Chapter 4- Without a sound
Sakura's POV
Three weeks have passed ever since the I felt warm, the light of the sun had woke me up. I was sitting in my bed, Looking at my hands. I was staring at nothing. I got up and went to the bathroom. I did my daily rutine. When I got to the kitchen i found out that everyone had gone already to school. Then my movile started ringing, kokoro no tamago by Buono! was my ringtone(n/a: I LOVE HELLO PROJECT !! n.n)
-Sakura here- I was preparing myself a milk shake.
-I'm coming to pick you- Came a deep voice from the other line...wait a knew that voice.
-Sasuke?- He had already hung up when I asked.
I finished my shake and went to brush my teeth and my bag; just then the doorbell rang. I opened the door and there was Sasuke in a black motorcycle.
-You... do know I'm wearing a skirt?- I said teasingly.
-There's nothing much to see- That little...!!
-I'm walking- With that I turned my back and started walking. Hey who did he think he is. Is not as if he is a big international idol!!...wait he is.. Damn.-Admit it he is super hot!!- My Inner Self intervene.-He is an arrogant egoistic jerk- But that's what makes him sexy!!- You're a sadist- I'm you!!- UGHH JUST SHUT UP- .
Okay back to reality, while I was devating with my inner I didn't noticed that a hand was going to grab me. The I just felt how someone pulled me .
-I'M BEING KIDNAPPED!!-I started yelling as the frantic girl I was.
-If you keep moving you're going to fall- I felt his breath tickling my deep husky voice making my spine shiver.
-Sasuke?- My voice came barely a whisper.. -OH MY GOD WE ARE WITH SASUKE IN HIS MOTORCYCLE!! EAT HIM!!- I couldn't retore to my inner because I was blushing madly. Then i felt his hand move my hair to the side, I gasped and turned a round. Hey!! that caught me off guard.
-I can't see with it, It's in the way- He never once looked at me, his onyx eyes never living the road.
-Humm- Came my intelligent reply.
Normal POV
They got to school for 3rd period. They were walking side by side. Sakura was blushing just had an indifferent look in his face. They were walking down the corridors, both silent, then the pink haired girl decided to break that uncomfortable silence.
-You already knew that I wasn't planning to come- She looked side ways, his straight nose and unwavering onyx eyes never looking at her.-Never looking at me- softly whispering to herself, taking her neon green eyes from his face, smiling sadly to herself.
-See you at lunch- Sasuke's deep voice came. Sakura's schocked face abruptly turn around.-Where...are you going?- He had turn the corner, leaving her with her hand extendedtowards him.
She entered class, got scolded by Konan-sensei and laugh at by her took her place, when she gazed out the window, Conan's words instantly fade away as her eyes stared into nothing.
-Kura...Sakura...SAKURA!!- The said girl finally came back from her daze, and here comes her intelligent response- Huh?-
-Ughh...We have Chemistry come on!!- Electric Blue eyes looking at her annoyed. The pink haired girl nodded and took her things, following her best friend.
-Where's Akiko?- The voice of Sakura caught the attention of Ino.
-She doesn't have Chem class with us- Ino was looking at her with a weird face- In fact , she only has homeroom , P.E and Music with us...You're really weird today Kura-
-You think?...is just that- Neon green eyes clashed with Electric blue ones- Ino..don't you think that Akiko is keeping something from us... ever since she collapsed in the Amusement park, she's been distant, I don't know, maybe I'm being paranoid,but Sasuke knows something ...and all of you haven't notice the fakeness in Aki's actions..there's something wrong with her...and I don't know what to do..- Ino was watching her with a perplexed face, holding her from her shoulders she just looked at her eyes.- Calm down Sakura...We have notice Akiko's actions, but if she doesn't want to tell us what's wrong we can't help her Forehead, try to understand, Tenten, Hinata and Me, we have been keeping our distance, giving her space, if you start to panic, Akiko will start to panic too... you just have to calm down..-Green eyes full of anguish looking at her pleading electric ones, with a sigh escaping from her lips, Ino took her hands away from her shoulders.- For now we will watch from a far, ok?- Her voice regaining a calm tone- ...Fine..- Came the response from Sakura
-Come on..we are truly late for Chem class- With that both friends started running down the hall to their class.
Akiko's POv
The room is almost in total darkness, if it weren't for the windows in the back. The grand piano was there in front of me, it's been so long since I've played. My fingers slightly touches the keyboard. The piano was all covered in dust, in fact, all the place was covered in dust, it seemed as if nobody had come in a really long time. It was so silent, a could hear my heartbeat, my breathing, my thoughts. Taking a deep breath, the words just came out of my mouth as the sound of the piano brought me to a world of emotions.
Itoshigo yo itsu made mo kono mune ni dakarete nemurinasai
itokenai anata no koto o mou nido to nigashitari wa shinai
kanojo no koto nara wasurete shimainasai
zaratsuita nekonadegoe ga sono mimi o namenai you ni
nodo o shimete agete oita kara
My mind was blank, I only heard the piano, my lips moving to it's rythm.
futari dake de ii hoka ni wa daremo iranai
watashi dake ga anata o ikaseru wa
anata no ashi ni gin no ashikase o hamemasho
onaji ayamachi o okasanai you ni
This song...it's meaning was so deep to me...
itoshigo yo kono mune ni myakuutsu amai mitsu o suinasai
itokenai anata kara mou nido to me o hanashitari shinai
kanojo no koto wa mou ki ni shinaide ii wa
moshimo mata tsume o tatete anata o ubai ni kitara
kono te de uchikoroshite ageru
aragau koto naku saa subete o azukete
watashi dake ga anata o ikaseru wa
anata no hane o chigirishitete shimaimasho
mou dokoka e tobitatenai you ni
It had been locked in my memory for so long...
futari dake de ii hoka ni wa daremo iranai
watashi dake ga anata o ikaseru wa
anata no ashi ni gin no ashikase o hamemasho
onaji ayamachi o okasanai you ni
I could feel someone near me... his breath. My breathin got uneven...
aragau koto naku saa subete o azukete
watashi dake ga anata o ikaseru wa
anata no hane o chigirishitete shimaimasho
mou dokoka e tobitatenai you ni
I could feel tears tickling and then , there was something in my body, a deep wave of pain. I leaned in the keyboard...making an off sound from the piano. holding my chest I started to cough.. my throat was so dry.. I felt his arms supporting me...talking to me. Then the door opened.
Takeshi's POV
I was asked by Kurenai to bring some books from the old music room, I remember there been an old piano. I wonder why we don't take the music class in that room, it may be because of the space...ugh whatever I'm getting a headache about such a trivial matter. It's been really boring since the last show in the amusement park. I'm still wondring about Akiko...there's something wrong..I can feel it. ... She didn't answer me back then.
FLASHBACK
I was skateboarding by the park, it was a cloudy day, it seem that a storm was coming. Then I saw her figure..I can recognize that tiny figure anywhere.. She was wearing a puffy black skirt, with a white Paramore T-shirt, black and purple socks, with white converse...she had a thing for dressing like a doll...but her face wasn't one of a doll at all, her eyes were one of a cat framing them where her dark black eyelashes, but the emerald of her eyes was so green and enchanting that I had found myself wondering if that was possible or was my mind playing tricks on me, her full pink lips were always in a playfull grin, but now her eyes were such a dark shade of green and her lips weren't smiling playfully, they were in a line, they weren't expresing anything. Her soft voice brought me back to reality.
-You know... staring at people is rude- Her face was facing me... her eyes watching me intently.
-Sorry- I said while rubbing the back of my neck..for no reason I felt nervous around her in that moment.
-You can sit if you want to- A small sad smile formed , I just nodded and sit down beside her. I wanted to ask what the doctor had said to her... and if she was all right. I've been feeling uneasy since the whole thing at the hospital, I knew she was keeping a secret and for some weird reason Sasuke knew about it.
- I wish it will rain- came her soft whisper.
-Do you like rain?- My oh so intelligent question came, did you get the sarcasm.
-No..I hate it- Her weird answer came, now that's kind of twisted, why would she want rain if she hates it? Iguess she saw my confused face, because there she was opening her mouth to articulate a sound and explain her answer to me.
-It's just that rain is good at washing our problems away...is as if it was crying for you, all the agony and pain you feel is taken away, and it's also good at freeing your emotions. I know it may sound retard and totally emo, but I guess i just think that the pouring rain is good at washing...-
-..away your tears..- We hadn't noticed that it had started to pour down on us, and I also didn't realize the tears falling down. She was looking towards the sky with her hand trying to catch the rain drops.
-You can ask me the question you've wanted to ask since the beggining.- I was shocked to say the least, I guess..It had been really obvious since the beginning.
-What did the doctor told you?- My voice wasn't that loud to be heard, the rain was still pouring down on us, but I know she heard me.
-I can't tell, I won't tell...not even if it's you, not even if to my friends- It as if...she was talking to herself, her eyes were still focused in the sky. Her answer got me angry, I will accpet if she just don't want to tell me but Tenten and the others were really worried for her.
-So tell me... Why does Sasuke knows?- She got up, and started to walk away. I found myself Screaming and running after her, leaving my board forgotten.
-God dammit Akiko, why do you run away from your problems?!- I was behind her, she turn her head around a little bit, her back still facing me.
-I'm not running away, I'm simply avoiding the problem- Her cold voice came to me like a shock.
-Ugh..just trust us Akiko..why do we have to stay in the dark and worry about you. Why is it that the only one that knows is Sasuke?- She didn't answer, she just faced to the front and kept walking.
END OF FLASHBACK
All of us were worried about, I have known her enough to consider her a close friend, but for some reason it really bothered me that we were left in te dark. She could act like a little child all she wanted, but we all know it was an act from the very beggining. I was reaching my destination, with Akiko still in my thoughts. She was an enigma...well all women are but she the hardest to know, from all the ones i know.
I opened the door and Akiko was lying beside the piano and she was panting, She was holding her chest, and her breathing came in short gasps. The music room was silent, except for the little gasps of the emerald eyed girl. Someone was holding her, she was grippig his shirt really tightly. Sasuke was holding Akiko .
-Sasuke?- came my voice- My brown eyes met with her wide emerald ones. Sasuke was looking at me with his onyx eyes, then Akiko started to cough and a little groan of pain came to her, she was breathing really hard.
-Takeshi give me Hiwatari's bag- I just had to cooperate with him, something told me that if I didn't ...Akiko will be in alot more pain. I saw him taking out a syringe with a dark blue liquid on it. He shot her in the neck and Akiko finally calm down.
Normal POV
-You know you shouldn't be singing Hiwatari- Sasuke's deep voice broke the silence in the room. Takeshi was just looking at them, a confused look written all over his face, until he could find his voice.
-W-What's going on?- His hesitant voice brought back the attention of Sasuke, whom was still holding Akiko and she was stabilizing her breathing. She looked up her eyes holding his confused gaze.
-I can't sing, that's what you only need to know- With that she got up took her bag and left the room. Leaving the two guys in the dark room. Just when Sasuke was about to leave Takeshi grabbed his arm.
-Explain- His voice was demanding, been in dark about this problem had made him sick, he already knew she was sick, but of what?, was it that strong, for her to get shots of that bluish liquid?, What was the meaning after her answer?, and at the very last...Why did Sasuke knew?
-I guess I have to since you found out... Meet me here in lunch break- Sasuke's eyes shinning in that room narrowed, not liking the fact that he had to explain himself to Takeshi. With those final words he made his way out of the room, leaving Takeshi finishing his initial business in the room. ''Shit, I forgot all about Kurenai-sensei'', With that the brown eyed boy took the papers that he was asked and returned to his class.
At Lunch break Playground was nowhere to be seen, the guys of attic were also missing which if I maysay brought alot of dissapointment in all their fans and schoolmates.
In a studio you could see eight people loking at two older persons with confused faces. Bein the curious one Ino broke the silence.
-Why are we in a studio room..and with Attic none the less?- Her confused cristal blue eyes questioning Anko.
-Well...-
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-You're late- Came the husky voice of Sasuke, he was sitting by the piano. Slightly touching the keyboard.
-I'm not here to chit chat with you Sasuke, let's get this over with- His dark brown eyes locking with his Onyx eyes in an intense stare.
-To the points as always Takeshi- His mocking voice firing up Takeshi.
-Stop with the mind games Uchiha- Takeshi wan't in the mood of his mocking, not after he got scolded by Kurenai for taking so long.
-She was my Fiance- Sasuke stared at Takeshi, who had tensed at his response.
-We were engaged at the age of 5, we were supposed to not meet each other until we turned 16, but my parents and hers never tought that Itachi's girlfriend would actually be Akiko's older sister, Yukiko. So we met at one of my brothers concert with Akatsuki, Yukiko sang with Itachi. When we met, we immediatly knew that we were engaged, after all we were told the name of our fiance, she was against it, I didnt give a crap about it. In one of Yukiko's visits to our compound she had brought Akiko, and they had sang together, I remembered that they had such a good compatibility, it had leave impressed, at that's to say a lot, just a few second after that, Akiko started to hyperventilate. That's when I found that her heart and throat had some weird function, that when she sang, her heart would start to beat really fast, to a point where she wouldn't be able to breath. I heard a doctor told her once that if she kept singing her heart wouldn't hold the pressure. She was hospitalez and had a surgery in her heart, to fix the problem. That was when she was 10 , but it seems that her disease didnt dissapeared after the surgery, it dissapeared for a while, I had tought she was cured. After the surgey she went to America and we called off the engagement, actually she did, I still didn't give a damn. For what I can deduce is that when she entered Playground her vocals were fine, not until the fever she caught in the amusement park, and she also had been gaining more strength in her voice but adding pressure to her heart, those giving her the heart failure again. Now she can only control her heart beat with the drugs given by the doctor.-Takeshi had lisent to all that information, letting it sink in. His eyes finally locked with Sasuke's, and after some minutes he talked.
-Dude...That's the longest I've ever heard you talked- He grinned at Sasuke, who only muttered ''Idiot''
With that they walked out from the room, Takeshi lauging his head off and a pissed off Sasuke.
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-So that's what we've decided- Anko's piercing eyes looking at PLayground, it wasn't an option it was an order.
-So you are telling us...no WAIT you're giving us the order, as in ''You-have-to-or-I'll-scream-my-head-off-at-you'', to be in a music video with them an record two songs with them!!- A frantic Ino was blabbering at Anko, whom only looked at her with a face that totally said ''What If I am?! ''
-...Ok...- Suddenly Ino felt just too small, afraid of what Anko would do.
-What do you say guys?- Kakashi's voice brought Attic back from their world.
-We don't really mind- Neji was the one who answered. All the girls looked at Akiko, feeling their gazes, Akiko looked up, a grin plastered in her face.
-Let's do this-Playground only nodded and took their places in the studio, each of them preparing their instruments. Akiko went behind the microphone. Meanwhile everyone watched their movements confused.
-The sooner the better- Sakura smiled at them, holding her blood red guitar.
Kakashi sighed. Attic just stared at the girls tunning their instruments.
-What are you waiting?, go and take your places- Kakashi ordered. They went next to the girls and took their places; Anko went to them and gave them the music sheets.
From afar Sasuke was giving a warning look to Akiko, she only nodded in his direction, what they didn't know was that a pink haired girl had watched their exchange of looks.
My beloved child, sleep in my embraced chest forever
You're so childlike, I'll never let you go again
Forget about her
I've closed my throat
So the rough pleading in my voice won't reach your ears
We don't need anyone else, the two of us are enough
I'm the only one who can satisfy you
I'll put silver shackles on your legs
So you can't make the same mistakes again
My beloved child, drink in the sweet honey that pulses through my chest
You're so childlike, I'll never take my eyes off you again
You don't have to worry about her anymore
Even if she does come and try to dig her claws into you and take you away again
I'll beat her to death with these hands
Don't resist, entrust your everything to me
Only I can revive you
I'll shred your wings
So you can't fly away to anywhere
We don't need anyone else, the two of us are enough
I'm the only one who can satisfy you
I'll put silver shackles on your legs
So you can't make the same mistakes again
Don't resist, entrust your everything to me
Only I can revive you
I'll shred your wings
So you can't fly away to anywhere..
Itoshigo Yo- Rurutia
lUv the lyrics of the song so i decided to make Akiko sing this song.
PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!!!
will aprecciate any comments and suggestions!!
----Yukiko----
