Chapter 2: Change
a/n: Yeah well it looks like I wont be hitting my 10th review anytime soon so I decided to update now. So yeah review and read. *sigh*
Chapter 2: Change
::Sakura's POV::
Change.
Change is to alter something or to make something new and different. Change is when you and you're best friend are pregnant and you're forced to accept the fact that you can never be your own person. That's the hard depressing truth of the matter for me right now. And well you know what? It sucks… Badly.. But not as bad as Sasuke's reaction to our dire situation.
"SASUKE! SASUKE YOU BAKA! PUT NEJI DOWN! DOWN!" Tenten screamed.
At this moment, Tenten and I were trying to save Neji from a very painful and humiliating death by Sasuke Uchiha.
As soon as the guys woke up and the shock of the matter finally ended, Sasuke was beating the life out of Neji.
Oh the joys of being the only level-headed one of my friends…
"CAN ALL OF YOU JUST CALM THE HELL DOWN?!"
Or not so much… But either way, I got my point across because everyone stopped and looked at me.
"Calm down Sakura.." Tenten said as she rubbed my back. Bipolar much, Tenten?
"I'm sorry it's just.. All the yelling is getting annoying!" I said as I put a hand on my head for dramatic effect.
"I know.. It's troublesome." Shikamaru said as he removed himself from his position of trying to pull Sasuke's arms off of Neji.
"It is.." Naruto said as he followed the example and took his arms off of Sasuke's other arm. "I'm just glad that my girlfriend isn't like that."
"You just haven't seen her on one of her 'moods'." Neji said under his breath.
"I agree to that!" Tenten said as she raised her hand.
"Guys, guys let's try to rationalize this." I said as I sat on the couch.
"I'm with her." Tenten said as she followed and sat on the couch.
"Well this isn't my place so I'm out!" Shikamaru said as he walked down the hall to the bedrooms.
"I'm going to go see if Hinata's back from the Animal Shelter yet." Naruto said as he grabbed his keys and headed out.
"Yeah.. We do need to think this through.." Sasuke said as he sat in between Tenten and me. Neji fixed his clothes and sat next to Tenten. "Mine!" Sasuke said possessively as he pulled Tenten into his lap.
"Honestly Sasuke, even with a baby by another women you still want to keep my all to yourself…. Selfish are we?" Tenten said sarcastically.
"Shut it." Sasuke growled.
"Anyway.." I cut in. "We need a plan."
"I agree." Neji said as he assumed the thinking position; hands folded, chin resting on them, deep scowl, and the occasional glare, twitch, glare.
"Well. While Neji glares at air-" I ignored the pointed glare in my direction. "-why don't we move in with you guys until we can figure things out?"
"It's too crowded in here for 4 people let alone six. And your pregnant at that." Sasuke said.
"Then what do we do?" Tenten asked as she leaned back against Sasuke's shoulder. I ignored the pang of jealousy I felt. He doesn't like Tenten, she doesn't like him. It's a brother sister bond. Nothing more..
"Then we'll move in with you two." Neji said as he sat back in his seat and scowled at the current position of Sasuke and Tenten.
"We only have two rooms…" Tenten said a little uncomfortably.
"Yeah and plus it probably wont fit your 'prestigious requirements'." I said a little sarcastically.
"So what? It's a house and it's better than what we have so far." Tenten said as she sighed.
"It could work.." Sasuke said as he looked up. "We could always keep it down under wraps that we got two women pregnant out of wedlock." Sasuke said as he sighed. "We just have to come up with an excuse as to why they look like us."
"You know, for a genius prodigy, you're really stupid." Tenten said as she plucked him in the forehead, a move she learned from Itachi.
"Please elaborate." Sasuke said as he glared and rubbed his forehead.
"You cant make an excuse for a baby looking exactly like you. They can obviously put two and two together!" She said as she threw her hands up for emphasis. Efficiently hitting me and Neji in the face. "Ehehe sorry, but anyway why don't we make a 9 month agreement?"
"What do you mean?" Neji asked.
"You two come live with me and Sakura in our apartment for nine months. You see what it's like to live and be around us 24/7 and if you can handle it, then marry us. I know that by law in each of your clans that once you're married all previous rules before marriage don't apply. So by marrying us and then saying 'Oh yeah by the way that's my kid.' They'll have to accept it. That means we're home free. But back on my original comment, live with us, go through the pregnancy and of course try to survive… And well if you like it stick around." Tenten finished with a yawn. We all stared at her in awe. "What?"
"You actually said something that was level-headed and didn't involve shoving weapons down someone's throat." I said with big eyes.
"Yeah I can do that…" She said as she rolled her eyes.
"Well.. With these shocking events of the day.. I say we go ahead and get to packing." Neji said as he stood.
"So you agree with this?" I asked
"I mean we have nothing better planned and I mean it is a good idea so yeah sure why not? What could possibly go wrong?" He asked as he walked into the hallway.
"EVERYTHING!" I yelled down at him.
"Well I'm going to pack." Sasuke said as he pushed Tenten off of him and put her in the seat next to him and stood.
"Have fun!" Tenten said as she laid her head down in my lap. I ran my fingers through her hair.
"That was a brilliant idea Ten." I said as I smiled down at her. She smiled back up at me.
"Yeah… I kinda made it up on the spot though…" She said as she played with a piece of her hair.
"Well it was brilliant none-the-less."
"Thanks."
Two hours and a bunch of whining later, we finally made it back to our home. It wasn't much: a kitchen with a bar area was adjacent from the large living room. Up the stairs and on the left was my bedroom and on the right was Tenten's. Each bedroom came with a large bathroom and a walk in closet.
"Well, welcome to our castle." I said sarcastically.
"Hn." They replied simultaneously.
"I swear that's you guys' favorite word." Tenten said as she rolled her eyes.
"Well my rooms on the left and Tenten's is on the right." I said as I walked over to the fridge. I was seriously craving milk and orange juice with chocolate syrup. Yum!
"Are you guys going to be ok?" Tenten asked with concern.
"Hn."
"Well fine then!" She scoffed and walked into the kitchen. "I want some toast and strawberry syrup.." She looked around for the kitchen supplies.
I love Tenten to death and back.. But she couldn't cook if her life depended on it. She thinks the knives are put to waste by being used for cooking and cutting only.
"Second drawer on the right.. And left section bottom shelf in the fridge." I said as I drank my odd concoction. She smiled in triumph as she found the toaster, bread and syrup.
"That's disgusting, Ten." I said as I cringed at the food.
"You're one to talk. Look at that.." She said as she made a face at my drink.
"You haven't even tried it.." I defended my delicious drink.
"Neither have you.." She said. We looked at each other for a second before we traded food. I was shocked to say the least when it didn't taste half that bad..
"See good right?" She asked as she took another sip.
"Yes but so is mine." I said with another bite.
" It is. I'll have to make it some time.." She smiled. I returned it.
"That's disgusting.."
We both turned to see Sasuke and Neji pulling a face at our food selection. We both looked at each other and then back at the food before replying in unison:
"Try it." They both scowled and shook their heads.
"No thanks.." Sasuke said as he smelt the drink.
"That just doesn't look natural…" Neji said as he examined the toast.
"Well, I think I want to do something different.." Tenten said as she hopped off the stool.
"Like what?" I said as I put the food away.
"you know like get a makeover.. Stuff like that." Tenten said as she waved her hand dismissively.
"Really?!" I glowed. "I think I like pregnant Tenten!" I said as I hugged her and she hugged back.
"I thought I'd never see the day when Tenten wants to do something girly.." Neji said as he shook his head.
"Same here." Sasuke shoved his hands in his pockets. "So what now?"
"You know I never said I wanted to be here.." Sasuke said as he sulked.
Currently, Tenten and I were in Yamanaka Salon and Spa. They also sell herbs and flowers.. Anything that comes from the ground is sold here. They are one hundred percent natural and organic. We were getting out hair and nails done. Since we were like family to the Yamanaka's, we get a HUGE discount. Which the guys are so kindly (they don't know yet) are paying for.
"Ah.. This is the life eh Ten?" I said as I sighed into the hands massaging my head.
"I hear that. Now I can see why you guys love the salon." Tenten said as she relaxed.
" Are you girls done yet?" Sasuke said as he glared.
"We've been here for an hour!" Neji said as he crossed his arms.
"Shh…" Tenten said as she put a finger to her mouth. "Go relax or something.. Do something productive." She said as she waved them away.
"I'm sulking.. That's productive." Sasuke said under his breath.
"Sasuke. Please." I said sadly.
"Fine whatever," He said as he and Neji got up and walked toward the springs.
"Finally.. Peace and quiet-"
"FOREHEAD! TEN! HEY!"
" You spoke to soon, Saki.." Tenten said as she snickered behind her hand. I just sunk lower into the shampoo bowl. But the lady took that brilliant opportunity to rinse my hair and sit me up.
"Hey Ino" Tenten said as she kissed her check.
"Pig." I said as I hugged her.
"What are you all doing here?" She asked as she straightened her uniform. Her uniform was obviously altered to her likening. The required baby blue button up and dark blue dress pants with the Yamanaka Salon and Spa apron was now a baby blue half top, dark blue skirt, and a half up apron. Classic Ino.
"Well I wanted a change.. So what better place to come than to my best friends salon?" Tenten said as she beamed. Ino beamed back at her.
"I came because she did." I said as I sighed.
"Well since you're here… I know the perfect hair style for both of you!" Ino squealed.
"Uh.. I don't know about that.." I said a little nervously.
"Sure Ino. I trust you." Tenten said as she once again smiled.
"Thanks Ten. And I even know the nail designs and everything! You all just sit back and let me work my magic!" Ino said.
Who is she? Is this really my reflection or some kind of sick trick because if it was.. It's not funny. This girl is absolutely STUNNING! Ino sure has a gift.
My long pink hair was now in a high ponytail with front bangs framing my face. My sparkling jade eyes were now lined in a faded pink eyeliner. My lips were bright pink. Somehow Ino even got my outfit changed without m even paying attention. Instead of my sweatpants and t-shirt. I was conveniently dressed in cargo SHORT shorts and a white and gold off the shoulder shirt. When I say short I mean… they could pass for panties. I turned to ask Ino what the HELL she was thinking but some girl with long brown hair was engulfing her in a hug. She was really pretty too. Wearing a dark black dress that crossed in the back and came down a little above knee. She had long brown hair that fell to her waist line and bangs that were perfectly framing on her face. But I had bigger problems on my hands than a super pretty girl…. I had lost Tenten.
I started walking around looking for her.
"Tenten? Tennie! You couldn't possibly look that bad! Come on." I said as I walked around the salon.
"Umm.. Excuse me?"
I turned and saw the girl from earlier. She looked pissed off. I don't know why it's not like I know her or anything.. Then I saw those doughy brown eyes.. And felt like a complete idiot.
"Hi Tennie.. Might I say you look stunning." I said as I awkwardly rubbed my neck.
"I don't look too bad do I?" She said as she crossed her arms and glared.
"Of course not my dear. You could never look bad!" I replied as I started to slowly was backwards away from the growingly pissed off Tenten.
"oh really.." She started advancing on me. But suddenly Ino came to my rescue.
"Now Tennie, we cant kill Sakura.. We don't want an angry Sasuke on our hands now do we?" Ino asked as she wrapped an arm around Tenten's shoulders, effectively calming her down.
"No we cannot." Tenten said as she took a deep breath.
I swear pregnant Tenten is crazier than normal Tenten and that's saying something.
"Well we should go find the guys." I said as I tried to change the already weird mood.
"That's a brilliant idea! They might not even notice Tenten!" Ino squealed.
"Yeah… And the may potentially die when they ask who she is.." I mumbled. But Tenten just laughed.
"Probably!" And with that she skipped to the springs.
"That Tenten is something else isn't she?" Ino said as she shook her head.
"You have no idea…" I sighed and walked toward the springs.
The springs were nice looking. A big pool like area in the middle and rocks and plants surrounding the circle. We spotted the guys sitting on the bench with a towel wrapped around their waist and over their faces. I was about to walk in when I realized it was the guys area which meant girls weren't supposed to be allowed in. I was about to tell Tenten that but she was halfway in the building.
Many guys jumped up and tried to get her to come with them but she just flipped them off and kept walking. I laughed when she tried to get there attention but the obviously were asleep. I walked in to try and save them from the wrath that was Tenten.
As I walked towards there area the humidity of the building cause me to start sweating. Many guys said things to me like "hey sexy." Or my favorite. "Hey want to be the strawberry in my ice cream?" That one received a kind kick in the child maker. Courtesy of me. When I finally reached the sleeping prodigies.
Tenten was still trying to gain the guys attention. So I kindly shoved her to the side and giggled when she slipped, almost falling into a hot tub. I bit my lip and tried thinking of a way to wake the guys up without doing much work. As I looked around the room, I spotted an empty towel rack. Walking over to it, I signaled Tenten over.
"What's a towel rack going to do?" She asked as she picked one up.
I sighed and also picked one up. Twisting the towel into a long line, I let it go and whipped it on Tenten's bare legs.
She proceeded to scream bloody murder.
Shockingly, the two Prodigy's didn't seem to wake up. But that didn't mean that all the other people in the facility weren't looking at me like I killed Tenten.
"Well… THANKS for letting me know." She said as she gave me the Hyuuga glare.
"Wow, you could be a Hyuuga… You've got the glare down pact." I said sarcastically. "And we're just going to kindly wake them up by doing that!" I smiled as I held up the towel.
"Brilliant Saki." Tenten said as she gave an approving nod. "I've taught you well." She grabbed her towel and walked towards Neji. I followed her lead and walked behind Sasuke.
I took a deep breath and glanced at Tenten. She smiled and silently counted to three.
POP!
Hinata jumped from her position on the couch and looked at Naruto with wide eyes.
"Did you hear that?" She asked as she raised her head from his chest.
"Hear what?" Came the sleepy reply from the Uzamaki.
"I could of sworn I heard screaming… That sounded oddly like Neji and Sasuke.." The Hyuuga heiress replied.
"You know there screams?" Naruto asked with a raised eye brow.
"it's a long story.." Hinata said as she laid back down. Efficiently dropping the subject.
I took my hands off of my ears and came face to face with an angry Uchiha.
"Uh Tenten.." I asked nervously.
"Yeah?" She replied as she backed up slowly.
"Run?"
"Run."
"It's funny how we always find food." Tenten said as she got into a random line.
"Yeah, That's cause food would NEVER TRY TO KILL US." I yelled in the area we had just come running from.
"That's because food is loyal." Tenten said with a glint in her eye.
"We seriously need to get you in therapy." I told her with a serious face. She just smiled at me and pulled me into line with her.
"No you just need to love me and feed me. I'll be good." She smiled at me and I was again highly afraid.
"I don't think that'll be happening anytime soon." I said as I saw the two Clan Prodigies turn the corner.
Tenten, being the female she is, waved at them.
"Tenten what are you doing?" I whispered to her harshly. She just winked at me and smiled in the boys' direction. Once they came over, I noticed they had actually gotten dressed after our attack.
"Hey, um Sakura.. Quick question." Sasuke said as he crossed his arms.
"Yeah?" I asked in a small voice.
"Why the HELL did you hit me with a towel?" Oh no he initiated the glare. I swallowed deeply.
"Um… I wanted to see if you were umm…. Still wet?" It came out more like a question. Mainly because I had no idea why Tenten called them over here.
"Oh.. Ok that Brilliant." Sasuke said as he rolled his eyes.
Then as if it were for the first time he actually looked at me. I could see the way he was staring at me and blushed.
"Yeah.. Ino decided to give me and Tenten a makeover." I said as I looked at the ground.
"Really..?" I could feel his eyes still on me before he looked away.
"Yeah." I looked back up and noticed him staring at Tenten with a confused look.
"Who's this?" He asked raising an eyebrow.
Tenten bit her lip to keep from laughing at the question. I face palmed and pushed Tenten a little farther in line.
"Sakura… Where's Tenten?" Sasuke repeated.
"She's right there…" Neji said once realization dawned on him.
"No… Because that looks like a girl.. And Tenten never looks like a girl." Sasuke said confidently as he crossed his arms.
Tenten stopped laughing and her expression turned dark. I slowly took a step back.
I tried to help. I'm honestly telling you the truth.. But when you have a very pissed of Tenten next to you, you want to keep yourself as far away from danger as possible. Even if that means not helping your soon to be baby daddy out of mortal terror.
"Tenten he's going to die if you don't let go of him!" I said as I tried to pull Tenten off of Sasuke.
"Am I a girl now Sasuke? AM I SASUKE? AM I?" Tenten yelled as she continued to strangle the blue looking Uchiha.
"Tenten, he's turning blue!" I yelled back at her. She just continued to tighten her grip and glare. "He wont be able to get you out of trouble anymore!" I tried to reason.
Nothing.
"You wont have Sasuke anymore."
Nothing.
"No more free job offers.."
Nothing.
"You'll actually have to pay for college!"
That got a response from Tenten.
She slowly let go and fixed her attire. After she deemed herself appropriate she grabbed Neji's upper arm and dragged him towards the register lady who was staring at her wide She promptly took Tenten's orders without a second thought.
I walked over to the choking Uchiha and helped him up.
"Are you ok?" I asked as I helped him regain his balance.
"Did you not just see that creature choke me out?!" He asked wide eyed.
"Yeah I did.." I said as I tried to stifle a laugh.
"Not funny Haruno." Sasuke said as he glared at me. I nodded and headed over to the table and sat down.
"So Sakura what you want to do tomorrow?" Tenten asked as she ate a French fry.
"Well… Since we have school tomorrow I suggest we go to school." I replied, stealing a fry.
"But I don't want to go to school.." Tenten whined.
'But Ten, school should still come first." Neji said, uttering his first few words of the moment.
"You're taking her side?" Tenten whispered.
"I'm taking the side that benefits you the most." Neji said sighing.
"Well.. I guess." Tenten said defeated.
"How about we go to class.. And then after we go baby shopping!" I said smiling.
"Yay! Baby shopping!" Tenten said enthusiastically.
"Oh joy.." Sasuke muttered.
"Well what could possible be bad about baby shopping Sasuke?" Neji whispered in the attempt to make his friend feel better.
Oh poor, poor Neji.. You have no idea.
A/N: I'm soooooo sorry! I'll update my other story soon. HONEST.