..sequel to the consequences of falling

Summary: "This is not funny, Sasuke-kun. Not funny." He better think of a plan, and fast – before he loses her forever. SasuSaku.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters, or the lyrics used in the first part - the lyrics belong to Taylor Swift, from her song Better Than Revenge.

a/n: I apologize for the wait in releasing this sequel.. been busy with school and life in general. I hope I didn't disappoint.

this is written in third person POV, unlike in the prequel where it was written in Sasuke's POV. I recommend that you read the consequences of falling first, otherwise you will have some trouble understanding some parts of the story.


you won't see me coming

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sequel to gotcha!

"i never saw it coming,

never would have suspected it...

i underestimated

just who i was dealing with.."

CHAPTER ONE: The Aftermath


Over a week has passed since the big prank had been played.

The rookie nine and their corresponding senseis had their fair share of laughs, some more than the others at the sight of the embarrassed Uchiha. Tenten and Lee, who weren't part of the rookie nine (they were approximately a year older than them), congratulated Neji for a job well done on his acting as Sakura's supposed lover. They patted him on the back as a sign of praise, teasing grins adorning their faces. Neji snickered and almost, almost laughed at Sasuke's face as he glared at them.

Sakura, albeit a little guilty in being the main cause of Sasuke's humiliation, giggled nonstop while Naruto was rolling on the floor, laughing all the way. Everyone was either amused, humoured, full of laughter or snickered. The senseis were more on the latter, saving their full-blown laughters for when Sasuke was out of sight, and hearing range.

Everyone was genuinely amused, except for Sasuke.

He growled in irritation as he took in the irritable sight. Seriously? It's been over a week and they still find it funny. "Whose idea was this again? I will kill whoever thought of this stupid prank." Suddenly, the thought seemed more and more reasonable for turning him into a laughing stock.

His obsidian orbs searched through the mob of people he called his 'friends', looking for the one person who might have been the mastermind.

No luck. He could only guess.

"Nobody knows, except us." They had said, stifling their laughter as they did so. Sasuke ignored this and began to ponder on their words. It appears to be true, for the villagers and higher-ups remained oblivious to this whole charade, but still. It was his birthday! On his freakin' birthday he was pranked played for everybody to see. Not only that, but his true feelings for a certain pink-haired teammate were also exposed not only to the dobe, but to the whole group. Including their senseis! His deepest, darkest secret revealed, and he didn't like it.

"I don't care." He had replied. Eyes once again forming an irritated glare, directing it to every single one of them. "Nobody was supposed to know, not even you guys." He added. They fell silent, and for a moment there Sasuke thought that he had resolved the issue and everything would be dandy.

How wrong he was.

A minute later they began laughing amongst themselves yet again, this time not because of the prank but because of the Uchiha's revealed feelings for Sakura.

Said girl tried to hold back her giggles, and Sasuke momentarily stopped to stare at her. His irritated glare softened into an adored gaze as his eyes turned to the girl in front of him. The group stopped laughing and began to observe the 'couple' in front of them. Others, like Ino, Hinata and Tenten gushed about how lucky Sakura was ("Finally, forehead girl! You got him!", "Aww. They look so good together, don't they?", "Yeah, so kawaii!") while the boys looked amongst themselves, eyes meeting each other and eyebrows shooting up suggestively. Perverts.

But Sasuke didn't care. He continued staring, his obsidian orbs unwavering and overflowing with love and emotion that when Sakura noticed his probing eyes, she stopped giggling and glanced up to meet his.

Viridian clashed with onyx, the atmosphere seemingly electrifying.

It was at that moment that he realized that their relationship, and his feelings, being revealed was not such a bad thing after all.

But still, he was going to find out who planned this whole thing. And he was going to take revenge, no matter who the perpetrator was. He began plotting a bigger prank, a better one.

He smirked as the plan formulated in his mind. Yes, he was going through with it, he was going to discover everything, and make the mastermind pay. Especially if it was Sakura herself.


Another week passed by.

Still no luck for the avenging Uchiha.

The heat of the matter seeped down to a minimum, but there were still some sudden outbursts of laughter and some excessive chattering here and there, all of them not bothering him anymore.

Because he was set to one goal in mind: discovering the mastermind behind the big prank.

Step one: Analyzing.

So.. who could have done it? Who had the brains to wrack up that big of a plan, and had the charm and guts to ask the whole of rookie nine, WITH their senseis to play along? It took skill, a lot of it. Naruto's out of the question, Sasuke says to himself as he thinks about how much of a dobe he is. He may have proposed the idea, yes, in order for him to have something to laugh about, but to actually think of how the prank would be played? So NOT Naruto.

So, next batch. Ino? Kiba? Hinata? Chouji?

None of them seemed plausible, and he almost scratches his head in annoyance. 'This is getting frustrating.' He says to himself as he ponders more about the matter at hand. 'The only ones who could have had the brains for this are Shikamaru, Neji..' he continues counting and pointing fingers in his head until he stumbles upon the last name he could muster. '... Sakura.'

Wait, Sakura? No... she wouldn't have thought of this, could she? He had always assumed that she had just been playing along, looked at it as an opportunity to reveal their relationship.. but could she have been the mastermind?

Sasuke shakes his head at the thought. 'No, that's impossible. She would never have.'

Shrugging his shoulders, he comes to a conclusion. 'I'd just have to get revenge on all of them.' he smirks as various thoughts fill his mind. 'But who will be my accomplice? Surely not one of them.' He stares hard at the dirt path beneath him. A slight gust of the wind passes through and Sasuke gazes at the bits of sand approaching him.

'Hold on.. wind? And sand?' Obsidian eyes widen for a fraction as the raven-haired ninja jumps up and dodges in reflex.

"Well, well. What's happened to you, Uchiha? You should've noticed us ages ago." Says a female voice in a teasing tone, apparently older than him. "What's on your mind?"

Sasuke hops down from the tree he had previously jumped on, only to come face to face with a red-haired kazekage and his blonde sister.

A brow rises in annoyance.

"Don't give us that look." Her face lightens up in a grin as she raises her hands up in protection. "We were just playing with you, right, Gaara?" She glances at the boy, no, man beside her. Gaara remains silent as he observes the two.

A sigh can be heard from the avenger. "What do you guys want?" His tone was not at all pleased, but he does not shoo them away. "I'm busy right now, so if you're not going to help, you better just leave me alone."

The kazekage lifts up his brows in curiousity. "You're just standing there. What could you be so busy doing?" He states as Temari stifles a giggle.

"Thinking, obviously." He rolls his eyes at them. And before he could say anymore, Temari cuts him off. "Want us to help?"

That sentence has Sasuke suddenly staring at them as a plan slowly, but surely formulates in his mind. His lips form a smirk as the two ninjas in front of him exchange gazes in wonder.

"Actually, I may need your help. Both of you." The mischievious glint in his eyes and the smirk on his face is enough for the siblings to join in on the game.


"Forehead girl! I need your help over here, now!" A blonde kunoichi shrieks as she struggles to lift up the large table in front of her. "Unlike someone here, I don't have monstrous strength!"

Sakura rolls her eyes at her best friend but rushes to help her anyway.

"You know, I haven't seen your little boyfriend in a while. What's he up to, forehead?" Ino chatters nonchalantly as they lift the table and moves to arrange the other parts of the room. Sakura rolls her eyes - again. She shrugs her shoulders as she answers, "Must be busy seducing other girls." Ino's temper suddenly shoots up as she screams... "WHAT!"

Sakura covers her ears on reflex and counts to three before she puts her hands back down. "Geez, pig, I was just kidding." The said 'pig' regains her cool and her face brightens up again in relief, and annoyance. "You do know that was not a good joke to make, right, forehead?" she pretends to be angry as her lips form a pout. "For a second there I almost believed you."

Sakura almost laughs at her bestfriend's behavior. "Now, now. Don't take it seriously. You know Sasuke-kun won't do such a thing."

"Better keep a good watch on him though, he is quite a catch. One wrong move and he might be in another girl's arms." The blonde teases as she puts her hands on both sides of her hips. She waggles her eyebrows suggestively.

"What the hell are you implying now, pig?" The pink-haired girl spouts in annoyance. "Don't get any ideas. Our relationship is not a joke, as you have fairly witnessed."

"Then why don't you two just tie the knot already? You've been together for what, 3 years now? Oh, and by the way, I still can't get over the fact that we managed to hide your relationship for that long." Ino laughs heartily. "With Naruto knowing, I thought the news would be out on the streets the moment we told him."

Sakura smiles at the memory. "Yeah, me too. The moment he jumped and suddenly disappeared had my heart skipping a beat. I thought he had gone off and told everyone the big news, when in fact he was just hungry." They both laugh in unison. "Yeah, and he just hurried to Ichiraku's to eat and to celebrate, all by himself. Same old Naruto."

Their conversation gets help up by Tenten bursting in the door. The two kunoichis jump in surprise and immediately whip their heads to look at the source of the noise.

"What have you girls been doing? The party's in an hour, and this place is still a mess!" Tenten begins her rant as she prances around the spacious room, quickly inspecting everything she passes. "I like the table setting, but I don't like the color of the cloth. And change the curtains! They look too... old!" She continues as the two girls in the room stare at her in disbelief.

Ino couldn't hold it in as she starts to laugh, quickly gaining Tenten's attention, and Sakura following suit.

"What are you laughing at?" The brown-haired girl snaps in annoyance. "Nothing, nothing." They wipe their eyes dramatically, hands landing on their stomach as they try to control their laughter. "Will you just relax, Tenten? We've got this." The girl with the ocean blue eyes say.

Sakura also adds, "Yeah, just trust us! This room will be perfect before you even notice it. Now, will you please get out so we can continue with our work?"

"I know, I do trust you guys. It's just that... I'm nervous, that's all. It's not everyday your boyfriend turns twenty-three. I just want to surprise him, you know?" Tenten says softly, her supposed temper slimming down. She scratches the back of her head lamely. "Well, I better leave you two to the work. I'm going to go change." Before she leaves though, she gives them both a stern look. "Oh, right. Less talk, more decorating!" And the door slams shut, making the same amount of noise it made when she walked in.

The two girls couldn't help but laugh once more.

"Okay, back to work now pig. Or else she will kill us." Sakura says while stifling her giggles. She goes and pokes her bestfriend on her ticklish spots. "Alright, alright already, geez." They both return to their works and continue to decorate. But it seems that Ino can't control her chattering, and decides to talk again. "Hey, forehead."

"What, pig? We need to finish this in less than an hour." Sakura says without looking at Ino. "And you heard her, less talk, more work."

"No, no. I was just wondering, you know. Would this really surprise Neji? I mean, come on. It's Neji we're talking about here, Hyuuga Neji. What would surprise an ice block like him?" Ino stifles a giggle at her own joke, then slowly realizing that her companion ignored her completely. "Geez, talk about killjoy. I was just making conversation." Ino waves a dismissive hand as she sulkily walks back to her own corner, quietly doing her work.

Sakura smirks as her bestfriend finally shuts up. As she was working on the balloons, her mind slowly drifts to a certain raven-haired man, daydreaming. A small pop! brings her back to reality as she realizes that the balloon she was just working on has just popped. She blinks her eyes in surprise, but shrugs it off anyway and continues on with her work.

But she couldn't shrug off the weird feeling it gave when she picked it up and threw it in the nearby trashcan.


An hour later and the party starts. For the first time in history, Neji is truly surprised and Tenten is more than happy with the results. The rookie nine, their senseis and other unimportant invited guests are found scattered all around the room, enjoying themselves and having the time of their lives. Some, like Ino and Hinata can be seen dancing to the beat of the music, faces somewhat red hinting that they have been drinking for quite a while. Others can be seen having their own versions of 'fun'.

Sakura, however remains oblivious to all this as she stands impatiently by the door, eyes glancing to the clock from time to time. It was obvious she was waiting for someone, and we could all guess who.

"Heeey, Sakura-chan! Stop waiting for the teme already and come have fuuuun!" The blonde hokage-to-be shouts as he puts his arms around her shoulders. Sakura couldn't help but laugh as he blinks his eyes furiously, muttering to himself 'Why aaaaarreee youu lookiing so blurryy Sakurraa-chyaan? Arree you faalling? Or waait, I thiink I'm the onee faalling!'

Thud.

A snoring Naruto can be heard, and Sakura snorts at the sight.

Going back to staring at the door, and the clock, half an hour has passed and her boyrfriend still isn't here. 'What's taking him so long? He should've been here by now.' As she waits impatiently, her mind wanders back to what Ino had said to her earlier. Shrugging the unreasonable thought, she huffs in annoyance and proceeds to go grab a drink.

Before she could take more than two steps however, the door to the room bursts open, revealing three masked people. Everybody freezes in place, minds not fully absorbing the event taking place in front of them.

The tallest person of the newly arrived group began taking out the lights, and all hell broke loose.

Sakura watches in horror as the three fully masked people begin taking out her friends one by one, fully ignoring her. 'Are they freaking saving me for the last?' She slowly steps back until her back reaches the wall, helplessly staring at the scene unfolding before her.

As she watches the last friend of hers get knocked out, her eyes widen in terror as the tallest masked person nears her yet again. Her heart continues to beats fast and it speeds up as if afraid that the person nearing her would pull out a knife and kill her. She hears a laugh, a female laugh but she pays no attention to this because once the person stopped in front of her, she faints. Pretend faint.

The three people hurriedly put a blindfold over her eyes, the girl trembling in sheer terror but remains silent as they continue on with their deed.

'Sasuke-kun... where the hell are you? was the last thought she had before she could feel strong, muscular arms pick her up and carry her over to what seemed like a car.


A/N:

FINALLY. I can release a sequel. XD.

And yes, it's not a one-shot. I'm still deciding whether it will be a two-shot or three chapters. Dunno. :D Please review and tell me what you think!

More reviews, faster update. Yay! :)

lovelovelove. :3