And just to clear things up Naruto had liked Sakura before he met Sasuke so it would fit if he started going out with her and it made it that much easier for Sasuke to believe it and Naruto has anger problem so he gets mad when Sasuke doesn't believe him. which in turn made he go with Sakura.
I hope that either straightened things out or just confused the hell out of you. Anyway read on.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
'sasuke's inner voice'
Together
Chapter 4
The next morning Itachi woke up early and got out of bed. 'Naruto…I don't care how much trouble I get in but you are going to get the crap beat out of you.' He headed to the bathroom and took a shower.
Across the hall Sasuke had her head on her desk, she had fallen asleep while drawling and didn't make it to her bed. When the sun rose over the horizon and came through her window, her onyx eyes opened and she sat up 'I…guess I fell asleep.' She looked across her room at the small alarm clock on her nightstand that read 5:30 AM.
She stood up and stretched before looking down at her cell phone that was currently laying on her desk. She picked it up and saw that she had missed a call 'I wonder who called?' shrugging it off as she heard the door across from hers open and close. 'itachi' she got up and followed the footsteps downstairs
She slowly looked around the corner into the kitchen to see Itachi with his back to her, she inwardly sighed before quietly walking back upstairs and getting changed.
Sasuke stood in front of the mirror in her bathroom, she had put on a black shirt with black baggy pants. She also put a wristband with spikes around her uninjured wrist 'maybe I can convince Itachi to let me stay home.' She retched up and pulled her long raven hair into a loose ponytail before leaving her room again. As she stepped into the kitchen Itachi looked up from were he was sitting at the table.
"Sasuke? why are you up so early?" Sasuke silently shrugged while grabbing some bread to make toast. An uncomfortable silence filled the room as Sasuke sat down, Itachi let out an defeated sigh. "Come on Sasuke you know you can talk to me." He watched as Sasuke looked in his direction but kept her eyes away from his. 'Damn it. She's not going to talk.' Itachi snapped from his thoughts when he heard his watch start beeping. Glancing down at his watch his was surprised to see that it was already 7:25.
"Come on it's time for school." His voice held no emotion but on the inside he was keeping his anger in sharp check, he just kept telling himself over and over to wait until school.' Sasuke silently stood and followed Itachi out to the car, a few minutes later they were at the school. Itachi cut off the engine and turned to Sasuke.
"Hey I know you don't what to be here today but you have to." He paused and she gave him a small nod. He gave her a sad look.
"Sasuke if Naruto tries anything please go to the teachers." Sasuke picked up her head to look at him. For as long as she could remember she had never heard Itachi say please and hearing him say it now made her realize he actually cared. Sasuke gave Itachi a small smile and spoke in a low, cracked voice.
"I will thanks." He inwardly sighed in relief, but was slightly confused as to why she talked 'it normally takes longer for her to start talking again.' He gave her a smile and watched as she left the car, he was able to catch her eyes go from trusting to blank before she disappeared into the building.
The moment she was gone Itachi's expression instantly turned pissed off. He got out of the car and walked into the school. As he walked through the door Kisame saw him, he was about to say something when Itachi just walked past him with out even giving him a glance. 'Crap this is NOT going to be good.' Kisame quickly followed Itachi.
As they walked through the hallways some of the kids that were in the hall- who knew Itachi- could tell that something was going down. Murmurs spread through the group that was now following Itachi as Kisame tried to talk to him but nothing seemed to be working. Itachi's attention was focused only on the pain he was going to inflict on Naruto. One would say that Neji had very bad timing when he got slammed into the lockers by Itachi.
"What the hell?" Itachi glared into his eyes and spoke with venom lacing his voice.
"Where is Naruto?" Neji wasn't an idiot and could clearly tell that Naruto was in deep shit.
"I just saw him heading toward his homeroom." Itachi dropped him and headed in the direction of the room when Neji spoke out.
"I suggest you not go in there." Itachi turned his piercing gaze back onto Neji.
"and why the hell not?" silence momentarily filled the hallway before Neji spoke.
"Because I don't think Sasuke would want to see that." Itachi looked like he was about to hurt someone but instead he grabbed Neji by the shoulder and shoved he in the direction of the room.
"Then I suggest you get your ass in there and bring him out." Neji didn't need to be told twice by an enraged Uchiha, so he quickly moved to an open door that was a little further down the hall.
-inside the classroom-
Sasuke had made it too her homeroom without looking at or talking to anyone and was perfectly fine sitting alone in the back, until some one came up to her desk and spoke to her.
"Sasuke." she didn't look up, she didn't need to in order to see that Naruto was trying to talk to her.
"Sasuke come on at least acknowledge that you know I'm here." Sasuke remained silent, the trust she had for him completely gone. Suddenly Sasuke saw a flash of pink in the corner of her eye and inwardly cringed 'great she's here.'
"Hey Naruto how was your wee- What happened to your face?" Naruto sighed and shrugged off Sakura before looking back at Sasuke who still hadn't moved or said anything.
"Sakura could you leave us alone I'm trying to talk to Sasuke." Sakura couldn't believe what she just heard. 'I could have sworn I told that bitch to leave Naruto alone.' Her glare landed on Sasuke and she put her hands on her desk.
"What is your problem? God I can't believe Naruto liked you. I don't even get why your parents kept you, you're such a disgrace." Sasuke silently accepted Sakura's painful words until they were interrupted by Neji.
"Hey! Naruto your wanted in the hall." Sasuke didn't move when Neji spoke, she was to lost in her own mind. She was in the middle of a mental fight with herself.
'they are right you know.'
'not you again'
'yes me.' Her inner self gave an evil laugh 'come on you know it's true and you know Itachi doesn't really care'
'stop it that's a lie! He is the only one that cares.'
'if he cares so much then why didn't he step in before Naruto hurt you? And I bet the please he said was just fake after all look what your father did, Itachi could end up doing the same thing.' sasuke inwardly froze.
'I guess your right…I bet no one would even know I'm gone'
'there you go your getting it now. No one will care, hell they would probably be happy your gone.' Sasuke snapped from her self hating thoughts when she heard some one say something about Itachi. She glanced over to see Neji standing a few feet away talking with Naruto.
"Dude I am being serious! You don't believe me then leave this classroom and get the shit beat out of you." Naruto glared at the dark haired boy in front of him.
"Come on Itachi wouldn't intentionally start a fight during school. ever he isn't that dumb." Neji gave an irritated sigh.
"You didn't see the look in his eyes." Naruto shrugged his shoulders and sighed.
"Fine whatever I'll go see what he wants." When they headed toward the door Sasuke silently got up and followed them out the door where a huge crowd was gathered to watch the fight. 'I know he will hate me but I don't care, if father finds out he started a fight about me he will disown him just like…me.' Sasuke quickly and silently pushed through the crowd until she was standing behind Kisame who was behind Itachi.
The fight started so suddenly it took a least a minute before the crowd noticed. Both Itachi and Naruto where taking and receiving punches, the fight looked evenly matched until a voice from the outside of the crowd yelled.
"TEACHER!" Naruto turned his attention to the direction the yell came from only to get a hard punch to the jaw. Just as he was about to return the punch sasuke dashed out from behind Kisame and shoved Itachi out of the way taking the punch.
Everyone who was paying attention to the fight was shocked, Naruto couldn't believe that he had just hit sasuke. (again) but what surprised them even more was right as the teacher got through the crowd Sasuke throw a punch at Naruto. The teacher of course only saw Sasuke's punch grabbed her by the arm and stopped her from throwing another.
"Wa-" before Kisame could even complete a word Itachi cut him off with a cough. The teacher ignored the silent exchange and quickly took charge of the situation.
"Alright this fight is officially over, get back to your classrooms now. Oh and Mr. Uzamaki you will go to the guidance counselor's office while I deal with Miss Uchiha." Naruto nodded and immediately headed to the counselor's office.
The crowd had all but disappeared when the teacher pulled Sasuke by her arm to the main office not even noticing the pain on Sasuke face. Ounce the door was shut the teacher moved over and sat down in her chair.
"Sit." Sasuke did as told and took the seat in front of her desk. The room fell into a uncomfortable silence with the occasional sound of typing coming from the teachers computer. After what felt like forever the teacher spoke to Sasuke.
"Well…Sasuke this really surprises me. You have never done anything wrong before, so why start a fight during school?" Sasuke dropped her head and remained silent 'I can't tell her, she wouldn't understand.' With a sad sigh the teacher rolled her chair closer to her desk and picked up her phone.
"Sasuke if you won't talk then I will have to call your parents." Sasuke inwardly winced 'I had a feeling you would do that.' But remained some what calm on the outside and spoke in a whisper.
"My parents aren't home." The teacher was taken aback and hung up the phone when the answering machine picked up.
"then where are they?" Sasuke continued in a whisper.
"They left yesterday on a business trip they should be back tonight." The teacher nodded but was a little suspicious.
"Well seeing as this is your first offence I will let you go back to class but just remember I will contact your house tonight to talk to your parents." Sasuke gave a small nod.
"Hia" she took the hall pass and walking back to class.
Whispers quickly spread through the class when Sasuke quietly handed her teacher the pass and took her seat in the back of the room. She was careful not to make a single sound. Even when the teacher let the class talk 5 minutes before the bell rang. Naruto's friend Kiba, who Sasuke got along with alright, tried to get her to talk but she didn't utter a single word.
The day went by fairly quickly and soon the bell signaling lunch rang and the students moved through the halls. Sasuke silently and quickly moved through the constantly shifting sea of students until she was in the cafeteria.
Since today was Monday Sasuke bought her lunch at school instead of bringing one and once she had her lunch she headed toward one of the corners when a familiar but unwelcome figure stopped her.
"Hey Sasuke." When she looked at him he smiled.
"Come on why don't you eat lunch with me?" His voice had an air that said believe me and she was about to nod when the blond demon from hell (as she inwardly called him now.) walked up to them.
"Not before I have a word with her." Sasuke was withdrawing further into her mind and as the two boys argued she quietly slipped out one of the side doors to the cafeteria. As she moved through the halls she was careful to avoid all eye and physical contact. What she didn't seem to notice was that Deidara had followed her until she went outside.
Ounce outside she moved over to one of the trees scattered here and there. She sat down under one and slowly ate her lunch. It would have been nice if halfway through eating she heard a voice she really, really didn't want to hear.
"Hey cow." Sasuke didn't have to look up to see that Sakura and the other three girls were standing there with their hands either on their hips or crossed. When she didn't say anything Sakura started to get mad.
"I wasn't finish talking to you in homeroom." She glared down at the raven-haired girl.
"Why were you talking to my Naruto when I told you he doesn't want you. You're too fat and no one else likes you." Sasuke tried to speak but was cut off by Ino.
"Sakura I think you were right. I think that her parents didn't want her and that's why she has someone so hot as a brother." The four girl giggled in agreement that Itachi was hot.
"I can't understand how he puts up with you. I bet he is just waiting for the right moment before he starts hating you too." The whole time Sasuke was trying to get a word in but every time she started the girls would cut her off, so she sat and listened to the words that cut her so deeply.
'see I told you it was true, even the idiots can see it.'
'I see…maybe the world would be better without me here.'
'that's right!'
'I bet…Itachi would be…happy if I …wasn't…here.'
'come on girl don't kid yourself you know he would be thrilled.'
'your right in that case.' The three girls that had kept on reciting insults to the raven were surprised when the raven got up and ran off the school grounds.
"See I told you she was I cry baby." Hinata looked back at Sakura and spoke in a quiet but calm voice.
"Hey Sakura, I think we went to far. Sasuke's an A student she wouldn't leave school." The pink haired girl glared at Hinata.
"You changing sides on us?" Hinata quickly shook her head.
"No I would never." Sakura put an evil smile on her face and turned back towards the school.
"Good, now let's go find Naruto." As the group left they passed a slightly worried Deidara. 'Crap! I sent that kid five minutes ago were is Itachi. Normally if you say something happened to Sasuke he would be here in a flash.' The blond barely finished his thought when the every person on his mind quickly pushed open the door.
"Deidara! What happened?" said person hesitated before answering.
"I followed Sasuke outside because I wanted to talk to her, but when I stepped outside I saw her running away from the pink-haired girl." He could tell that Itachi was trying to mask his worry but wasn't doing a very good job.
"Damn it! Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Deidara flinched.
"I sent that kid to get you because if I hadn't stayed I wouldn't have found out where she went." Itachi eyed him until it registered what he said.
"Were did she go?" Deidara quickly told him.
"She headed in the direction of your house." Itachi inwardly cursed. 'I can't believe what's happening.' He glanced back at Deidara.
"Go tell Kisame what happened, you guys can come but I don't think you'll like it." He didn't wait for a reply from his confused friend and took off in the direction of his house.
He was there in record time only to find the door locked. 'Crap! She's actually going to try again.' He quickly moved to the side of the house and opened the kitchen window. 'good thing mom left the window open.' He climbed through the now open window and hurried up the stair but came to a sudden halt when he reached the top.
Itachi's gaze was fixed on the floor a little down the hall. Coming from the crack under Sasuke door was a small stream of crimson blood. 'crap! I'm too late to stop her.' He moved over to the door and tried to open it but something was blocking it.
"Damn it Sasuke." He moved quickly, stepping back he throw his shoulder into the door. It opened enough for him to get in. He pulled Sasuke away from the door and sat her up against the wall.
"Sasuke…what happened?" Her eyes were slightly open and glazed over, itachi hurried into the bathroom and came back with a first aid kit and a wash cloth. He grabbed Sasuke's left wrist and saw a deep gash running across it, he barely registered that the brace he had put on earlier was currently lying useless on the floor. The blood was still flowing so he grabbed the roll of bandages and tightly wrapped the bleeding wrist. As he reached for the other wrist he heard rapid knocking come from the front door he inwardly cursed then yelled down the stairs.
"Hold on!" he moved back over to Sasuke and grabbed her right wrist. 'Crap! It's still bleeding too.' He again tightly wrapped the bandage around her wrist and picked her up off the blood smeared floor and carried her down stairs. He placed her on the couch as another set of rapid knocks came from the door, this time Itachi could hear a voice on the other side.
"Damn it Itachi open the door." Itachi let out a sigh of relief when he recognized Kisame's voice. He glanced down at Sasuke before quickly moving over and opening the door. Kisame inwardly smiled.
"God I thought you weren't here." Itachi looked around but didn't see Deidara.
"Were is-" he was cut off when Kisame answered.
"He thought it would be bad if all of us were to leave school." Itachi nodded his understanding and moved aside to let his blue friend come in.
"Is Sasuke ok?" Itachi dropped his head and Kisame's eyes widened.
"What happened?" the blue teen had a slightly panicked voice. Itachi didn't say a word just slowly walked over to the living room and looked in. Kisame walked over next to his friend and followed his gaze. When he saw Sasuke passed out of the couch with blood soaking parts of her cloth.
"Oh god what did she do?" Itachi had a sad look in his eyes and quietly answered him.
"She tried to kill herself…again." Kisame caught sight of the bandages around her wrists and cursed.
"Why?" Itachi drew his eyes away from Sasuke only to land them on Kisame.
"as far as I know it could have been one of two things. The first being that the stress of having been betrayed and then taking the blame for the fight. Which the principal is probably going to call later to tell them. It might have just been to much for her to cope with." He paused and sighed.
"The second being something that pink-haired bitch and her friends said on top of everything else." Kisame gave him a confused look. "You know the girl with pink hair that has a blond friend that wouldn't leave me alone." Kisame nodded in understanding. They were silent for a while. Itachi looked up at the clock that was on the wall, it currently read 1:27 pm. 'school will end in a few minutes.'
They had been quietly sitting in the living room for three hours. Itachi snapped his attention to the girl on the couch when he saw her face change to a pained expression. He spared a glance at Kisame who could also see Sasuke's face.
"Is she ok?" Itachi didn't answer but watched Sasuke intently.
TBCA depressed Sasuke how will their parents react to the teacher's callWill Itachi be able to help?
Don't you just love high school girl there so nice and caring… HA… I tried but I just couldn't say it with a straight face.
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