Secrets that never existed

Chapter 4: Understanding

Preview of last chappie:

Sasuke growled, showing his irritation. The others stared at him.

"Fine, let's get this clear…"

A/N: The conversation will not be continued because I'm lazy...Just jokin! Its not continued because he just tells them what he's gonna tell her! A bit of that and this bla bla lolz...enjoy!

italic : thoughts

bold : inner self

Sakura sat up on her bed and stared at her alarm clock that went off a few minutes ago. She yawned sleepily and lied back down, not intending to go to school today. She was up half the night, thinking about the things that happened. She was about to doze of when she heard someone knocking on her door. She ignored it for some kid who had no life and continued trying to sleep, until she heard his voice.

"Sakura. I know you're in there."

Sakura bolted awake and went to the bathroom to turn on the water, hoping that he would leave if he thought she was bathing. Lady luck was not on her side that day, and the knocking persisted.

"Haruno Sakura, if you don't open this door I will personally pick it or bang it down."

She bit her lip again, a bad habit when she was nervous. She could open the door, or she could just climb out the window, after all, there was a tree that allowed her to climb down. She decided, but just as she wanted to make a break for the window, the door opened.

"…Morning Sakura."

Uchiha Sasuke was standing at the doorway, wearing his school uniform and carrying his bag. Sakura just stared at him, not knowing whether she wanted to hit him or throw him out.

"Excuse me, there was a reason why I locked that door."

Sasuke nodded but did not say anything. He sat down on her couch and cocked an eyebrow at her.

"You not ready for school yet?"

Sakura snorted. "As if I look like I'm going. I didn't think I'd need to see you today, I recall wanting to 'avoid' you guys, but I end up seeing you in my house."

Sasuke kept quiet, but he was frowning. "I came here today to explain about the events happening now."

"Get out."

Sasuke blinked. "Wha…?"

Sakura was pushing him off the couch towards the door. "I don't wanna hear anymore. Just get out!"

Sasuke stood at the doorway holding the door. "Sakura please! You need to know…"

"No I don't! Now if you would just leave me…"

"5 minutes! Just give me 5 minutes to explain everything!"

She hesitated. Sasuke had stuck his foot between the door and the wall, making it impossible for her to shut the door. She sighed.

"Fine. 5 minutes, starting now."

"Look, I know it's a lot to absorb right now, especially when you just found out that your close friends are your bodyguards, but believe me, we didn't want it to turn out like this."

Sakura looked down. She felt guilty shouting at them yesterday, but she was so upset to find out the truth.

"So…my friends really was because of my position…" she muttered softly, but loud enough for him to hear.

Sasuke growled. This girl was too sensitive for her own good. "No Sakura. The first time Hinata and Ino came, they didn't know who you were, hell, they didn't even know how you look like! Your grandfather did not give us a picture of you, so apart from Neji and myself, no one knew how you look like."

"Then…how?"

"Remember the first time you met Hinata? I heard from her that everyone was looking at her weirdly because of her eyes, and you were the first one that offered to show her around. Ino wasn't there at that time because she was securing the area. Hinata and Ino really like you Sakura, not because you're the girl they were assigned to protect, but because you were there for them when no one else was."

Sakura was shocked. Thinking back on all the things she had said about them made her feel worse. She suddenly felt very sick. But Sasuke wasn't finish yet.

"And there was Naruto, of course, being the dobe he was, he didn't figure it out until later that you were the girl they were suppose to protect, but when they found out, they were really happy."

Sasuke stood there silently as her tears slid down her cheeks. She was crying again, but at least she wasn't angry this time. Sasuke reached out his hand to touch her shoulder, and she didn't flinch away from his touch.

At school…

"Sasuke's not here yet…"

Neji glanced over to his cousin, she was fidgeting again, a habit that she threw away a long time ago.

"Hinata, take it easy, he's probably with Sakura right now."

Ino was looking outside the window quietly, and Naruto found the floor interesting and continued to look at it. They were in an empty classroom, courtesy of Kakashi-sensei as he sense something wrong and requested them to come here. Ino sighed.

"Do you think she'll forgive us?" She asked out of the blue. The others kept quiet, not knowing how to answer. As Naruto was about to open his mouth, the door slide open.

"Sasuke!"

All heads turned to see Sasuke standing at the door, smirking at them.

"Why the long faces?"

Neji glared. "So how did it go?"

Sasuke shrugged and sat down. "She said she needed time to think, so I left her alone."

"So…you told her everything?" Hinata questioned.

He nodded and told them what he had said. Naruto was bouncing up and down on his seat by the time Sasuke was done and Neji was tempted to tie him down. Hinata was giggling and Ino was banging her head on the table. Sasuke shook his head at the behavior of his team. After a while, the door slide opened again, and a silver haired man poked his head into the room.

"Sasuke? Tsunade-sama wants you and your team in the office. Now."

Sasuke nodded and signaled for them to follow. Kakashi smiled under his mask and went back to class.

Sakura hugged her pillow as she sat in front of the television. She was confused. Should she believe Sasuke's words? She remembered the expressions on her friends face yesterday, and felt bad about the outburst she had.

Maybe I should apologize…

What? You serious?

Huh? Where have you been?

Ever heard of Hawaii?

Sakura sweat dropped. First sign of going crazy, talking to yourself.

What? Hey I'm trying to help you here!?

Sakura sighed and turned off the television. Her inner self was ranting about how she should just beat the shit out of Sasuke and her other friends. She dragged herself up to her room to rest as it was already midnight.

Tomorrow…I'll think of something…

Earlier, at school…

Sasuke knocked on the door that had the sign 'Principal's Office' and went in when he heard someone said 'enter'. A woman with short black hair was sitting at the information desk.

"Oh Sasuke, Tsunade-sama wants you guys in now, she doesn't seem happy though."

Sasuke nodded but the others gulped. Heaven knows what Tsunade would do when she was mad. They proceeded to her office anyhow. She was sitting there, with sake in her hands and a pile of paperwork in front of her.

"ANBUs, sit."

So they sat and waited for her to push aside her paperwork, take out the necessary files, kicked Ton Ton out, and finally, faced them.

"Alright. As I heard from Shino, you have told Sakura who you were correct?"

They nodded and she sighed.

"Did I not tell you that this was suppose to be undercover?" Her tone was not angry, but soft and a hint of sadness.

"W-We couldn't lie to her Tsunade-sama…we're sorry." Ino said, while looking at the floor.

"Tsunade-sama it was my idea to tell her, so if you want to punish them, it would be…" Neji couldn't continue as she cut him off.

"No. I'm not going to punish any of you, it was the best thing to do, telling her this."

"Why? Is it because…" Naruto had a serious glint in his eyes.

Tsunade nodded. Hinata and Ino gasp, while the boys stared at her.

"B-but baa chan! He was in a secured prison!" Naruto managed to stuttered out.

"Shinobi arts? Did he use them to escape!?" Sasuke's eyes started to bleed red.

Tsunade did not say anything, but threw them each a folder.

"Inside it are your mission details, though you all should know that it involves Sakura. We suspect that he's going after her for power, you know, as her grandfather is President, he might use her as hostage to get what he wants." Tsunade said as she started to pile up some paper on her desk.

"Are we allowed to tell her this?" Sasuke asked.

Tsunade hesitated. "…Do whatever you think is right. I'm counting on you guys, don't let us down. That is a reason why Sakura was enrolled in this particular school, understood?"

"Yes Tsunade-sama!"

Tsunade smiled, then kicked all of them out of the office. "Now get out and get going! I have work to do!"

Naruto rubbed his butt after he got up. "Stupid old hag…"

An empty sake bottle was hurled through the air and hit the bullseye, which was Naruto's head. Ino, Sasuke and Neji snickered and Hinata once again freaked out.

A/N: Okay I updated!!! XD I'll update it weekly after this, probably every Saturday. I guess some of you weren't expecting Sakura to be the President's granddaugther ne?

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