a/n Thanx so much for the...five reviews and the 211 story views. I kinda have a layout of what I want goin on here so right now I'm makin up this chapter as I go along. Hope it comes out good...erm,erm!
Sakura: "Felicia-chan requests that you R&R this and any other stories written by her or pig-chan (Ino admirer) and that you also view her profile please. Thank you!"
Me: "It's much appreciated."
P.S.
No one knows Sai's last name or Tenten's last name so I made one up for them. I also wasn't sure of Temari's last name so I looked on Google and it said something about Hentai so I'm using that. Deal. Okay, I'll go now!
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'U.S...U.S...Who has the initials U.S? Wait...is it Us? Damn...I'm clueless...'
Sakura could not get the email out fo her mind. Who's U.S? Is it Us? No...but maybe...nah...If it is U.S, who's first name begins with a U? She was currently walking through the hallways of Konoha High on an early Monday morning and could not get the email out of her thoughts. Suddenly, she was pummeled to the ground, her books flying around landing all over the hall.
"What th-Ino Yamanaka. What. The. Hell?" Sakura asked in a deadly voice.
"Hey Sakura! Guess what!" Sakura sat up rubbing her temples as Ino sat with her hands balled together acting as a little child about to get candy. "What Ino?" she asked highly annoyed. "I'm gonna ask my crush out!" Ino said in a giddy voice. Sakura looked her in the eyes and smile. "I'm happy for you, Ino." she said. "I'll be even happier if he says yes!" she replied. "Oh shit, I gotta go Sakura. School starts in a few minutes and I gotta go to my locker. Ja ne!" Ino ran off.
Sakura stood, rubbing her butt as she did. 'Damn Ino, I'm lucky if I didn't break something.' She walked over and began picking up her books. She had three out of the five and was about to pick up the last two when she saw a hand holding them out to her. She looked up. Emerald met onyx. "Oh...sorry." She said. She made a move to take it but the boy held them back. "I'll help." He said. "Oh...um, thanks I guess." Sakura replied sheepishly. They walked down the hallway together, reaching her locker they stopped.
"Thanks for helping me..." She said/asked one more time."Sasuke, Sasuke Uchiha." He answered."Oh, well. Thank you Sasuke." She said with a smile. He handed her the books and turned to walk away. "Sasuke..." she whispered his name on her lips. He took a few more steps before he stopped and turned. "By the way, what's your name?" He asked. "Sakura, Sakura Haruno." she said. He nodded and said "Well then, nice running into you Sakura." and then walked away. Sakura sat there for a moment thinking about Sasuke. She knew who he was, hell yeah. One of the most popular kids in the school, if not, richest. 'Why would he help me? Duh...he was probably just being nice.' Sakura thought. She shook her head. 'Whatever.' She thought before opening her locker.
She was shocked to see a lily fall out of her locker. There was a card attached, she gasped after reading it. It said "I know these are your favorite flowers, and I wanted to give you an early birthday present Sakura. Or do you prefer Cherry? See you later. U.S" She frowned. 'Damn it, he knows...' This wasn't good, would he go and tell everyone? Shit, he can't, that would ruin so many things going for her right how. She took the lily and put it back in the locker. She would get it later. Right now she had more important things to worry about.
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It was lunch time and Sakura and Ino were among the many people around them rushing from their lockers to the cafeteria where gossip, tragedies, and the occasional and yet entertaining public break-ups would ensue. Sakura and Ino were chatting animatedly along the way when Ino stopped at the double door entrance. Sakura stopped and followed her friends gaze to a group of boys sitting at a table far off to the right. Their sitting was Naruto Uzumaki, Shikamaru Nara, Sai Unhiro, Neji Hyuuga, and Sasuke Uchiha. Sakura looked at her friend with a questioning gaze but Ino just shrugged it off and walked over to the girl's usual table. Sakura stood for a moment, looking back at the boy's table. She met Sasuke's eyes for a moment and she smiled. He nodded and turned his direction back to Naruto's insistent babbling of some sort of Ramen. She shrugged off whatever Ino's attention had been caught by an ended up following Ino in her pursuit.
When she arrived at their table, they sat with the usual group consisting of Hinata (Neji's cousin), Tenten, Temari, and just some random girls that Sakura was merely acquaintances with. She and Ino sat down and listened to Tenten and Hinata's animated conversation on the difficult math homework the 'Favorite's Playing' math teacher had assigned to most of the class excluding his 'specially chosen' students. Sakura and Ino laughed along with the conversation until it suddenly turned to Sakura's direction.
"So Sakura, do you know what time the school dance is?" Tenten asked. Sakura was puzzled for a moment until she snapped back to reality. "Oh, the dance. Yeah, it starts at 7:00 this Friday and remember, it's theme is masquerade so you have to wear a mask." Sakura said not even bothering to hide the excitement in her voice. "Forehead-girl, who're you going with?" Ino asked.
"Well...no one yet...I'm kinda just waitin it out and if no one asks, I'll go on my own" Sakura stated. Ino nodded. "I'm going to ask...someone." She began and then stared off into space. Sakura was going to question Ino's attitude but then decided against it. So for the rest of the lunch period, they went back to animated conversation.
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Sakura sighed. It was last period of the day. They had fifteen minutes left of class and she was anticipating the moment the bell would finally ring to signal the end of the school day. It's not that Sakura didn't like school...well...she didn't hate it either...but it's just that she couldn't wait to get home and check her 'Ask Cherry' mailbox. She wanted to see if the mysterious U.S would write to her again. She hoped in a sense, he had really aroused her suspicions of the people around her.
For one, he knew who he was talking to. U.S knew Sakura was 'Cherry'. Also, he had known her locker number, he must have seen her at her locker one day or something. Again, if he had been able to get into her locker, unless he had watched her and gotten the combination, he must've known people 'high up' to have the ability to access her locker at beck and call. This is what crossed her curiosity. 'Who is he?' She would ponder to herself. She unconsciously wrung her hands out of thought, another habit she had gotten into when thinking deeply about something.
Suddenly her thoughts were interrupted when she heard a "Hey, is something wrong miss?" She turned and looked. It was Sai, second place to Sasuke Uchiha for the school heartthrob, on every girl's hit list and unfortunately, many girls miss list. She gave him a quick smile and said "No, I'm fine. Thanks for asking Sai-kun." She flashed him another quick smile before turning and facing the board again. She felt a tug on her shoulder. She turned and looked.
It was Sai again. She asked "Yes?" He whispered, due to the fact the teacher had walked a little towards their way, 'What's your name?" She responded with a q quick "Sakura Haruno." He nodded and smile before changing his attention to the board again. She smiled and turned to face the board also. She sat there for another ten minutes until she felt the presence of eyes skimming her down. She made the slightest movement possible and peered over her shoulder. Sai was watching her, no, gazing at her. Or so it seemed. Sakura was actually surprised.
'Why would he...oh, I must have something stuck on my shirt or in my hair. He wouldn't look at me like that.' She looked herself over quickly and found nothing out of place or ruined in any way. This made her think. She thought good and hard. '...No way, he wasn't. I just didn't see him correctly, right?' As she was about to look at him one more time, the bell rang and everyone in the room sprung from their seats. She sighed and then walked from the room carrying her backpack, purse, and jacket out with her to her brand new convertible, courtesy of her parent's.
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When Sakura got home, she was not surprised to find the house empty again. 'Just like the day before, and the day before that. It's really not even a surprise if they aren't home anymore.' Even if Sakura didn't get to see her parents often, she would still look forward to the moments when she would see them. She took off her shoes in the front hallway and hung her jacket in the small closet near the door. Carrying her backpack with her to her room, she thought about the flower hidden away inside the bag she was struggling to carry. When she finally reached her room, she dropped the bag on the plush carpet and walked over to her bed. She sat on the edge and stroked the ever-so-patient Amai that would wait faithfully on her bed every day. "At least I know I'll always come home to you Amai." Sakura whispered under her breath. She sighed and stood, the cat feeling unsettled as her master left her side.
Sakura walked over to her computer chair and sat down, opening up a page and typing in her email password. Suddenly a screen popped up reading "You have 5 new unread messages in your inbox." She quickly scanned through all the emails until she came upon the one she was looking for. It read:
Dear Cherry,
As you can see, I know your locker number...but no, I don't know your combination. Then again, when you know certain people, they are often quick to help you. I hope you like the lily. Yes, I know who you are Sakura. In fact, you know me too. Not really, I can't say we're close, but yes. You still know me. I see you didn't mind so much our eyes met today. We even talked for a bit. Do you have a clue as to who I am yet? Don't worry. If you don't, maybe you'll get another hint tomorrow.
Until then,
U.S
She sat there for a good three minutes rereading the letter and going through the events of the day. 'I saw him...I talked to him...our eyes met...he sees me...we don't really know each other well...Dammit! He's so confusing!' She wrung her hands again before opening a blank email and began typing.
Dear U.S,
You know my identity, you know who I am, you know my locker number, what's this all about? Is this going to be used as blackmail? I can't have people knowing who I am. Is this all just for me to go out with you or is this part of a joke? If you know who I am, why can't you just tell me who you are? Why are you keeping these secrets? I'm supposed to be giving advice to people, not running a date service. Who are you?
Please Tell,
Cherry
Well, she had to admit. This was a first. She reread her letter and yes, this was definitely a first.
For once, the one time in her life, ever. The advice giver was the one who needed the advice most.
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a/n I know it took me a while to finally get the second chap of this out but I just finished it today. I've been wicked busy. I wanted to finish this last night but I had a school dance to go to which btw, really sucked. Anywho, please R&R for next chap!
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