he finished, "I don't want him to see the light…again."
Tenten wasn't sure whether he did it on purpose or not, but either way, she swore she nearly saw the light when he crouched down next to her ear, "Oh, and thanks," Neji muttered as he held her hand to place the sandwich back in it.
She waited a few moments until she finally exhaled a gallon of air she held for Neji when he was finally out of sight, "Damn," she said to herself, "that man is such a tease."
"UCHIHA!"
As Sakura's steps became louder and louder, Sasuke's laugh started to fade and fade as he went farther and farther away from them. Tired but amused, Tenten looked up to see Sakura trying to grasp her breath. Tenten then sweat-dropped when she saw Sakura's straining face turn into a raged one.
"That jerk!" Sakura exclaimed, "He's just lucky Neji and the security guard saved him before I owned his a—"
"What did he do this time?" Tenten tiredly asked. She sweat-dropped when she saw Sakura's eyes fume showing her the ruined white shirt that was hidden beneath her pink jacket.
"That jerk purposely spilled my chocolate pudding all over my new white shirt!" Sakura seethed, "Ugh that boy's a pain in the a— hey what's up with you?"
Sakura raised an eyebrow as she saw her friend's face turn into a dark pink staring straight ahead, obviously no longer paying attention to what she was saying. Curious about her friend's current condition, Sakura looked the same direction she was staring at and chuckled.
"Ooohhh," Sakura realized, "Still into that Hyuuga boy uh?" Realizing what she just said, Tenten snapped out of her daze and deniably shook her head.
"N-no I'm not!" Tenten denied. Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Oh come ON!" Sakura started, "It's been EIGHT YEARS! When the heck are you gonna tell him?"
"Never" Tenten answered finding no reason to deny it, "He is so out of my league! And besides," leaning her head against her knees she continued, "he'll never like me back." Sakura rolled her eyes again and gave her a light punch.
"You're such a scaredy cat!" Sakura teased, "How will you know that if you don't even have the guts to ask him?" Sakura gave her a shook of her head in disappointed, "Dang Tenten, sometimes you can be such a wuss!" Insulted, Tenten shot her a look.
"I'm a wuss?" Tenten repeated, "Says the girl who pretends to hate the guy she likes just because she's that desperate for attention!" Sakura gave her a bewildered look with red shade smudged across her face.
"W-what the heck are you talking about?" Sakura flushed, "I do hate Sasuke! And I do not like him!" Smirking, Tenten smugly crossed her arms and looked at her.
"How did you know I was talking about Sasuke?" Tenten smugly asked. Sakura fumed a red and turned away. Now it was time for Tenten to roll her eyes.
"Oh c'mon Sakura!" Tenten started, "You've been hitting on that guy since you were eight! You were one of his rejected fan girls until you decided to overreact and slap him after he spilled a cup of cream corn on your head by accident." Tenten crossed her arms in confidence, "We both know you needed something to get him to notice you. Even when it meant trying to kill him every…single…day…"
Sakura snorted and sat right next to Tenten, snatching an apple from her lunchbox and taking a bite from it. There was no use denying it, Tenten was there with her nine years ago like a geek and a Star Wars collection. But because of her usual stubborn self, she tried to deny it anyway
"I have no idea what you're talking about," Sakura lied. Tenten shook her head, obviously not buying it. Sakura sighed and gave her best friend a tired smile.
"Just tell him how you feel," she advised. There was a long pause until she added, "Doesn't it kill you?" Tenten raised an eyebrow.
"What are you talking about?" Tenten asked in shock. Sakura scoffed at her ignorance.
"I mean, like, doesn't it kill you that every day you see him, all you can do is stare at him from the distance?" Sakura asked. Tenten frowned at the question, "I mean, the only time he even thinks about you is when I chase Sasuke around school and he doesn't wanna wait for him alone."
Tenten sweat-dropped and drop her head in shame. Sakura was right, she knows that. But what can she do about it? A high-classed bachelor like Neji will never even pay a glance to look at her.
"You're so mean!" Tenten whined, causing Sakura to giggle.
"You're right I'm sorry," Sakura sarcastically apologized, "He probably likes you a lot, but doesn't show it in public. Maybe he transforms into shadow demon mode and watch you as you sleep!" Tenten widened her eyes in offense and shock.
"Don't you dare joke about that!" Tenten scolded, "Do you know what kind of danger you're talking about?" Sakura rolled her eyes in doubt.
"Calm down Tenten I was kidding," Sakura requested, "And besides, they're not real."
"Yes they are!" Tenten emphasized, "They are as real as the huge size of your forehead!"
"Oh c'mon Tenten!" Sakura whined, "You have got to get a new hobby! You're so weird! A normal teenager would use the computer for networking sites and stuff and have fun. But no." Sakura slurred, "You spend all your free time in the library or the internet looking up myths. You're obsessed with them!"
Sakura took another bite of her apple and shook her head, "Sometimes you scare me Tenten."
"They are real!" Tenten emphasized again trying to convince/
"Oh c'mon Tenten!" Sakura started, "Why do you keep going on and on about this?" Putting her apple on her lap, she looked at Tenten like a mother does to her child after they got in trouble.
"So what if they are real? Big deal!" Sakura continued, "I don't see any of them running around. Heck, they're so unimportant and unreal; people don't even bother writing about them in libraries or books. That's why you're having such a hard time finding stuff about them. Nobody knows about them because they're not real!"
"Sakura—"
"And will you stop trying to believe in stupid fantasies like these?" Sakura interrupted, "They're stupid and illogical! You're wasting your entire life on things that will never come to life and will never happen!"
"Maybe that's why Neji won't come so close to you!" Sakura spat, "He probably knows your obsession and is probably freaked out about why he attracts freaky girls like you!" Tenten drew back in hurt as Sakura's voice started to rise, "And of course, you can't prove him wrong because you're so caught up on this crap that you can't open your eyes to reality!"
Standing up and slamming her apple to the ground Sakura looked at Tenten with a glare, "Open your eyes Tenten! The only demons that exist in this world are the stupidity that runs through your brain! So just dump them and realize that life is a bitch, and stop living like a dumb broad!" People started looking at their direction, but neither did the two care. This was none of their business.
Sakura started panting for her breath after her long speech, and Tenten only looked at her with offended and shocked eyes. She was about to lash back, but after seeing Sakura's eyes were trying not to rain tears, she gave her a pitiful look.
"This isn't about the demons anymore is it?" Tenten asked. There was a long pause and silence after the question, but was then interrupted by the bell, announcing with it's annoying ring that lunch time was over.
"I just need time to clear my head," Sakura muttered as she got her stuff out of the ground and into her arms and shoulder, "Sorry I lashed out. I guess I was still mad about what Sasuke did to my shirt." Remembering what Sasuke did, she zipped up her jacket and went on her way, leaving Tenten to look at her with solemn eyes.
The last bell of the school day finally rung and Sakura ignored the huge crowd surrounding her, making their ways towards either the exits or their friends.
She still felt guilty about what she lashed out on Tenten. She didn't mean to hurt her with claims of stupidity and her inability to claim Neji as hers. She and Tenten were best friends and did nothing purposely to hurt each other, but sometimes Tenten's antics just can't make Sakura resist. Tenten had stupid, foolish beliefs, and needed to embrace the truth. Demons weren't real, just fantasies Tenten wished to become reality.
Sakura used to wish like Tenten, and wished for a lot of things. But the results were always the same. Her very hopes and dreams were the ones that put her down the most, punishing her for believing. So she stopped. She stopped hoping, stopped dreaming, and stopped believing. If you didn't believe in anything, there's nothing to get hurt about, right?
Sakura shook her head, not wanting to go deeper into her mind; not wanting to dive in into more questions her head can't handle answering.
Trying to distract herself, Sakura looked up straight to her destination, the school doors. There were barely any people left, and only a few hung out by their lockers. It always did got Sakura to wonder why people wanted to leave school so badly, they were all gone in less than 15 minutes after the bell rang.
Sakura walked straight and bluntly and focused on her destination, ignoring the guys who were ogling her every second of it. Thinking no eye contact will draw them away, it only drew them in, much to Sakura's dismay.
"Hey sweet thing!" A guy called out from her right side leaning on the lockers chuckling to his friends, "Why don't you hang out with us for a second and we can have some fun?"
"Go away," Sakura muttered, still refusing to look at them as she walked passed them. She hissed and resisted punching them in the face when one of them took hold of her by the arm and pulled her towards their way.
"Oh c'mon babe don't be like that," The guy said. Having no choice but to look at them, Sakura glared at them and realized who they were. It was Naru Hozoka and two of his mindless crew from the school's football team. The 'football jocks are the dumb and mean ones' stereo type doesn't really exist anymore, but Naru was the only one that wanted it to stay. He was also the one that tried to get into her pants since freshman year.
"Let me go!" Sakura demanded as she tried to get her arm back. She was about to slap Naru's face when he neared to kiss her, but then a voice interrupted the session. And not just any voice, a very familiar voice.
"Naru," Sasuke called out walking towards them, "Someone told me to tell you something," He looked at Sakura for a brief second before looking back at Naru, his eyes demanding her release.
"What is it?" Naru asked, obviously annoyed at his interruption as he let go of Sakura's hands.
"The person told me to tell you in private," Sasuke jerked his head towards Sakura, "I'll tell you once she leaves,"
Sakura was still confused about what was happening right now, but took Sasuke's declaration as a chance to escape. Without any other word, Sakura walked quickly out of the hallways and into the outside. The four of them watched until Sakura's disappearing figure was finally gone, and then looked at each other.
"So what's this abou—"
Naru was abruptly interrupted when his back was suddenly against the lockers with his two friends staring in fear as Sasuke's fist turned whiter and whiter at the grip of Naru's collar.
"Someone told me that you should stop harassing Sakura or it will be the last thing you'll ever do," Sasuke seethed, "You may be stupid, but I'm guessing you should know who I'm talking about."
Naru grunted for breath and glared at the Uchiha, "You don't know who you're messing with Uchiha," Naru threatened, "She's mine, I can claim her as my own whenever I feel like it." Sasuke tightened his hold of him.
"You obviously don't know who you're messing with," Sasuke stated. The three stared at him in horror as they stared at him transform into something they've never seen before.
Naru only had the time to look at his eyes change before all the three heard were screams and an animal-like roar.
Sakura walked towards her bed and slipped under the covers, staring at the wall across the room.
"There's that feeling again," she said to herself, "It feels like this every day and every night. Why does it always feel like I'm being watched?"
Shaking off the curiosity with doubts of sleep tonight, Sakura laid her back against the mattress, closing her eyes.
In the distance outside the window, were eyes that stood out from the night sky, no chance of matching the darkness that blanketed its eyes. They were there every night, watching the pinkette's sleeping figure with much protection. He knew, and she would too, soon.
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