A/N: Hello Sakura and Sasuke fans! How are ya doing? Sorry for the long update but I'm back with chapter 2! I would like to thank
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For their wonderful and supportive reviews! I'm sorry for making you wait! Please forgive me and accept chapter 2!
Notes: Sakura, Sasuke, and all rest of the characters look the same when they were twelve, thirteen, or whatever age they were in Naruto part 1. And remember Sakura has her long hair.
Chapter 2: 5 years later
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"Fire Style Jutsu!" The twelve year old Uchiha yelled, running through the rows of grills (1) while lighting them up with the giant stream of fire. People's eyes gleamed at the blast and soon cheered and clapped.
Once Sasuke was finished lighting the three rows of grills, he kicked a table holding two plates of meat. The meat flow up and in a second, Sakura was bouncing from wall to wall with her kunai, slicing the pork and beef into pieces. When they were ready, she stopped and allowed the bits of meat to fall.
Of course, Sasuke was already at the bottom with the two plates, swirling in one circle to catch all pieces of meat. Once more, the audience cheered and some from the front doors pushed to see the scene. (That means it's so packed that people are lined up outside)
In one hand motion, he spinned his left hand plate to the left where in a second before it crashed to the wall, Sakura caught it. Some whistled. Then at the same time, the pair starting running down rows, placing the meat on the grills until they met in the middle.
Sasuke boosted up Sakura, throwing her to the ceiling. There Sakura cut a balloon in half, making about ten kunais fall. Once Sasuke caught five in each hand, he threw them to where the strings where on the walls. When the strings were cut, posters hung on the wall.
When Sakura fell, he tossed her again only this time backwards and in a long destines. Sakura tossed two kunais in mid air, cutting the strings on both edges of a giant poster that read 'Welcome Costumers' while Sasuke ran towards Sakura's direction, jumping when a red carpet was rolled past him. The Uchiha soon caught her in bride style and landed on both feet in front of the audience. (2) They cheered, whistled and clapped loudly at their performance.
A chubby, ugly, mid-aged man entered from behind the preteens with a microphone. "Hehe, thank you, thank you. I'm glad you all enjoyed the show, even those who could hardly see it! Remember, those who wish to see these two talented kids must come in the morning and pay interest. Remember, no doe no show (3). After all, you could only find them in Akio's 100 satisfaction restaurant! Now enjoy the rest of your meal!"
(Scene Change)
"Glad we're done for the day." Sakura sighed, lying down on the bench. 'Cha! I'm going crazy doing the same routine over and over and over again!' Inner Sakura yelled, pulling on her long hair.
"Hn"
The female looked over to her male companion, who sat next to her. "You know I've been with you for five years and I still don't understand what 'Hn' means."
"Hn"
She glared. "You're impossible."
The Uchiha smirked. What could he say; he loved teasing her.
(Scene Change)
"Beautiful afternoon ay, Lord Hokage?" Iruka- sensei greeted to the Hidden Leaf's leader as they started to walk down the hall.
The older man smiled, and nodded. "Why yes it is."
"Lord Hokage, I've been meaning to ask you about my afternoon students. I was wondering on what you are planning on doing with them. It's difficult for them to be working in the mornings and then training after they're finished. I think it's harder on Sakura since she doesn't have the type of charka that Sasuke does."
"Don't worry about that Iruka." The fourth Hokage assured them. "I have that already covered. Now all I need to do is pay them a visit."
(Scene Change)(Evening)
/BANG!/ The front door was kicked open, crashing to the wall before slowly creaking back. Sakura walked in, her expression- exhausted. Sasuke followed calmly behind her though there was a bit of tiredness in his gaze.
Sakura slouched into the living room before collapsing onto the couch. "That was the worst day of my life." She sighed.
The Uchiha smirked, slouching on the chair next to her. "It wasn't so hard."
She lifted her head. "You were so lucky; you only got to serve three costumers while I served seven at the same time! Plus the first guy was a fat man who picked one thing and changed his mind everytime I brought him what he ordered. After twenty meals wasted, he stayed with his first choice." 'I wanted to kill him!'
"That didn't sound so hard." He teased, picturing at how she must have used all her force not to scream at the guy.
She snorted. "Of course nothings hard for you. You get to flirt with all the cute girls in the restaurant." She hid her jealously behind the tone of disgust.
The boy glared. "I don't flirt." He replied angrier. She sat up and looked at him skeptical.
"Then how does that explain the giggles that could be heard from across the room?"
"They're fan girls, they always do that."
"But I don't see you complaining when you have to serve them."
He glared an infamous glare, making her flinch. "You act like I want them to throw themselves at me!"
Sakura recovered her determination and glared back. "How do I know that you don't?!"
He growled and stood up. "That's it! I'm training outside for a while. And don't let your lazy ass fall asleep; we have training in half an hour."
Then he walked away. She clenched her teeth and yelled, "That's right, walk away! After all that's something you'll never do to your fan girls!"
Her response was a slammed shut door.
She glared, and then frowned. Guilt consumed her as she laid back down, her face on top of the pillow. 'Sasuke didn't deserve that, he was just teasing me.' She thought. 'I guess I let jealously get the best of me.'
(Scene Change)
He kept punching at the punching bag, which hung from a strong tree branch. Sasuke inhaled and exhaled deeply before going back to doing his combos. He had all this energy from his anger and as it slowly disappeared, guilt began to increase. 'Maybe I shouldn't have pushed her. After all, she was tired and I should have helped with all those guests instead of standing back and watching her deal with it.' He smirked. 'And I called her a lazy ass.'
(Scene Change)
/Ding-dong/ Sakura slowly opened her eyes, rising up from her position on the couch. "Huh?" /Ding-dong/ The pink haired girl yawned and made it to the door. "Coming."
She opened the door and gasped. "Fourth Hokage."
(Scene Change)
The four (Sakura, Sasuke, Hokage, and Iruka) sat down in the preteens' living room. Sakura and Sasuke sat on the long couch (the one where Sakura was laying down), Iruka took the one next to them and the Hokage sat on an arm chair across from them.
"So…what's all this about." The female inquired, curious why the Hokage and her sensei were here. The black haired boy nodded in agreement though his expression was serious.
"Kids, the Hokage and I, were thinking what's best for you and have decided this isn't." Iruka started. Sasuke raised an eyebrow.
"You see, the two of you wish to be ninjas but you can't be doing this by missing school and working instead and even though Iruka teaches you in the evenings, it's not really teaching you anything."
Iruka nodded, "I teach you two one hour while every other student gets six. See the difference in time; not much training is there?"
Sakura nodded. "But what about our rent?"
The old man grinned. "That's alright; we have these apartments for young ninjas as yourselves to stay at. Once you start going on missions, you will receive the cash you need without having to pay us back."
Sakura turned to companion. "What you think?"
"Sounds like a good deal." Sasuke agreed with the two men.
Iruka smiled. "That's great! Now I expect you two tomorrow morning at the Ninja Academy. And don't worry about packing, we'll settle you in once we find rooms for you."
The two nodded.
(Scene Change)
The full moon stood above the young ninjas' home, the sound of the wind against the house's windows. There was no sound heard inside…until you entered the young Uchiha's room. The boy tossed and turned in his bed, pillows falling to the floor but that didn't stop his nightmare. "No…" he muttered; he turned to his left. "Leave them alone…I'll kill you…"
Sasuke's nightmare-
Sasuke ran toward another shadow but as soon as he touched it, it disappeared like the rest. Once it left, his dead relative fell to the ground. Sasuke looked around him, depression and guilt filled his heart. All his clan members were dead and all surrounded him.
'You failed us…' A voice whispered. He looked up and saw his grandfather's white eyes glaring at him. He gasped. "Grandpa?"
'You failed us…' It repeated.
'You coward.' Another voice joined in.
'You cried and spared for your life.' A woman's voice yelled.
"Stop it." Sasuke muttered, hands clenching on his head. "Stop it!"
'Coward, weak little boy…'
"Shut up!" He yelled.
'You could never be like your brother.'
He glared at the bodies around him; it was just them in the darkness. "Shut up! I was just a kid! A kid! I didn't know any better."
They ignored him. 'Failure…failure…failure…'
'This isn't real…' He thought, punching at his head. 'This isn't real…'
"But it is…" A female voice whispered. His head shot up, turning toward the direction of where the voice came from. "S-S-Sakura?"
She stepped in front of the darkness. He took a step back. Her outfit was covered in blood, bruises formed on her skin and she had a bloody lip. "Why didn't you protect us?" She asked him, walking to him. "Why couldn't you save us?"
He didn't reply but stared at her. She collapsed in front of him but his arms caught her before she could fall. "Sakura…" He whispered, an arm around her waist and a hand on her cheek. "Who did this to you?"
Her eyes had little light in them, as if she was struggling to keep alive. "What will you do…when you…find him…?"
"I'll kill him for you and my clan." He vowed, his eyes not leaving hers.
"But-" She never got to finish as a kunai flow to her neck. She coughed blood and went limp.
Sasuke stared at her form, tears now forming in his eyes. "No…"
"Just like good times." A new voice entered, and Itachi stepped in. Sasuke placed Sakura down gently and rose.
"Are you planning to kill me brother?" The older Uchiha inquired. Sasuke growled, and pulled the kunai off Sakura's neck, he glared. "THE HELL I AM!"
He smirked and disappeared. The boy looked around. "Damn it Itachi! Where are you?"
A low hiss was heard. "Why Sasuke Uchiha, I'm right behind you!" He turned, only to be attacked by a snake.
End of Nightmare
Sasuke shot up, inhaling and exhaling as he gazed around the room. There were no shadows or dead bodies. 'Right, I'm in Sakura's house in my room. Nothing to worry about'
He sighed and slipped off the bed. 'I need some fresh air.'
He gently creaked opened the door, not caring that he was in shorts and had a t-shirt on and walked through the hall. As he passed his friend's bedroom, the door slowly opened. He paused and looked back. There stood a sleepy Sakura with her pjs on, rubbing a sleepy eye. "Sasuke…?"
The black haired boy smiled softly. "Its okay Sakura, go back to sleep."
"Did something happen? You know you could talk to me about it."
"I'm fine…just get some rest okay? I'm just getting some fresh air, I'll be back." The female stared at his retreating back, frowning. She entered her room but went to the window instead. She sighed and continued to gaze at the stars. 'I wish Sasuke could be a little more open towards me. I only want to help.'
She stared down at the street. 'I guess this is something he wants to face alone.'
(Scene Change)
The Uchiha sighed as he sat on the balcony, staring at the stars.
(Scene Change)
Morning greetings were spread through the town as Sasuke and Sakura walked to the Ninja Academy. Not one word has escaped their lips since they felt the house and it looked like it was going to stay that way.
'Cha! Tell him already!' Her inner self demanded; Sakura only gulped. She walked in front of him, surprising him. "Sasuke… want to know something." She stared at his eyes. "I-"
"You little punk! Get back here!"
"You're not going to get away with this you brat!"
"Ha ha ha ha ha!"
As Sakura turned around, someone crashed to her and fell on top of her. "Whoa!" The stranger yelped. Sasuke glared at the blonde, who was about their age, as he fell on top of Sakura. 'Who is this guy?'
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A/N: Sorry if you may have not like it, I promise it will get better in the next chapters. It won't take this long to update the next one. I'm sure you already know who this blonde is! Hehehe. Okay, now to the numbers-
(1) The long grills- this came from Kodocha. I saw that they had these long grills that cocked meat on it.
(2) Sorry if the show was boring and I didn't write it right. I'm not good at describing these types of things.
(3) That was just a phrase I hear very often.
Well, I'm done with this chapter! I hope you enjoyed it! Please review, it encourages me!
Til then,
Dark Shining Light