Wahaha! Back with a vengeance and a new name, since I forgot the password of my previous account…''
Anyway, it's been a year since I wrote my last fic..so as I was editing the songs on my play list I just thought that maybe I'd make a new one. And here it is..ha ha ha! My last Naruto fic was posted on my friend's account, (chocolate sushi) so I just made myself one..
this story was inspired by the song 'Jopay' (which is currently my fave song) performed by Mayonnaise. Can't get enough of it! No wonder my iPod's about to break down(and it already did by deleting my 260something songs a while ago..boo hoo!)..and since I can't make a song fic out of it due to cross- culture barriers, I just made something like this.
Disclaimer- I do not own Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and all the peepz in this fic. If I did, I would've bought myself a brand new cel phone (hry, I already did!) and a whole vending machine of prepaid cards.
Chapter uno- break away
"Hey guys!" Sakura cried out. She rushed to the bridge where Team 7 used to be waiting. Sasuke was already there, and Naruto too. One seemed aloof with the other.
"Erm..did I miss something?" the pink- haired girl queried.
She knew moments like these were normal with the two boys. Naruto would always be the one to provoke Sasuke's patience with his stints. Sakura would often watch & wonder if ever her 2 team mates would ever survive a day without arguing.
"Nothing...just the usual morning fight." Sasuke sneered.
"Usual? Hey, I almost defeated you in that arm wrestling!" Naruto exclaimed.
"You would've if only I haven't found out that you cheated." Sasuke answered.
"I DID NOT cheat. You were just weak. Admit it Uchiha." Naruto insisted.
Sakura watched in helplessness as they argued. Maybe that day might never come.
"Uh..maybe you guys are wondering where sir kakashi is..or why he's late.." she inquired sheepishly, trying to break up the argument.
"Don't ask. For the many times that he asked us to meet here, he was 90 late." Naruto answered.
"Maybe he got lost or something." Sasuke added.
Sakura often speculated why their teacher was always late. Once(or maybe more than once) he got lost on the way.
"That's why maps are made, right?" Sakura had said when kakashi gave them this reason.
"So what are we supposed to do now.."she said, ignoring her thoughts.
"Wait." Sasuke leaned against the bridge's railing. He too was getting impatient.
There were a few seconds of silence. Sakura thought of the time that has been…
It's been a while since they were given a real mission, not counting the 'missions' that kakashi had given them: community work in konoha which includes grass cutting and window washing. Ino and her team were given missions outside their town, and she had been away for a while. Sakura envied the fact that they were going away on much more challenging missions instead of staying in their village. Lee's team, on the other hand, were always away with the same reason as Ino's. So Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke were among the few who had been left to 'defend' the village in case of emergency. Well, defending would probably mean getting the villagers' stuck cats out of tree branches and hunting down non- tax payers for persecution which was way too easy even for Sakura. Yeah, right. She would probably attempt to strangle their master if ever he would arrive.
"Maybe he forgot about it or he thought that we'd be meeting tomorrow.." Naruto wondered.
"Which would be stupid enough for him to happen." Sasuke remarked.
"Hey, did you ever wonder if that guy carries a calendar? Or if ever he has heard of one.." Naruto opposed.
"Of course he does..." Sasuke answered
"Who knows? I mean, he's really queer if you guys noticed."
"And we had been with him for sometime…Naruto, I think you're getting paranoid."
"I'm not getting paranoid!"
"Yes you are."
"No I'm not!"
Sakura realized that they were starting their debate which would lead to naught. She was right.
Naruto attacked Sasuke with his fist, attempting to punch him. Yet Sasuke avoided this and hit his team mate on the stomach.
"Uh..hey! Master Kakashi's here!" she pointed to the opposite end of the bridge.
Naruto and Sasuke looked, postponing their cat fight.
"Gotcha!" Sakura grinned. She got them where she wanted them to be. At least they stopped their useless arguing for 5 split seconds.
"Hey! That was a good one!" Naruto whined when he realized that Sakura was pulling a trick on them. She was getting good at these. But too bad she wasn't good enough on letting them forget their fight, which resumed right after
"Would you guys stop your useless arguments and agree on something at least for once?" she asked.
But none of them seemed to be listening.
"AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!" Sakura screamed, letting out her aggravation.
"Why can't you guys for once, JUST FOR ONCE stop all this stuff and nonsense?" she screamed.
"er..sakura….?" Naruto started.
"I'm so damn tired of your day to day arguments and sometimes I even wonder why me, of all people, got teamed up with the two of you!" screaming continues.
"Sakura!" Sasuke grabbed her shoulders and shook her.
"It wasn't my bad..it was his!" He pointed to naruto.
"What do you mean me? I was just voicing out what I was thinking and YOU added your usual boasting! You think you're too good Sasuke but in tru----"
"SHUT UP!" Sakura shrieked again, freeing herself from Sasuke's grip.
"It's so hard putting up with you guys! Ath the end of the day it's a miracle we're still in one freaking piece! And while I pray for my survival daily all you do is show off and prove to each other who's the better---"
"No we don't pro---"
"I'm not done yet, Naruto! Could you please not provoke Sasuke and try to survive until you're at least 20? And Sasuke, I know you really can't stand naruto (so do I) but if you tear off his limbs, he'd be surely be in a 50- 50 state so just stop being atrocious to him and do practice your anger management!" Sakura turned her back and walked away.
"Sakura! Where are you go--"
"I'm quitting Sasuke! Heard that? I QUIT!" Naruto and Sasuke watched as their pink- haired girly team mate walked away. (A/N: Hey, I do admit that Sakura could be cute at times…hehehe!)
The remaining team mates weren stunned with Sakura's walk out that neither of them seemed to break the silence that sakura left after her screaming. It was just an awful disbelief that team 7's seemingly perfect juxtaposition- despite the regular fights of Sasuke and Naruto- would be ended by Sakura turning her back. Like glue, she tried until her fateful walk out seconds ago to stop the ancient feud between Sasuke and Naruto, as she had been doing every day, which would probably make her the heroine of the story due to her indefatigable attempts to bring about peace in their team which would determine her maturity as a pers--- okay, I'm probably hallucinating. (A/N: Sorry, Sakura fans..but Sakura saving the world isn't the whole point of the story.) Anyway, can we get back? (yes. Sì. Hai. Oo. Oui..hahaha!...ehm…)
Naruto turned to Sasuke, in fury with what Sakura had done. It was sasuke's fault, after all.
"See what you did?" He pointed madly to the direction where Sakura went off.
"She's gone, because of you! You heard her, she's tired of all that we've been doing. And it's half of your fault!"
Sasuike was indifferent. He didn't expect this to happen. He never did. All those things he did to Naruto..he never thought it would affect Sakura like this. He never thought Naruto would go off defending Sakura like this….
"Naruto I…" Sasuke started. There seemed to be a lump in his throat and he can't say all those thoughts in his head.
"Shut up! Sakura's gone..and team 7 isn't team 7 without Sakura. So I'll just--"
Naruto would never thought he was about to say this.
"QUIT." It seemed that he just let something so heavy inside yet something else was pulling him back from taking a step away.
"No you can't." Sasuke grabbed Naruto's wrist as he started to leave.
Naruto glared at Sasuke. He knows Sasuke came from a very authoritative clan, and that he can do anything to stop him from leaving. He did everything that Sasuke opposed to, and this won't be different. But still…
"Really? Why can't I?" Naruto asked scornfully.
"Because….." for Sasuke, it seemed like an entire lifetime that he had been standing there. He probably could give hundreds of reasons, with his personal rationale being the first.
Too bad he doesn't have the whole time to say it. Naruto forced his wrist out of Sasuke's grasp. This was really getting no where.
"There are none, right? That's why I'm leaving. Don't worry Sasuke, I'm sure you can handle being alone. You're the best, right? You don't need Sakura and you would never need me since you could do it all by yourself. You never needed us…" Naruto started to walk towards the opposite direction Sakura went. He broke into a run, trying to get away from Sasuke as quickly as possible. That bitch would surely wake up tomorrow forgeting all that occurred.
Sasuke stood on alone on the bridge, the words of Naruto still echoing in his mind.
You would never need me..
Somehow, it cut him deep. There were many times when Naruto and Sakura were particularly useful and somehow they had their own assets that contributed to their teamwork.
..Never…needed..me..
And then there was his reason. He haven't let it out a while ago..he could not. He may never. No one would understand him for sure. He smiled weakly and he walked to the direction Sakura went. Naruto was very, very wrong.
An hour after this ominous 'walking- out' occurred only did Kakashi turn up. He had been lost again along the way and he had to stop for directions. Wondering where his students were, he was sure that this was the moment he could get back on them. For Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke themselves were the ones who were always complaining about his tardiness. The tables had been turned. They themselves were late. (or so he thought.)
yehehes! First chapter up! Okay, the last part was quite lame, but I really had to make a reason for Kakashi's tardiness. You guys might be already have an idea what was up with Sasuke, but I did state it in my summary, no? hehehe! And about Sakura, I ain't against her or something. Like I said, she could be cute at times, and pink is my favorite color. I am trying to make this story as enetertaining/ tragic/ dramatic/ funny/ (insert other emotions here) so I have to exaggerate a bit.That's why I get quite corny..hehehe! Anyway, it's summer so I could probably update this story often. I'd make chapter 2 as soon as majority of my reviews are good or if ever I get inspired. So please do review my story and tell me which areas do I need improvements. Constructive criticisms are fine if that suits you. And as always, suggestions for the further improvement of this story are always welcome in my inbox. Until next chapter then..hehehe!
PS: I'm not a big fan of mayonnaise but for those of you who had heard the song 'Jopay', it's one of their best works in my judgment, though I still haven't got their CD. In a country wherein rock bands are at the height of their popularity, let's hope we'd hear more songs like this from others. xP
