You are the one for me ❤
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Chapter 4: Reality
"You are so going down, Sai…" Sakura seethed to herself, getting herself in dodge ball stance. Ino noticed Sakura's glare, connecting to Sai, and scrunched her eyebrows.
"Sakura never hates anyone… Her expression is so scary and expresses hate… I've never seen an aura so dark and cold around her before. She's changed…" Ino noted to herself in anxiousness.
"Um, excuse me. Could I like, you know, step out of this match? It's gonna get my nails dirty, and worst case scenario, broken nails and messy hair!" Karin complained as she turned to Anko, giving her a bitchy look.
"Karin, your name is Karin, right?" Anko raised her eyebrows.
"Like duh, who doesn't know my name?" Karin rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"Karin eh? Would you rather have broken nails and messy hair, or your big fat red head being dumped into the toilet bowl?" Anko batted her eyelashes as she smiled sweetly, covering the wicked smile she had.
"What? You have no right to do something like that!" Karin stomped her feet, insulted.
"Maybe that's true. Well then, I'll do the second best thing. Detention for 2 weeks, 2 hours a day." Anko snapped her fingers.
"What! I didn't even do anything bad!"
"You did."
"Oh yeah? What did I do?"
"You pissed me off."
"BU-"
"Shut the whole in your face and start playing, before you get double the detention."
"YOU-YOU! I'm calling my lawyer!"
"As if." Anko ended their little argument and blew the whistle.
"Alright, maggots! It's time to rumble. This will be a 5 minute match." Anko nodded, as many people looked around at their friends, confused.
"That's too little time for a match." Shikamaru pointed out.'
"Let me finish. This is a match of life and death. It's called… The 5 minutes of Life and Death." Anko smirked.
"…That's so…lame. She just made up the name from the description of the match!" Naruto twitched.
"Maggot! SHUT IT. Anyway, we'll do it my style- no rules. Every person only has one shot, once they're out, they're out. Just kill the other opponents with those balls till no one from the opposing team is left standing." Anko instructed as she blew the whistle.
"LET IT ROLL!" Anko screamed in excitement.
"Oh yeah, Uchiha, You'll be going down first." Sai smirked as he drew his hand back and launched a ball towards Sasuke. Sasuke quickly dodged it by jumping down onto the floor, before standing up and moving around, observing the other players.
"Quick reflexes." Sakura commented as she dodged a ball, picked it up and threw it back, missing the person she aimed for.
"It's basic. Just observe the opponent's arm. Once he pulls it to any corner of his body, you'll know where it's heading and be able to dodge it on time. Now, focus." Sasuke ended his explanation and picked up a ball, aiming it at Sai. He swung his hand back and threw the ball at full force, attempting to injure the idiot, though it was a failed attempt as Sai quickly ducked.
"SASUKE! YOU'RE GOING DOWNNN!" Naruto laughed aloud as he quickly threw a ball at him.
"Yeah, right." Sasuke smirked as he caught the ball and threw it back at Naruto, hitting him in the stomach.
"UZUMAKI, OUT! 4 minutes left!" Anko announced.
"NOT FAIR!" Naruto whined as he went to sit at the bench.
"Revenge." Neji smirked as he picked a ball up and threw it, aiming it at Kiba.
"You're not gonna get me, Hyuuga, you think it's so easy? Noooo!" Kiba laughed as he caught the ball, not paying attention to Ino throwing a ball straight at him.
"HAH! Caught it-OUCH!" Kiba twitched as a ball hit his head. At that moment, Sakura quickly threw a ball, aiming it towards Karin, who did nothing but scream.
"AHHHH! MY NAI- OUCH! What was that for, bitch!" Karin growled.
"Karin, Inuzuka, Out!" Anko motioned them out of the court.
"Now's left with the Uchiha, Sakura, Girl with buns and the shy one." Sai narrowed his eyes.
"It's Ten Ten and Hinata, douche bag. We're on the losing side. It's only 3 of us, me, you andNeji." Ino snapped at him.
"Sheesh, whatever. I'll take Uchiha, you take Sakura and Neji, you take the other two." Sai commanded.
"The shy one's my cousin. No way am I taking her out." Neji glared at Sai.
"I'll do it! That way, she wouldn't get hit so hard. She's my friend." Ino spat at Sai as she muttered a sorry to Hinata before throwing a ball at her. Ten Ten widened her eyes and quickly tried pushing a frightened Hinata away, but unfortunately, the ball touched both of them.
"Double out! Ten Ten, female Hyuuga, out!"
"Well, that was easy. Sakura and Uchiha huh?" Sai grinned in malice.
"Crap. It's the two of us left." Sakura commented.
"We'll do fine. Sorry, but you'll have to take Ino out." Sasuke looked at her from the corner of his eye.
"She'll forgive me. How about Neji?" Sakura asked.
"UCHIHA, HARUNO, YOU MAGGOTS TALK TOO MUCH. LESS TALKING, MORE ACTION!" Anko screamed in anger.
"Team work." Sasuke smirked as he picked up two balls, passing one of them to Sakura.
"Just follow my lead." Sasuke said as he threw a ball at Neji, wiho dodged it. Sai launched a ball at Sasuke, who caught it and threw it at Neji again. Neji dodged again. Sakura suddenly widened her eyes.
"I get it."
Sasuke continued this cycle, either catching or dodging balls and throwing them to Neji, with Sakura catching balls and waiting for the right moment to strike. Ino and Sai slowly got their defense down and concentrated on the attack, thinking that Sasuke was only aiming at Neji. Sakura grinned as she finally threw a ball at Ino, who didn't expect that attack to come at all, and got hit on her shoulder. Neji widened his eyes, shocked at the sudden attack at Ino and got hit out when Sakura threw a ball at him, with Sasuke defending her by catching all the balls that went her way.
"Good Strategy…Aiming the attacks at only one person at first, causing the other opponents to lower their guard and focus at attacking because they know the balls wouldn't go their way. Sasuke used this so that Sakura could attack Ino when she lowered her guard." Shikamaru nodded in respect to both Sasuke and Sakura.
"YAMANAKA, MALE HYUUGA, OUT!" Anko announced once again as Neji and Ino dragged their feets to the benches. She looked at her stop watch, before standing up in excitement.
"1 Minute left." Anko's eyes widened in anticipation.
"It's two against one. How is that fair?" Naruto complained.
"Anything can happen, in a game of dodgeball." Ten Ten tensed up at the aura of the match.
It was gloomy and filled with hatred. Sasuke and Sakura glared at Sai for their different reasons, while Sai only glared back at Sasuke. This left the class to think about the relationship between this three. One thing they knew for sure; It was complicated.
"Sakura, you don't like him, do ya?" Sasuke looked at her.
"…No- Wait, how do you know?" Sakura broadened her eyes and looked at Sasuke in confusion.
"I…just know… We'll leave that to later. Let's bring this ass face down." Sasuke blinked, mentally slapping himself for almost giving away that he knew her secret. Sakura in turn nodded after a while and picked up a ball. At that moment, Sai threw two balls towards both Sasuke and Sakura. They both jerked at the sudden attack and tried to move away quick. Sasuke almost got hit but managed to dodge it, while Sakura caught the other ball and threw it back, missing Sai. Suddenly, Sai threw another ball, and they only noticed it when it got over the net.
"SHIT!" Sakura gasped as she saw where it was headed, Sasuke. She quickly dipped for the ground and pushed him away from the ball at the same time, and Sai took this opportunity to quickly throw another ball down at her, striking her ankle, making it snap.
"GAAAHHHHHH!" Sakura screamed in pain and agony, causing everyone to widen their eyes with shock and terror, witnessing her pained expression and scream.
"SAKURA!" Sasuke, Sai, Ino and the gang shouted.
"Stop the match! I withdraw, I lose! Sai's team wins, I don't care, it's not important. I'm taking her to the nurse's." Sasuke snapped, lifting Sakura in his arms and running out of the gym doors, leaving the class and Anko speechless.
"He's never the type that withdraws or gives up on stuff halfway…" Anko muttered.
"That's so not Uchiha… He never did that before…" Sai mumbled.
"SAI YOU FREAK, HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO SAKURA!" Ino roared as attempted to punch him on the face, forgetting that he had learnt martial arts before. Sai blocked the attack and glared at her.
"It was an accident and I didn't want it to happen." Sai seethed.
"Some nerve you've got there, after you did that to her. You're such a…" Ino breathed heavily in anger.
"Idiot." Shikamaru offered the word, and soon, almost half the class joined in.
"Jerk."
"Bastard."
"Asshole."
"Butt face."
"Moron.
"Loser."
"No life."
This went on and on, before Sai growled and stormed out of the gym.
"Hey, you okay? You passed out halfway down the hallway." Sasuke said to Sakura, who just started to open her eyes.
"Where am I?"
"The nurse's office. How's your ankle? Still stinging?" Sasuke asked in concern.
"It's fine now…Still stings a bit though… Thanks for bringing me here." Sakura smiled as she sat up.
"It wasn't easy, you being heavy and all." Sasuke chuckled a little.
"What? I take it back! You suck!" Sakura turned away.
"Kidding, Kidding. How should I take care of him?" Sasuke raised his brow.
"What?"
"Sai. I've yet to get back at him. I stayed here with you throughout." Sasuke stated.
"Really? That's sweet of you, really. You don't have to get back at him." Sakura sighed.
"I will, eventually." Sasuke shrugged, leaning back on the chair he was sitting on and closed his eyes..
"Sasuke."
"Hmm?"
"How did you know I didn't like Sai?" Sakura stared at him as she asked the question he didn't want to answer.
"Huh?"
"You heard me."
"…"
"Answer me!"
"It's the look in your eyes. I can see it when you glared at him just now. Filled with hate, sadness and…hate." Sasuke lied, and it was a successful attempt when he saw Sakura nod a little.
"I see… You sure that's all? No other sources or stuff like that?" Sakura asked him again, suspecting something.
"Aa."
"Okay then."
"SAKURA! You okay?" Sai suddenly barged into the room, running up to Sakura.
"S-Sai? I'm fine…" Sakura tried to smile. Sasuke narrowed his eyes as she smiled at Sai and turned to glare at him.
"Thank god…How's your ankle?" Sai asked again.
"Yeah, it'll heal soon. I'm really fine, no worries." Sakura reassured Sai.
"How am I gonna answer to your bro? Get well soon, okay?" Sai smiled at her, before turning to the person next to her.
"Uchiha. You just gave the match up like that, how fitting of a rival." Sai mocked.
"Hn, whatever… Get your disfigured face out of this room." Sasuke seethed.
"Ohh, touchy, touchy. Anyway, get well soon, Sakura." Sai smiled as he walked out of the room.
"…You do know that he doesn't care about you right? Only about what your brother would say?" Sasuke just let the comment slip out of his mouth, and regretted it just as it did. He widened his eyes and put two fingers on his lips. Sakura's face darkened a little but she soon smiled slightly at Sasuke.
"Yeah, I know. Sasori would be mad." Sakura sighed as she looked down at the floor sadly. Sasuke could only smack himself mentally for saying something so harsh. Though, what could he do? It was just reality. They just continued sitting in silence after that comment.
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