(Dream Based)
-Three-
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Theme Song: Break A Leg -Spill Canvas-
Chapter Three: Don't Smile, Smirk!
Rating: T for language.
Summary: She was beautiful. She was smart. She was 15. She was Haruno Sakura, and she was in love with a figment of her imagination.
Disclaimer: NARUTO belongs to Masashi Kishimoto, so please don't sic' your lawyers on me. Also, Ishimaru Asuka and Akimoto Kumiko belong to Ishimaruk21 and Uchiha-kumiko on deviantART. A link to them can be found on my profile.
Wow, I found this chapter very difficult to write, mainly because this is where many of the relationships and secondary plots start to develop, and the fact that I want to get to the scene where all the details are fully developed just makes me more anxious! But hopefully, it will be worth the wait. Sadly, I'm not the best at making development look 'pretty', so if anyone can help me, give me some helpful critique and tips on how I could make it better, well then, shoot away!
Don't Smile, Smirk!
After our meeting I couldn't stop thinking of possible scenarios where we would meet again, find out each other's names and become friends. But of course, not everything is picture perfect, considering a certain lovable blond and my origami-crazed friend.
Of course, any fantasy I had wasn't going to happen, but hey, at least I learnt his name… Sadly enough, by the end of the week I barely even remembered he helped me.
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It was about ten a clock on my sixth day, and to say the truth I was tired after finishing up cleaning in Literature, though, I had to admit, it was rather nice putting aside the fact that I had to find help to be able to clean.
Or rather… help found me, but I didn't remember his face... so that could be a problem.
I frowned to my self as I held the tray in my hands, snagging some food to fill it up as the line moved.
Even thought I hadn't seen that… kid? No, he acted like one, but he wasn't a kid, or else I wouldn't have known how to react. I'm not the best with kids after all… But that's just beside the point.
A few minutes passed and I was out of the line, I stood there a few seconds until Konan and Karin also made it out. We looked around until we found a table, clean and reserved in the corner of the cafeteria. Perfect.
I placed my tray on the table and glanced up momentarily. My eyes narrowed. Between the mass of students stood Sasuke with two other vaguely familiar persons standing side by side. The first one I recognized as Itachi, Sasuke's brother who, although they denied it with all their might, was eerily alike him. But the other one had me confused. He seemed like such an outsider to the group with his goofy grin and happy expression.
I frowned. Something in the back of my head was nagging me to know, and so I began to tug on Karin's sleeve, causing her to look up at me, dango stick and all.
"Umm… Karin-chan, you know everything about Sasuke?" I began warily.
She blinked at me and stared skeptically, "Sakura-chan… Do you feel all right? I mean, don't you usually ignore Sasuke-kun?"
I sighed, "Hai, I still think he's a human ice-block… But that's besides the point, all I want to know is yes or no."
She simply nodded while taking another bite out of her lunch. "Yeah… What do you want to know?"
"About his friends."
I gestured towards the table where he sat, and then I noticed that it was suddenly more crowded than before. Now there also was that blond guy I remembered from the first day, along with another guy with white hair and this strange, shark-looking guy.
Karin's eyes narrowed and she pointed towards the guy with white hair. "That is Suigetsu." She spat out the name not even bothering to hide her disgust. "He's my baka of a room mate. I hate him."
I nodded, so that was Suigetsu. White hair, blue eyes, not too built actually. Funny… I imagined him to be the big, fat bully type with the colorful description Karin had given –more like forced on- us.
Blinking, I realized that I must have been thinking for a while because I hadn't noticed when Karin continued again. "The blond guy over there is Dei-something, and that fish guy is Kis-a-me, or something like that…"
Then I noticed that Konan had looked up at the mention of a blond, she looked as calm as always, but the way her lips curved upwards gave away the fact that she was amused. "Deidara and Kisame, Karin, not Dei-something or Kis-A-Me."
Karin rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah. Same thing."
I frowned as I realized that the point of this whole question was left out. "What about the guy sitting to Sasuke's left?"
Karin glanced once again at the table and frowned. "Oh him? He's not a friend."
I looked at her questionably. "Oh?"
She took another bite out of her lunch before continuing. "He's Sasuke's cousin, although they don't get along too well, you know, polar opposites. Plus, no one really likes him, heard he's way off his rocker."
I nodded accepting her answer with a bit of disappointment. Before I could ask for him name Konan cut in.
"Karin-chan…" she began, frowning. "You shouldn't base your opinions on rumors…" I noticed her eyes made their way towards the table where they sat before smiling. "He's… strange, bipolar even perhaps, he's a friend, an Uchiha, but not off his rocker as you so bluntly put it."
Frowning I looked back at him, I scrunched my nose. He seemed like an Uchiha, dark hair and pale skin, smirk and all. But there was something odd about him, definately, something that almost made me want to walk over the and give him a punch in the face, asking why he had to be so... strange.
Almost.
I turned away.
I think I hated him already.
Lunch blew over quickly, between Karin's ranting about how annoying her roommate is, how 'manly' and 'strong' is her Sasuke-'kun' –I shuddered at the suffix, and Konan's musings about some guy called Pein; the hour seems to go by in only a few minutes and I was just glad I hadn't listened to the little voice in my head screaming at me to do something I would regret.
Then we spent several minutes walking around aimlessly until Konan stopped us.
I think that's the part where my jaw hit the floor. We where in front of a wall, but no, it wasn't just a normal, boring wall.
Nope.
On it where some ledges, and on those ledges where stairs, and on those stairs where people. Somewhere talking, while others where graffiti spraying the wall.
…Strange, wasn't this the same exact wall that I saw on the first day?
"Earth to Major Sakura, are you there?"
I blinked as I realized I had been staring idiotically at the wall for some time now. Karin was staring at me like I had grown a second head by now, and Konan, well, she was just being Konan.
One of my major problems, I have noticed, is that I have much too short of an attention span. One moment I could be paying dedicated attention to you, and the next, I'm probably thinking about flying pigs or something like that.
… I'm supposed to be paying attention now aren't I?
Konan sighed, "Alright… Me and Karin are going to look for something we left in the cafeteria, you go ahead and get up there." I watched as she gestured towards a spot that had red moons and clouds all over it.
I nodded. This was pretty easy. I mean, it's only a five-story building with really thin ledges, slippery walls and rusty stairs. What's the worst that could happen?
… Oh fuck, I think I just jinxed myself.
And so, after what seemed like an eternity of climbing, kicking and screaming I finally made it up, blissfully unaware of everyone and everything around me as I sat down and looked up at the sky.
That was… scary; to say the least, and the fact that the words 'splat' and 'floor art' kept going through my head didn't help at all…
Ah well, at least now I can check 'have a near death experience' of my list of things to do before I die.
… What? A girl can joke can't she?
"You're a dumbass, un."
My ears twitched and I looked around, I could have sworn no one was on this ledge.
"But Deidara-sempai…!" a familiar voice whined.
I blinked. Wasn't Deidara one of Konan's friends, and wasn't he that guy that was sitting with Sasuke?
I focus a little more on listening as I hear their footsteps come closer, trying to put a face on the second voice.
"Tobi… I'm this close to making you art. This close to you being art, and dead, in a million pieces, then I will take those pieces and blow them up again, and again, and again, until they're plant fertilizer, un!" The first voice, Deidara, shouted, more than angry at this second voice, Tobi.
I frowned. Tobi, huh? That's strange, the name and voice sound so familiar, but yet, I can't really say I've ever met him, or even heard about him…
"Death by explosion again? You need to be more original sempai!"
I blinked. What. The. Fuck?
"Tobi… Are you dead?"
There was a moment of silence and I decided maybe this was a good time to see what was going on, after all, it wasn't everyday you overheard something like this.
"No sempai, Tobi isn't dead, why?"
There was a groan and then some more steps followed it. "Never mind, you're getting bipolar on me again, un."
"I'm not getting bipolar sempai!" 'Tobi' chirped out, I just had to smile, if I where in his place, I would have chucked his 'sempai' at the nearest wall already just for that threat.
"I'm not going to answer that, un."
"You just did."
I chuckled, whoever this Tobi kid was; he either had a good sense of humor, or was hopelessly oblivious.
"Dumbass."
"Tobi loves you too, sempai."
I raised a brow, now I really wanted to look down, but something about the fact that I was really, really high up made my gut wrench with just the thought.
Taking a deep breath, I looked down. There was absolutely no one there.
I sighed. "Aw, they must have left…"
And that was when I felt someone breathe against my neck…
"Who left, un?"
… And my heart almost leapt out of my mouth.
Oh, well, crap.
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Room 409
"Karin-chan, do you think…"
Karin looked up from the compact in her hand and stared at Konan quizzically. "Hmm?"
Konan sighed, straightening her tie. "Do you think it was a good idea to leave Sakura-chan alone?"
The redhead laughed, closing the compact in hand and shoving it into her pocket. "Konan, you worry to much! Sakura isn't that little brat we grew up with anymore, she's going to be fine."
"I'm not so sure…" the opposing teen said, walking away from the mirror. "I have a bad feeling."
"Nothing going to ha-"
And on cue someone's shrill scream reached their ears, causing Karin, who had been so focused on her nails at the moment had jumped several meters, it was a surprise she didn't hit the roof.
"You where saying…?"
Karin didn't respond; she only stared blankly at Konan.
"I hate when you're right."
This was only replied with an unceremonious shove out the door.
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"… Sempai, I think we killed her."
I held my hand over my chest, my heart was racing and it felt like it could pop out any minute. And that my friend, wasn't nice.
"Don't be a dumbass Tobi, un."
I swallowed, there was a lump in my throat and I could practically hear my heart beat.
The boy with black hair, Tobi, I think, kneeled down in front of me and frowned.
"Ne, ne…" he began softly, almost sounding afraid that the slightest sound could scare me. "Are you alright?"
I nodded slightly, removing my hand from my chest. "H-Hai."
He smiled and sat in front of me. "Ano sa, aren't you from Ishimaru-sensei's class?"
I cocked my head to the side, "Yeah. What's it to you?"
Then he sighed. "You don't… remember me?"
"Bipolar." The blond guy coughed, he just ignored him as I began to speak.
"Should I…?"
"I was the guy..." he began but trailed off for some reason or another.
I merely blinked, confused.
"Ah well, you really don't, so..." he grabbed my hand and shook it, grinning like an idiot.
"Tobi is Uchiha Tobi! And Tobi is a good boy! What's your name, Pink-chan!?"
Flower-chan? Why did that sound so damn familiar? I blinked, trying to figure out why it sounded so familiar, why he sounded so familiar, but nothing came to mind.
"You're supposed to say your name, un."
I flushed, God, I must have looked like such an idiot staring blankly at his face while he sat there, staring back at me.
… Eh?
"Oh, sorry… I'm Haruno Sakura, just normal Sakura. Pleased to meet you Uchiha-san."
Wait, Uchiha Tobi? I made a double take, just to make sure what I had just heard and said was correct, it seemed like such an impossibility, it was just so… Creepy. I mean, sure, he's pale and has black hair just like Sasuke and Itachi-san, but smiling? Oh my, the world's coming to an end. An Uchiha is being nice, and happy, and all those little things only normal people who aren't made out brick can do!
… Yes, I am just exaggerating right now.
But still…
From past experiences and what I've seen, Uchiha just don't smile. Sure, they smirk, but smile…? Well, that's just… wrong. It was almost like saying that Karin would fall madly in love with Suigetsu, or that Naruto hates ramen.
Sure, I've met two or three Uchiha's who are nice, but they're all females, and they've been long dead.
Uchiha men don't smile, they smirk.
And so, I kept staring at him, examining every single move he made, every time he smiled, just to see if he was faking it, to see if he was just as much of a brick wall as his family, he had to be.
"Ne, ne, Sakura-chan, is it ok if I call you Sakura-chan?"
"Ah, yeah, sure, Uchiha-san." I never even noticed how selfish I was being at that moment, basing my opinion on family. I already had half the mind to ask him why did he pretend to be so... dumb! But it wasn't the momment, he wouldn't answer if I asked out of the blue like that.
"Sugoi!" He grinned and pumped his fist up in the air. "That's a cute name, Tobi likes cute names! You have a cute name just like Deidara-sempai!"
I could only watch in interest as this 'Deidara-sempai' literally changed colors in a matter of seconds and bopped Tobi on the head.
"I-Idiot!"
But he didn't seem to feel it, and if he did, he totally ignored it in favor of staring back at me what that little smile of his.
Plastic.
That's what it was.
… And that's what it should have been.
"Sakura-chan!"
I barely register the thought of being wrong and selfish as we all look towards Konan and Karin. I never even realized that I had met Uchiha-san before. Because as I said: Help found me, and I hated it, even if I didn't know it.
I needed to listen to the voice in the back of my head more often.
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-Sigh- I find it kinda sad… That I have so many story alerts and favs on this, yet, only 7 reviews… Remember! Alerts and favs are nice, but Reviews Inspiration Happiness More Chapters.
So keep that in mind, the more reviews an author get, the more chapters you receive. And it's not like I'm begging on anything… -coughwheeze-
I have chapter 4 and 5 done, but I'm not posting them yet, not until I see people are interested in this story, so…
Anyways! Sorry for the wait! But this chapter was really hard to write, since I'm not really used to writing in first person. XD Something tells me that at the end of this story I will have to make a chapter exclusively for Deleted Scenes, I have too many of them. Lol.
Next Chapter: So now here I was, staring at myself, wondering what am I supposed to do, for a boy. And I wondered if I was being selfish… For a boy. And then, I wondered why the fuck was I asking myself all these random questions. All for a bloody boy!
Get ready for love, hate, awkward situations, dates and… Green spandex?
Special Thanks To: eternallyfallingsnow (Thank you for the corrections!), Purplewolfstar35, and super-rat. You're the best guys!
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