Yo! Here I am again with another chapter
Here I'll introduce my side pairings aside from sasusaku and add in other characters as well. Next chapter will probably be the last of my "character introduction" chapters and then I'll focus more on the main pairing.
illneverknow : I give you lots of hugs for liking the story. Hope you continue on reading and giving me reviews to fuel my crazy mind to write more. =)
EndlessFlame911: I'm happy that you liked the story so far. I agree that it's a bit low for Sasuke to do that, he's a jerk to Sakz and he doesn't even know it. And yes, Neji has a not so little brotherly love for Sakura. Sak's Akatsuki bros will have more appearances in later chapters. =)
woodbyne: believe me, having overprotective big brothers is not that nice sometimes. I should know, I have to deal with 3 of them. I could give you one of them if you like (^_^). I'm glad you approve of the amount of angst. When I first made that up I thought it was a bit overboard. You can hit Sasuke if you like. I felt like hitting him too when I wrote that. lol. You're right in saying that Sasu did do more than just make her walk in the rain. I'm still in the process of writing that though. ;)
Thanks for the review guys! Hope you like this next chapter.
naruto isn't mine.
Chapter 4: get me out of here
"You did well?" a girl with pearly white eyes asked me after Biology.
"I'm not sure Hina," I crinkled my nose and pouted. "I was out of breath when I got in class and I sort of blacked out or something. I honesty couldn't remember a thing about everything I studied last night and this morning!" I wailed. I'm 99% sure that I failed that quiz! Stupid Sasucakes and his stupid bag stealing tendencies!
We were walking down the corridor smiling occasionally to acquaintances and familiar faces. We're headed to our usual hang out place, the grand stand. We proclaimed it "our spot" because A) It was directly facing the soccer field, B) It's surrounded by trees so it's a bit cool, very conducive for studying or lazing around. C) Its spacious and well equipped with the mats the judo and tae kwon do team use (the team captain, my friend Tennie, is very lazy and fails to return the equipment to the proper storage area). The first requirement is of course for the Shinobis, the second is for me Hina, Shika and Shino, and the last one is for Tenten, Chouji and Ino for their stunts.
When we arrived Shikamaru and Ino were already there. Shika was leaning against the wall with his eyes closed while Ino was sleeping with her head in his lap. Shika's hands were gently playing with Ino's hair. I smiled and took a picture using my camera phone. I heard Hina giggle beside me. I looked at her and we exchanged a dreamy glance. I already knew what she was going to say so I beat her to it.
"I know, right?" I sighed and leaned my head on her shoulder. "We would never get to the point wherein someone we love will do that with us," I pouted and she laughed merrily.
"At least we're not one of their fan girls who go gaga over them?" she reasoned. I rolled my eyes at her. "Okay fine. At least they have no idea that we are one of their fan girls. They don't think of us as low lives that would follow their every bidding. There, satisfied?" she amended. I laughed and pulled her so we could sit in front of Shika.
The lazy boy opened his eyes and when he saw us he gestured for us to keep quiet. "Lower your voices," he whispered. "I don't want her to wake up yet."
"Why Shika?" I asked. "You want the Pig to have enough rest? Are you worried that she would get sick from waking up super early for Shinobis' training? Awwww how sweet of you!" I pinched him in the cheek. Hina was smiling and nodding her head indicating that she agreed with me.
"SHHHHHH!" he covered my mouth with his hand. "If she wakes up, she'll start complaining about not getting to style her hair and do her make up properly due to the schedule Gai-sensei gave them, something about not having enough time or something. Tch, troublesome woman!" my mouth was still covered so I wasn't able to warn him that his girlfriend was already awake. Awake and starting to get pissed that she was being called a troublesome woman again.
Hina was about to tell him to stop but he continued. "I don't understand her. Why does she have to style her hair so bad? She still looks beautiful even if she doesn't do anything to it. And she doesn't need make up to look pretty; she's clearly one of the prettiest girls here sans make up. I don't see the purpose of her action. Troublesome!" My mouth was released because our blond companion jumped him and kissed him senseless.
Hina and I couldn't help but laugh at Shika's face after the kiss. His look was in between surprise and boredom. "I was supposed to punch you for that troublesome comment but you earned your way to my good graces again. I love you Shika-kun!" Ino announced, still hugging her man.
"Tch, I love you too you troublesome woman."
"What did you just call me?" Ino held both his ears while shouting at his face. I cracked up and held my stomach.
"Are you being manhandled again Shikamaru?" Naruto arrived and squeezed himself in between me and Hina. "Hi Sakura-chan! Hi Hinata-chan! How are my favorite ladies doing today?" he greeted, placing his arms on our shoulders and held us close. Ino snorted while I laughed at Hina's reaction. Her blush was so freaking obvious it's a miracle Naru doesn't notice. Well, he IS King Oblivious so it's no surprise.
I smelled something nice before I felt somebody sit beside me. I looked at Sasucakes and sighed. It's obvious that he just had a shower. He was wearing a dark blue shirt with the Uchiha crest at the back and the standard black uniform pants male students wore. I really like his after shower smell. He smelled like the soap he used and something else. I can't pinpoint what it is so I simply call it the "Sasuke-scent". It was really hard stopping myself from burying my nose in his shirt. I gave myself a pat on the back mentally for my self control. He got hold of my Biology notebook, exchanging it with Chemistry and Advanced Calculus. He didn't say anything. He just looks straight through the trees in front of us.
"Hey guys! Guess what?" Tennie came almost bouncing up and down while holding onto Neji's arm. "Gai-sensei informed me that we, the amazing athletes of Konoha High, are to have a retreat this weekend, something about youthful teamwork development and all that shiznat."
We were all members of the school's varsity. Most of the boys played soccer except Shino who preferred swimming; he held a good amount of love in wearing swimming goggles, and Chouji who's really good at wrestling. Tenten had judo and Tae Kwon Do together with Hina-yep, the gentlest girl I know kicks ass at martial arts. Ino's a member of the volleyball team aside from being a cheerleader. The Pig is so conscious of her figure that she does all she could to have as much physical activity as possible, without ruining her poise of course. I myself am a member of the ladies soccer team, the Kunoichis. The other girls are practically part of my team because they are usually present in almost all my practices and even play with my team sometimes. It just sucks that we lost to Sound High in the semi-finals.
"Where?" the newly arrived Kiba, with his dog Akamaru and bestfriend Shino, asked. "And Sakura, you might want to hide if you don't want your aspiring boyfriend to smother you with his undying love with a thousand burning suns," he added while helping the blushing Hina up to stand.
It didn't take a minute before a flash of green caught my eye. I made an "oof" sound when Lee-san tackled me. "Sweet Cherry Blossom! I have been looking for you in the entire academy. I almost thought that you didn't feel youthful today and called in sick! I was about to phone your house when I bumped into Sai," I flinched at the name but otherwise remained calm. The others looked at me in concern and I could feel Sasucakes straighten his back and grunt. "He told me that you were heading here with Hinata-chan".
"So the stupid bastard is back and is a stalker now?" Naru asked while standing up. "Where did you see him Lee? I need to talk to that pale-assed jerk."
Lee-san stood and was about to accompany Naru when Tennie stopped them. "Do you guys really wanna do that?" the other boys except Sasucakes and Shika (who was doing his best to doze off, that lazy ass!) were following Naru's action too. "It's been a year and all."
"We know it's been a year Tenten but he hasn't returned to school for almost a year too!" Naru replied with his fist clenched. "Probably too guilty for what he did to Sakura-chan".
"Naru its okay," I placated him. "I'm okay now," I smiled weakly at them. "It's no big deal."
"No big deal?" Ino asked appalled. "I was there in your entire sob fest forehead! I was there when you turned into a machine and distanced yourself from us! I was the one who heard your sobs at night for weeks! And you made me feel real bad because I know I couldn't do anything to make you feel better."
"Shut up Pig! It wasn't that bad! And I only cried for about a day! It wasn't like it was the end of the world. And it's not his fault okay? I was the one who told him he could have sex with anyone as long as the one he does it with wasn't me. It's my fault not his!" I hissed at her.
"You told him what?" Sasucakes asked. I almost didn't hear him; he said it with his voice so low that if he wasn't beside me I wouldn't have heard.
I turned to him and saw that he was beyond pissed. His eyes were piercing and I gulped. I hate it when he's mad. It makes me want to break down and cry. It takes me back to when he almost got us killed in a car crash because he got a surprise of a lifetime seeing Karin half naked on her couch with a random guy.
"Ahmmm..I uhhh.. ahmmm.. Please don't kill me Sasucakes! I didn't mean it! Its just that I thought I wasn't ready and felt that it would be unfair for him to get himself a girlfriend that wouldn't give in all the way," I held his arm for emphasis. I don't wanna die yet! What did I do to get him pissed?
He looked at me with one of his eyebrows raised. "Hn," he looked at the others and said "It's alright. Don't bother Sai. I'll talk to him," he held my elbows from behind and guided me out of our circle.
"But Teme!" Naru whined.
"Uchiha, tell me when you plan on seeing Sai. I want to have a word with him as well," I glanced back and saw that Nej was a little bit pissed too.
Tennie huffed and held his face. "It's okay Neji. They have their reasons for breaking up with each other," she gave him a peck on the lips. "Now calm down and relax. Your hair is getting frizzy," Neji smiled and sat down with her on the mats.
I sighed and looked away.
"What's wrong?" he released my elbows and walked beside me.
I looked at him, taking sight of his perfect face his beautiful eyes. I never get tired of looking at his eyes. It was so deep and held so much pent up emotions. It makes me smile when he shows his "real" feelings. He keeps it bottled up inside and rarely lets it out. "It's nothing important," he raised his eyebrow at that. Psh! Him and his non-verbal communication. "See this?" I showed him the picture of Shika and Ino I took earlier. He looked at me and shrugged. I sighed again and continued "Then there was Tennie and Nej!" I raised my hands in my face and blew air out of my mouth.
"What did all of them do to get you all frustrated?"
"Sasucakes! Don't you see? Everyone is happy and I'm miserable! They have their own "someone" and I have no one!" I raised my hands in emphasis. "Even Hina has someone!" He looked at me and I continued. "Like you don't see the love triangle she has with Naru and Kiba!" He put his hands in his pockets. "I want to have my own someone too!" we stopped walking and I realized that we were in front of Chemlab1, my next class. "I just feel so alone right now," I whispered. I looked at him and saw that he was reading something from his cell phone. Stupid jerk! Here I am telling him my sorrows and he's not even paying attention. I'll get back at him somehow. If he suddenly appears in my window next time I'm going to bang it in his face! Let's see how he would feel after that!
Just then a redhead with dark eyes got out of the classroom.
"Hey Sakura! What's up?" Tayuya, my lab partner for the semester, chirped. I said hi back and smiled at her. She's really smart and I admire her for her outlook in life. We sort of have the same views and we get along well. She always brings food for me and our other seatmates in class. Her dad owns a restaurant and was business partners with Chouji's dad. Speaking of Chouji, I didn't see him today. He was probably at wrestling practice again.
I was about to introduce Tayuya to Sasucakes when she tugged his shirt and kissed him. "Hi handsome," she rasped after the kiss. My mind went overdrive. Shit! Was Tayuya the redhead he was currently banging?
The door opened again and a brunette with jade eyes appeared. It's Ami, my lab partner last sem. She and I got off quite nicely because we share the same temperament. My eyes almost bulged out from their sockets when she also reached for Sasucakes and kissed him. Kissed him torridly at that! My fingers went cold and I started taking deep breaths. This cannot be happening to me! It just can't! The girl I saw with Sasucakes yesterday couldn't have been Ami! I knew I should have looked longer to see her face instead of running for dear life towards the mall exit!
"Good morning hot stuff. How have you been?" she caressed Sasuke's raven locks. "When we woke up, you weren't there," she didn't even notice me jaw-slacked beside the boy.
My throat hurt like hell and I would give anything to get out of this place! I need to scram and fast! I could feel tears prickling my eyes that I had to tilt my head upwards to prevent them from falling.
"Sakz," that voice. That voice that I dream of almost every night is calling for me. I didn't look at him. I know it pisses him off when he talks and I don't pay attention. But I simply couldn't care right now. He's going to make me choose between Ami and Tayuya for him! Is he freaking mental? I continued looking up the ceiling instead. "Sakz, look at me when I'm talking to you," I think I'm going to be sick. I could feel my stomach flipping over. I have to get out of here!
Hmmnn.. This chappie got a little longer than planned. Anyhow, I hoped you liked it. Please review!
