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(Authors Note) Heh.. I'm back? Maybe. Kinda. Sorta. Sorry for disappearing! I really don't know what else to say. Haha. Hope you enjoyed the 1st chapter to this story. It was a random idea that just kept growing until it became a chapter. I don't really have the rest of the plot set in stone yet. But I have a faint idea of where this'll be going. Again, I apologize if my updates are irregular. Um my spellcheck isn't working properly, so I had to manually check words I was unsure of on an online dictionary. Yeah. I got lazy, so I apologize for any mistakes I made at 3:46am while finishing this chapter up. Teeheeee~
(Disclaimer) Naruto and any references to any other anime to not belong to me, of course. Only the plot does! :)
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.Unwritten.
Everything she wrote in the book, came true.
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Chapter 1
.Write Me A Love Story.
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Staring at the old, sturdy looking book in front of her, she thought; there was something super ... fishy about the book she had found in the den of her new apartment. She had come to 3 possible conclusions. One; she was either going to be the newest cardcaptor Sakura (her name was destined for this!) Two; she just picked up the Deathnote book (she had a few names already prepared) or three; It was a super magical cook book that would be the answer to her breakfast.
Her stomach growled in hunger, "Feeeeed meee."
Hm.
Yes a cookbook sounded lovely at the moment. (Magical cards and murderous intents could wait.)
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Taking a sip of her orange juice, she studied the cover of the book. Sakura let out a soft, "Hmm..." as she eyed the red book, waiting for a tiny yellow bear with wings to jump at her. (She'd always wanted to wear all those pretty costumes and fly on a stick.)
None.
Her head quickly bolted up, neck twisting from side to side scanning her kitchen for any signs of scary death gods (with an apple addiction?) to come waltzing though her kitchen walls.
Okay, so cross out Cardcaptor and Deathnote.
Maybe Ino was right.
She was spending too much time on the computer.
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U N W R I T T E N
"Today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten.".
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OWNER : Haruno Sakur-a
She finished the last stroke of her name with an eager smile before putting her pencil back on the kitchen counter. Her slender hand grasped the cover of the unknown book before flipping to the first page. Her eyes met nothing but a blank piece of paper. Scanning the page, her eyes set upon the small word; "date:" written on the top right hand corner of the page.
A little disappointed, the corners of her mouth curved into a small frown. Gently placing the glass cup, now empty of orange juice, in the sink, she left the blank book on the kitchen counter and grabbed her purse to meet up with Ino for the day.
"You need a boyfriend."
"Good morning to you too."
"No." Ino dramatically paused, completely ignoring her best friends sarcasm. "You need a prince charming."
Sakura sighed. "I need a grande Skinny Hazelnut Latte."
"With blond hair, and dazzling blue eyes!"
"And a Cheery Cherry Pie."
"That'll be 8 dollars and sixty-nine cents." Said the cashier whose name tag read:
STARBUCKS
Hello, my name is Karin.
"Are you listening to a word I'm saying?" Ino asked her best friend with a huff.
"Hm? Oh. Yeah, yeah, of course. I need a latte with blond hair and blue eyes and a cherry pie." Sakura replied as she dug through her wallet for the required amount of change.
"Yes! ... Wait. No! Not a latte with blond hair! Sakura! Seriously-"
"Do you have 9 cents on you?"
"Oh. Yeah, I do. Just a second."
A nickel and 4 pennies were thrown on the countertop.
"Thanks." Sakura says, picking up her cup and a paper bag that held her cherry pie inside before walking towards an empty table for two. "Now, where was I?" Ino asks, sitting herself in the seat across from her best friend.
"Seriously...?" Sakura quoted, taking a sip of her hazelnut latte.
"Oh. Right. Seriously. You need to get out, party! Get some action! I'll buy you a cucumber so you can use it at night-"
"INO."
"For your face silly. You know, those cucumber masks? Those eye bags are horrible."
Sakura's hands automatically flew towards her eyes, feeling for unwanted pouches of skin. She frowns, "I get a respectable 8 hours of sleep a day."
Ino clicks her tounge, swaying her pointer finger from side to side in a knowing manner. "Tsk tsk Sakura. Your eyes aren't sagging from the lack of sleep, they're sagging from the
boredom of your so called life. Where's the excitement? The drama?"
"Actually. I get plenty of drama! Have you seen this weeks newest episode of-"
"SEE!" Ino slams her hands onto the tabletop, earning a few looks from other nearby customers. "THAT. Is the problem! Your nerdy internet obsession! It has to go!"
Sakura frowned at the oh so familiar topic that had emerged from what was supposed to be a nice, peaceful brunch between the two friends. "Look, Ino. Thanks for worrying, but seriously, I'm not obsessed. I'm just... for a lack of better words, a fan."
"An obsessed fan." Ino corrected.
Rolling her eyes Sakura quickly placed all the trash ontop of her tray and stood up from her seat. "Come on, today is supposed to be the day you help me unpack." Ino nodded and stood up from her seat. "You drive, I call shotgun. Gotta keep my eyes open for your blue eyed prince charming, you know?" Ino playfully winked, earning a sigh from the pink haired girl as the two exited the coffee shop.
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"You're just making excuses so you can sleep in the passengers seat."
"Me? Nooo! Neve-snore."
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"We're done." Sakura announced, glancing at the clock that read 10:42pm. Ino let out a huge sigh of relief as she allowed herself to sprawl on the floor. "I don't know why you have to be so damn neat about all your belongings. We would've finished earlier if we didn't have to organize your books." Sakura let out a laugh, "Thanks again." Ino propped herself up using her elbows as she brushed her blond locks behind her ear and massaged her sore shoulder. "Yea yea, but this means you're helping me out tomorrow at the flower shop." Ino said, fully getting up from the ground.
"I know, I'll be there at 9." Sakura said as the two walked towards the door. She waited for Ino to put on her high heels (note to self; steal those) before opening the door for her. "See ya tomorrow!" Ino waved, and with one air kiss she was gone.
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Flicking on her bedroom lights, Sakura felt a sense of satisfaction; she had finally finished moving into her new apartment. Sakura jumped onto her new bed with a plop! and a smile before closing her eyes and drifting to sleep.
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Beep, beep, beep, bee-
Sakura let out a small yawn as she sat up from her bed and stretched. Rubbing her eyes tiredly, she walked towards her washroom to brush her teeth.
Smacking her lips together, she took a few steps (cause really, her apartment was that tiny) into her kitchen. Lazily grasping the handle, she yanked open the fridge and grabbed the pitcher milk before walking away, allowing the refrigerator to close itself. She let out a soft hum as she opened the upper cabinets for a box of Lucky Charms.
Sitting herself down on the counter, Sakura's eyes wander towards the red book she had left in the kitchen yesterday morning. One hand scoops a spoonful of cereal into her mouth as the other reached towards the book.
Flipping over the cover of the book in a lazy fashion, Sakura's eyes widen.
"PFTT." She spat out the cereal in a graceful manner. Her disbelieving green eyes scanned the first page of the book over and over again. "No way."
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"I don't even know what happened! I mean, yesterday there was absolutely nothing written on the book, and today, LOOK!" Sakura shouted, pointing at the first page of the book.
"It's your journal?" Ino asked.
"NO. It's NOT. This was the random book I found yesterday." Sakura explained, "At first I thought, Hey, mysterious book that I've never seen before, maybe its the Clow Book, or the Deathnote book."
Ino raised an eyebrow. "Seriously?" She asked.
"YES. SERIOUSLY. But this." Sakura pointed at the book, hands slightly shaking like a maniac. "THIS, is just creeping me out!" Sakura exclaimed, throwing her hands in the air. She paused and blinked a few times before retreating her hands back down. "... In a "I'mkindaexcited, I might be the newest main character of my own anime" kinda way."
"So, you have no clue how everything that happened yesterday ended up being written here?" Ino asked, studying the book. "It really looks like your writing though."
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"I'm not lying Ino! I just woke up this morning to find the book closed like this." Sakura quickly closed the book in her hand in an effort to show her friend. "On the kitchen counter, exactly how I left it yesterday morning, and when I opened it." She opened the book. "AH!" She screamed, throwing the book into the air. "It happened again!." She panicked.
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Ino bent down and retrieved the book from the ground, eyes scanning the second page. "This wasn't written here before..." She thought outloud.
"Exactly." Sakura shouted. "Now do you believe me? This book, its exactly something that would come out from an anime show!"
Ino rolls her eyes, "Stop with the anime talk." She flipped to the next few pages of the book, "The 2nd page is dated to today. Which was blank just a moment ago." Ino summarized. "And when your eyes leave the book, new writing appears." Ino closed the book and opened it once more, it was true. She paused, reality finally hitting her. "Shit. That's scary."
"You're scared?" Sakura let out a mocking laugh. "It's writing about MY life, not yours. I'M shitting bricks over here."
Ino wrinkled her nose. "Well, after you're done 'shitting your bricks', be a dear and clean up after yourself."
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"Excuse me, could I pay for this?"
"Oh, yes, sorry about that." Ino apologized before walking towards the cash register.
"Happy anniversary to you and your girlfriend! Please come again!" Ino waved at the customer as exited through the doors causing the doorbells to jingle a soft chime.
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"What should I do? This book is freaking me out!" Sakura panicked behind the counter as Ino neared. "I have to get rid of it. Throw it in a pit of fire and watch it burn!"
Ino gawked before her arms quickly grasped the book out of Sakura's hand. "Don't burn it! It's providing me entertainment, watching you freak out like this is funny."
"Thanks." Sakura replied with a sarcastic tone. "Quickly! Be a dear and find me a source of fire, or a paper shredder, a dog that has to go pee really bad-"
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"Why don't you try writing in it?" Ino suggested.
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"...?"
"You want me to, write, in it?" Sakura repeated.
Ino shrugged. "Yeah, I don't see the problem with that. I mean, its a book, whats the worse it can do, grow magical teeth and chomp your hand off?"
Sakura had to take a few seconds to think about the possible scenario.
Ino rolled her eyes. "Ugh, it was a joke. Just- here." She said, smacking a pencil into Sakura's hand. "Write."
Sakura hesitantly looked at the pencil, then at the book, then back at Ino. "What do I write?" She asked.
"I don't know. Anything. The book is narrating your life right? Up until this very conversation, so continue it." Ino suggested, shrugging her shoulders.
"So, you're basically telling me to write my future?" Sakura asked.
Ino blinked. "... I never thought of that. . ." She paused. "On the other hand, let me write." Ino grabbed the book and pencil back before pushing Sakura aside with a sassy hip bump.
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She started writing. "Sakura and her superly, awesomely, fablous-" "Ino." "-best friend, wrote in the book. Sakura was so scared, she looked like a chicken that just saw its McNugget future." Sakura tapped her feet repetitively. "Thats a retarded story. Ino, you're a fail narrator! Give me that!" Sakura yelled, taking the book back. Ino pouted. "Aw! At least let me finish."
Sakura stuck out her hand, waiting for Ino to give her the pencil. "Fine, you tell me what you want to write, and I'll revise it in my own words so it doesn't look like a 3rd grader craving a Happy Meal wrote it." Ino laughed, placing the pencil into the awaiting hand. "Okay okay, fine. Lets see. Write that some hunk walks into the door and falls in love at first sight!" Sakura sighed. "Describe the so called 'hunk'."
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"Hm.. I don't know, blond hair, and really really pretty blue eyes.."
"You mean my 'prince charming'." Sakura air quoted.
"Yes! Him! Make him walk into the store and fall in love!"
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Sakura took the pencil and continued from where Ino had left off. "Hows this; A few moments after enduring Ino blabbering nonsense, the store bell chimed, indicating a customer had stepped in. Ino and Sakura's eyes both looked up from the book to meet a boy with messy blond locks and what seemed to be, endless blue eyes. It was love at first sight."
Ino beamed, nodding her head in approval. "I like it, I like it! This is why you had the better English mark!"
Sakura let out a laugh through her nose. "I know, I know, I'm aweso-"
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The store bell rang.
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Ino and Sakura both stop, eyes exchanging looks. You think it's him? Sakura telepathically asked Ino. The blond shrugged.
"Hi there." Came a new voice.
They look up.
"Oh."
"My."
"God!"
"ITS HIM. IT'S REALLY HIM!" Sakura exclaimed, jumping up and down pointing her finger at the new comer.
"I KNOW! I KNOW! I KNOW! I KNOW!" Ino jumped in excitement as well.
Said 'boy with messy blond locks and endless blue eyes' started jumping with the girls as well.
"OH-EM-GEE. I cannot believe this is happening!" Ino jumped.
"This must be a sign from my anime gods. I must really be the new main character of my own anime!" Sakura cried. "Yay!" The two girls (and boy?) squealed in excitement.
"Yaayy!... Why are we jumping?" Said 'boy with messy blond locks and endless blue eyes'.
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Ino and Sakura stopped, they looked at the boy staying in front of them and then at each other. "Wait." Sakura paused realization hitting her. She grabbed Ino by the hand and lead her a fair distance away from the boy before talking. "If everything that's written in this book becomes the future. . . Lets see. Sakura and Ino talking in store, check. Boy walks in, check. Whats next? Hm, I don't know, BOY FALLS IN LOVE?" Sakura half whispered, half screamed.
"Ahem." A cough came from the male, catching the two whispering girls attention. He cocked his head to the side and put on a cool smile.
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"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, and I think I'm in love."
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Ino gawked.
Sakura gawked.
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"... Sakura, you didn't write WHO he fell in love with, did you?" Ino asked, her face still agape.
"No, sorry Ino."
"Oh. No problem at all... Cept, I don't know. YOUR boyfriend who is supposed to be in love with YOU, is now in love with ME."
"Meh, he wasn't my type anyways."
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CHAPTER 1 END
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