Here's chapter 7! finally!
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Enjoy!
Ino started walking towards her friends. She locked her gaze with Sasuke's. He just stared at her intently, no emotion showing on his face. She shivered and Sasuke somehow noticed and frowned. Ino tore her gaze away and instead fixed it on Tenten who was running towards her. Said girl hugged her and Ino hugged back.
"I'm so happy to see you!" she started, "Why didn't you come to school Friday?" Ino laughed at Tenten's concern. The girl had sometimes overreacting habits; she was acting as if Ino had terminal cancer and that she was about to die by any moment now.
"I just didn't feel very well, so I went home." Ino answered. She hated lying to her friends, but she could impossibly tell them it was about the same pink haired girl they were talking about two minutes ago. As Tenten broke the hug, Ino's eyes looked for Kiba's and eventually found him staring at her. It was as if he didn't notice Naruto yelling at him. Ino's hand unconsciously went to the red bandana. Kiba followed her hand with his gaze. When he saw what she had grabbed, he looked up and met her gaze again, frowning confusingly. Ino simply smiled at him and he smiled back as soon as he noticed. It was as if a message passed between the two of them. A message only Sasuke noticed.
"Hey everyone!" a cheery voice said. They all turned around to meet a small girl with bluish hair. Behind the girl stood Hinata, who arrived at the same time. Everyone, except Sasuke, Ino and Kiba, arched a brow in confusion. Yuki never talked to them. Well, sometimes she did, but it was very unusual. It's not that they didn't like her. Oh, no! Everyone loved her. She was one of the sweetest girls in school who didn't let her ego take over her, as she was popular.
"Yuki… what are you doing here?" Shikamaru asked. The girl turned towards him, closed her eyes and smiled. She seemed happier than usual. Her hair was waving in her face but she didn't mind.
"I came to see Sasuke, my boyfriend."
Everything went silent. Everyone stared wide-eyed at the girl as if she was some kind of ghost. Sasuke never dated before. He had one-night stands but never dated. This was unusual and everyone turned his or her gaze towards said boy. He just sighed. Naruto laughed.
"There's no way teme would ever go out with someone…" everyone looked at Naruto. They were all thinking the same. It was just impossible. Sasuke wasn't the dating type. "…Right?"
Yuki turned her gaze towards Sasuke and asked: "You didn't tell them, did you?" It was kind of funny to see a little girl scold a big guy. Sasuke looked away.
"It's true." He said.
"It's kind of surprising isn't it." Ino said. "Many girls often asked you to go out with you but you'd always refuse. And when Yuki asks you, you accept."
"What are you saying?" Sasuke asked annoyed. They faced each other and Ino smiled at him.
"Last time I checked," she continued, " you didn't have any interest at all in her. And you couldn't have possibly gone out with her out of pity; Uchiha Sasuke doesn't pity any girl. So I can only think of one reason."
Sasuke glared at her. "Which would be?"
"Jealousy." She said. "You want to make someone jealous." Sasuke's glare intensified. Everyone could feel the tension between them growing. Hinata watched worriedly how Yuki slowly backed away and left quickly. Hinata wanted to go after her seeing the tears streaming down her face, but couldn't leave her friends behind.
Naruto reached out to both of them. "O… Oi… Guys…" He tried.
Sasuke smirked. "To make someone jealous? Who would I want to make jealous? You? Why would I?" he quickly glanced at Kiba; it made Ino narrow her eyes. "I'd rather take that pink haired friend of yours. What was her name again?" he put his finger on his chin as if he was deep in thoughts. "Oh, yeah. Sakura, wasn't it?"
Ino's eyes widened. Naruto turned to her. "You mean that, that pink haired girl I was talking about… You know her?" But they both ignored him.
"I guess she would be a great fuck, don't you ? It'd be a great pleasure to take away that bit of purity tha-" SLAP! Tears came down Ino's cheeks and fell on the ground. The mark of her hand was graved on Sasuke's now red cheek.
"Don't you dare to think about it! She's not just a fuck, she's a girl! Like every other girl you fucked! But you just can't see that! The only thing you see is a one night stand! You're just a fucker! A god damned fucker who can't do anything else but to walk in the steps of his older brother!" She turned around and ran away. Everyone stared in shock. Especially Sasuke.
Sakura stared up at the sky; the sunglasses protecting her eyes. She was sitting on the same bench as Friday, listening to the singing birds. She was sure that she was safe here; that none of Ino's friends would be there. She still didn't tell Ino anything about her meeting Hinata's boyfriend. She knew she should've done it immediately, but just couldn't bring it up. And Ino would have found out by then, since she was meeting up with her friends today.
Neither did she tell about the player she met Saturday. She didn't even know if Ino knew him, but she hoped not. She had never been this careless before. It was all because they decided that they would play hide and seek in the park and Ino didn't even try to stop them.
But she shouldn't blame her. She did take her away before the others could find her. School even called a few minutes ago, right before she left. Her parents just got home from their business trip and immediately heard bad news from the principal. Apparently, she didn't come to school Friday nor today. Her mother excused her by saying she was sick, but was infuriated when she hung up. Ino was going to have problems but it was her own fault.
Sakura's ears perked up when she heard someone running towards her. It was a girl and she was sad. Sakura stared in front of her again. The girl stopped in front of her and spoke quietly, almost uncertain.
"Can I sit here, please?"
Sakura nodded. The girl continued to sniff, but Sakura didn't mind; everyone had the right to cry when the person was sad. After a while, the girl finally stopped. She sighed once again.
"I'm sorry if I'm bothering you. I just…" she trailed off as her tears threatened to fall again.
"I don't mind." the girl continued to sniff. The sound would've annoyed anyone, but not Sakura. She just pitied the girl.
"It's stupid, isn't it? Crying over a boy?" the girl sniffed again. Sakura kept silent. Of course she thought it was stupid. Boys were stupid, dating was stupid, love was stupid, because in the end, girls only got hurt because of that. So Sakura thought it was stupid to cry over it. She learned that a long time ago. "But you wouldn't understand, would you? Such a pretty girl like you could've never been dumped by the boy she loves, have you?"
She's pathetic.
Stop being mean and comfort her!
"You're right, í don't." She heard her say a little 'ha' and sniff again. "But only because I never dated before, nor did ever I love a boy before." Judging from her aura, she seemed really surprised, and Sakura was sure she turned her head to look at her with wide eyes. It made her smirk.
"You're kidding right?" her sniffing suddenly stopped. "You are like, what? The most beautiful girl in the world?"
Her smirk disappeared and she looked up again. She said nothing. How the hell could she answer her? she didn't know what she looked like. Sure, Ino, her mom and dad and many other people said she was pretty and sometimes even beautiful. But what was she like compared to other girls? Was she still beautiful, or was she just an average girl? A girl can always be pretty, but compared to another girl she could be the most ugliest thing people have ever seen.
She knew very well that her family wouldn't tell her that she was ugly, that just wasn't right. But she was tired of always hearing the same thing. There hasn't been one time that someone told her that she was ugly, like everyone had the same thoughts. And that was boring and annoying. She just wanted someone tell her truthfully that she was ugly.
"Oh, come on. Don't tell me you've never watched yourself in a mirror?" And now it was gone. Well not entirely, her sadness was still hidden somewhere deep inside of her, but was mostly replaced by annoyed and frustrated waves.
She once again decided not to answer.
Confusion and doubt took over the girl. "Can you… can you remove your… your glasses?" she hesitated when she said this. Sakura stiffened. Shit! How was she supposed to get herself out of this one? The girl was smart and it was just her luck that Sakura had to encounter her. She would be luckier if the girl in question were to know Ino. Oh, if that was the case, she wouldn't hear the end of it. Especially since she probably already knows about her meeting Hinata's boyfriend. And maybe even the he-kissed-my-hand guy. Damn, she was one hell of a lucky girl today.
Silence seemed to be Sakura's only solution. She was taken by surprise when the girl suddenly took off her glasses. She tried to reach out for them, but as the sun hit her eyes, she closed them immediately. She put her arm to shield her eyes more from the sun.
The girl sighed and put her hand on Sakura's shoulder. "My name is Shimamura Yuki."
Sakura let her arms fall back, her eyes still closed. "You shouldn't cry. It doesn't fit your name."
Yuki giggled. "I know, right?" she said. "I'm usually always happy."
A comfortable silence followed. They both enjoyed it, and Sakura could feel Yuki getting happier. She slowly opened her eyes and adjusted them to the sunlight hitting them. "Sakura." she started. "My name is Sakura… Haruno Sakura."
Yuki turned to face Sakura. She grew happier, which was weird since Sakura expected her to be surprised. Yuki took Sakura's hands in her own. "I'm happy." Yuki said with a smile plastered on her face. "I'm happy because you trust me."
Sakura smiled.
I smile a lot these days… what's wrong with me?
Don't worry, once you get home, it'll disappear immediately…
Ino opened the wooden door to enter her house. A smell of ramen hit her in the face. Sakura can't cook… confused, she turned around and saw a black car on the other side of the road. My parents! Ino smiled to herself and ran inside, closing the door. As she entered the kitchen, she immediately spotted her father reading the news papers.
"Daddy!" she took him by surprise and hugged him from behind. Yamanaka Inoichi dropped the papers and put his hands on his daughter's arms. "Welcome back!" Inoichi laughed and stood up. He hugged Ino with little of his might. He looked up to see a woman with fair hair standing in the doorway. Ino followed his gaze which finally fell on her mother's green eyes. "Mom! I'm so happy to see you again!" Yamanaka Izumi hugged her daughter. When she let go, Ino took a step back and stared in her mother's stern eyes.
"I got a call from school a few hours ago" She said. "Apparently, you were absent on Friday and today. Do you mind explaining yourself, young lady?" Izumi crossed her arms and looked at her daughter. Ino felt uncomfortable under her mother's gaze and shifted.
"Well… Friday was because Sakura was in the park and…" Ino didn't know what to say. She couldn't tell her that every Friday morning she skipped school because her teacher was 3 hours late… "I-… Sakura doesn't have anything to do with it… I… I didn't feel well so I stayed home…" Very smooth, Ino. Couldn't you come up with that story a little sooner?
Her mother eyed her suspiciously and sighed. Yamanaka Izumi wasn't stupid; she knew very well Ino was lying and just skipped school. She gave her daughter a disappointed look and turned around. As she walked towards the dining room to get plates, she shouted: "Go and get Sakura, she's in the park. And hurry up a little, will you? Lunch is almost ready"
Ino sighed as she put her rucksack on the ground and left for the park. This must have been the worst day of her life. The routine she and her family, including Sakura, built up was ruined. Never in her life had she thought that one day Sakura would be exposed to her friends. They may not know anything, but they start talking about with their parents, there would be trouble. Only Kiba knew about the story, but she trusted him enough to not tell anyone about Sakura's existence. Naruto was going to tell everyone he saw her, but apparently he didn't know she was blind. And even if he knew, nobody would believe him, since he has the reputation of being a liar.
Sasuke was another story. He actually knew her name and there was a big chance he would know about the fact that she was blind. The other big problem was that his parents were head of Konoha's Police Department. They probably knew about the family but since the Hokage took care of everything in the end, they did not know about the fact that there was still a survivor. If they were to find out, they could accuse the Hokage for fraud, by hiding something of big importance from the police. The Haruno case was the most important one since 20 years.
She turned in the park and wandered around, trying to find the bench Sakura was sitting on today. After 10 minutes, she found her but she wasn't alone. A dark haired girl was sitting next to her and laughed. When she turned her head, Ino recognized Yuki's pink eyes. Oh god… Not now…
Yuki saw Ino, and waved her over. She saw Sakura getting up. She must have sensed Ino's presence. Ino neared them and Sakura turned her gaze towards her.
"Ino! Hey, how are you?" Yuki asked.
"I'm fine, just a little tired." Yuki eyed her suspiciously.
"Say, aren't you supposed to be at school?" she wondered. She suddenly thought of something. "Oh... i'ts because of Sasuke-kun..."
"Yeah... Hey, I'm sorry about what I said. I didn't mean it." Ino said. "I bet he really likes you!"
To Ino's surprise, Yuki shook her head. "Anyway, I guess you came here to bring your friend back. She must have been the one Sasuke was looking for in the cafe."
Ino remembered that very well. it was the day he broke her heart. She shook her head trying not to think about it; even if she is in love with Kiba, doesn't mean she never had feelings for Sasuke. They bid their goob-byes and left. Ino pulled Sakura by her arm.
"Ino, you're angry." Sakura stated. Ino stopped and turned around. she grabbed Sakurea by her shoulders and shook her.
"Of course I am! Why didn't you tell me, huh?" She yelled. "Naruto is not the real problem, but Sasuke of all people! His parents are head of the police departement. Do you know what that means?"
Sakura shook her head. "I-I don't know their names..." She whispered.
Ino sighed. "Naruto is a crazy guy. He's an idiot and becomes friends with everybody." She explained. "Sasuke is the oppsite. He is moody, ego-centric and a player. Don't get near him."
"Sasuke? he is the guy you were talking about with Yuki. Is he one of your friends? How come you never talked about him to me?"
"I talked all the time about him. He was my former crush." Ino answered. "But I know him. Don't get near him, Sakura."
"Ino... there... there is something i have to tell..." Sakura hesitated. Was it really all right to tell it to Ino?
"Oh god, what now?"
Yes, she should do it. Ino was the only one she could talk to and she also had the rights to know. They are best friend after all."I've taken an interest in him."
Ino's eyes narrowed. This wasn't good. Sasuke was a player and he confirmed her this morning he was ready to sleep with Sakura. "Tell me you're wrong..." she said in a low menacing voice.
Sakura panicked. Ino didn't approve. But she was sure. Sakura was sure. "No! I..." She didn't get to finish her sentence because Ino pulled her away.
"We're going home. Mum made lunch. And you are going to forget Sasuke." She ordered.
"But Ino! You don't-"
"Shut it! Sasuke is no good. You should know, I thought you were so great with reading auras!"
"Stop!" Sakura cried. She was desperate to make ner best friend understand. She understood why Ino was upset. After all, he did break her heart.
"No!"
"Ino! I think he's the one!"
Ino stopped dead in her tracks. It was as if time had stopped. It might as well have been; hell had frozen over.
Ok! so I decided not to discontinue it. but it might take me a while before uploading the next stories because i kind of have no inspiration left for this story. And they will be shorter i think. I already have other ideas fo stories, but i'll first have to finish this one before talking about it. and then i'll also write all the chapters before publishing them. i hope you enjoyed! :D
