A/N: Ohai! :)) do you still remember me? I hope so. :3 Sorry for the hiatus here is Chapter 9! :3 and this story will not be discontinued. Promise :3 I will finish what I started :D Nuff talk. Enjoy reading~
My Cousin's Bestfriend
Chapter 9: Siblings and Tennis
"Class, quiet down" Kakashi ordered. The chatters stopped and they looked at their teacher. "Good, today I'm going to introduce 2 new students" Kakashi said. Murmurs were heard and Kakashi cleared his throat to stop it. "You two can come in now" Kakashi said. The two came in and Sakura's eyes widen. Girls squealed and some boys whistled. "Introduce yourselves please" Kakashi said.
The girl introduced herself first. "Hi, I'm Sabaku no Temari, I hate cocky people, nice to meet you all" Temari said. She seems a bit emo Sakura thought. "I'm Sabaku no Gaara, Temari is my sister" Gaara said. The girls squealed again and Sakura found herself smiling.
"So that's the Gaara you're talking about" Sasuke muttered to Sakura. Sakura nodded and looked to Gaara again. Gaara smiled at her and Sakura smiled back. Sasuke watched the interaction and he felt that feeling again whenever Sakura mentions Gaara.
"Gaara, you can sit next to that blonde girl" Kakashi said. Gaara nodded and sat next to Ino, Ino smiled at Gaara and Gaara smirked back making Ino blushed. "And you Temari, you can sit in the left of Ino" Kakashi said. Temari nodded and sat to her desk. (A/N: So their seating arrangement are like this, Shika, Chouji, Naruto (whose seat is currently empty), Sakura, Sasuke, Neji. On their front, random student, another random student, Temari, Ino, Gaara, and random student)
Sasuke stared intensely at Gaara who was in front of his seat. Gaara felt he was being stared at so he looked at his back. Sasuke continuously stared to him and soon they are in a staring contest. Sakura noticed this and she decided to break it.
"Oi panda, Nice to see you again" Sakura said. "You too tora" Gaara said. Sakura smiled and looked at Sasuke. "Err..I don't know what to say to you" Sakura said awkwardly. Sasuke looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "Well, how can I be comfortable after what happened yesterday?" Sakura whispered. Sasuke thought of it and he smirked. "And now you're smirking?" Sakura whispered again. "Hn" Sasuke said. "Arrgh!" Sakura said then looked at Kakashi.
Kakashi discussed something about the exams again and something about Teacher's day. Sakura was not paying attention and was daydreaming about Sasuke. Sasuke just stared at Kakashi obviously bored and decided to just look at the pinkette.
Sasuke noticed that she was not paying attention and decided to get her attention. Sasuke poked Sakura's shoulder making her look at him. "W-what?" Sakura stammered. "You're not paying attention to Kakashi" Sakura answered. "Well you're not paying attention too!" Sakura shot back. "Hn, I was until I noticed that you're daydreaming or something" Sasuke said. Sakura's eyes widen and she blushed madly. "B-B-Bakaaa!" Sakura whispered harshly.
What did I do? Sasuke thought. "Sakura.." Sakura said. Sakura refused to meet his gaze and decided to ignore him. Sasuke sighed making Gaara look at him. Sasuke give him a what-are-you-looking-at stare and Gaara just shook his head then looked back on the front. Sasuke raised an eyebrow but decided to just ignore him and listen to Kakashi.
The class with Kakashi ended and now their class is with Shizune. Shizune entered the classroom she looked around and noticed two students that she has just seen. "And who might you two be?" Shizune asked.
Temari stood up and started to speak. "I'm Sabaku no Temari, transfer student from Suna" she finished. Shizune nodded and looked at Gaara. Gaara stood up and also started to speak. "I'm Sabaku no Gaara, obviously I'm Temari's brother, well me too is also a transfer student from Suna" he finished and the girl squealed.
Shizune mentally rolled her eyes and asked the girls to quiet down. "About our bands class, have you made any progress? At all?" Shizune asked. Some students nodded and Shizune smiled. "Oh, and since the two of you are new students, you don't need to participate in this project, but instead after the test, you two will have to perform in the assembly." Shizune said.
Sakura saw Gaara tensed in his seat and she couldn't help but smile. Sasuke saw Sakura smile and continued staring at her. Sakura then saw Sasuke staring at her and she cocked an eyebrow. Sasuke noticed that he had been staring at her and he awkwardly looked away and looked at Shizune. Sakura also looked at Shizune.
"I will call your bands one by one, once your band is called go to the auditorium, I will be there and I'll judge your increase in progress, and once I'm out there, don't be too loud while chatting or I'll put you all in detention" Shizune said. The students nodded, went to their groups and chatted quietly.
"So what do you guys think about this whole judging thing?" Ino asked Sakura who was just doodling in her notebook. Ino noticed that the pinkette is not responding and she looked at what she is currently doodling.
Ino saw that Sakura drew a chibi Sasuke with a knife stabbed in his stomach. Ino cocked her eyebrow and looked at her bestfriend, finally she shook Sakura and Sakura finally noticed her. "Whaaat?" Sakura asked. There is really something going on between these two Ino thought. "Well, I'm asking you a question and you just keep ignoring me!" Ino said. Sakura rolled her eyes and began to take out the notebook where the lyrics are written.
"Forehead, I want to ask you something" Ino said. Sakura 'hmmed?' at Ino indicating she was listening. "Why are you drawing Sasuke-kun with a knife stabbed in his stomach?" Ino asked. If Sakura was eating right now she would probably choke to death but instead her eyes met Ino's questioning eyes. Sakura knew there is no way her best friend would let this get away so she just sighed.
"I don't know, I was daydreaming about him and he suddenly broke me out of my reverie and he said I was not paying attention to Kakashi-sensei and he even pointed out that I was daydreaming!" Sakura cried. Ino mentally rolled her eyes "And you got angry to him because?" Ino commented. "Well because what I was daydreaming was when we accidentally kiss!" Sakura said. Now that last word ringed in Ino's head.
Sakura stared at her talkative friend but she was now speechless and looked like she was in her own world. "Oi Ino, what's wrong?" Sakura asked. Ino looked at her with wide eyes. "So you and Sasuke-kun really kissed?" Ino asked. Sakura nodded and blushed madly. "How's it like?" Ino asked. "W-w-w-what kind of q-q-question is t-t-t-that?" Sakura asked.
Ino smirked noticing Sakura's uneasiness and stuttering. "Well? I'm asking if it's deep or gentle, did you like it? What's the taste of his lips? Was it amazing?" Ino bombarded her with questions. "Okay, pig first of all, the kiss was only accidentally and I don't know what it tasted like since I was not paying attention to his lips and was too shocked at the situation!" Sakura said.
"Oh, but at least he's your first kiss right?" Ino said. "Yeah..." Sakura mumbled. The two continued to chat until Shizune came in.
"Your turn Angel's SIN" Shizune said. The group nodded and went to the auditorium. Sasuke tried to make a conversation to Sakura but Sakura just kept ignoring him so Sasuke went to Ino and asked her what's wrong.
"Sasuke-kun, you shouldn't have told her that she's daydreaming, especially about your kiss" Ino whispered the last word so that the 2 boys won't hear it. Sasuke smirked. "Thanks" He muttered to Ino and went to Sakura.
"Sakura.." Sasuke called. Sakura turned her head and cocked her eyebrow. "Why are you mad at me?" Sasuke said. "Who said I'm mad at you?" Sakura said still with raised eyebrow. "Ino" Sasuke answered. Err, I hate that pig Sakura thought. Sakura sighed. "I'm mad at you because of.." Sakura blushed "what happened yesterday" the word almost came out as a whisper.
"So you're mad at me because you accidentally fell on top of me and we kissed?" Sasuke said. "Well that was my first! And I can't get it out of my head" Sakura said. Sasuke stared at her and smirked. "Err, I hate you ducky!" Sakura said as she stomped into the hallway.
"And now you two are back" Ino said. Sasuke nodded and smirked then followed Sakura. The group all arrived in the auditorium and they found out that their homeroom teacher was also there alongside Shizune.
"Kakashi-sensei?" Ino and Sakura asked at the same time. "Yo" He replied. Sakura giggled as well as Ino while Sasuke just rolled his eyes.
"Guys, I asked your homeroom teacher to be here also to judge you, on the progress you made, and after all the bands are all ready you all will perform in the assembly and have the students judge you, then the band with the most scores will compete with the other band that will win. Understand?" Shizune explained. The band nodded and went to their instruments. Sasuke got the guitar, also Ino and Sakura, Shikamaru sat in the drumset and Neji went to the piano.
"Ready?" Sasuke asked. The group nodded and Shikamaru started playing the drums. Soon the instruments played together and Sasuke began to sing.
Check, yes Juliet, are you with me?
Rain is falling down on the sidewalk
I won't go until you come outside
Check, yes Juliet, kill the limbo
I'll keep tossing rocks at your window
There's no turning back for us tonight
Lace up your shoes
Here's how we do
(Sasuke with Sakura)
Run, baby, run, don't ever look back
They'll tear us apart
If you give them the chance
Don't sell your heart
Don't say we're not meant to be
Run, baby, run, forever will be you and me
(Sasuke)
Check, yes Juliet, I'll be waiting
Wishing, wanting yours for the taking
Just sneak out and don't tell a soul goodbye
And check, yes, Juliet, here's the countdown
3, 2, 1, you'll fall in my arms now
They can change the locks
Don't let them change your mind
Lace up your shoes
Here's how we do
(Sasuke with Sakura)
Run, baby, run, don't ever look back
They'll tear us apart
If you give them the chance
Don't sell your heart
Don't say we're not meant to be
Run, baby, run, forever will be you and me
We're flying through the night
We're flying through the night, way up high
The view from here is getting better
With you by my side
(The rest of the band joins)
Run, baby, run, don't ever look back
They'll tear us apart
If you give them the chance
Don't sell your heart
Don't say we're not meant to be
Run, baby, run, forever will be
Run, baby, run, don't ever look back
They'll tear us apart
If you give them the chance
Don't sell your heart
Don't say we're not meant to be
Run, baby, run, forever will be you and me
You and me, you and me
(Check yes Juliet-We the Kings)
The song finished and they saw Shizune smiling from ear to ear. They heard a sound of clapping and they realized it was coming from Kakashi. "That was very good you all" Shizune complimented. Kakashi nodded in agreement and you can see him smiling behind his mask. Sakura, Ino and Shikamaru smiled and the two stoic boys just smirked.
"You all can go now, and can you call the next group?" Shizune asked. Sakura nodded and proceeded to go out of the auditorium.
"That was totally awesome" Sakura muttered not actually talking to anybody. "I know right?" Ino said in agreement. "Of course pinky, it's because I'm the vocalist" Sasuke butted in. Sakura looked at him and raised an eyebrow then suddenly laughed. Sasuke looked at her and narrowed his eyes.
"Sorry ducky" Sakura said "It's just that you're so damn funny" she said this between her laughs. "Hn" Sasuke said. Sakura punched his arm playfully and even played with his hair.
"Stop that" Sasuke said. "Eh? I'm having fun with it" Sakura said and continuously played with his hair. Sasuke glared at her and Sakura giggled. "Sakura, stop" Sasuke insisted. Sakura smiled "Hai hai, sorry" Sakura said.
They proceeded to their classroom and sat next to their seats. "Oh I almost forgot" Sakura mumbled while walking to the desk of Karin. When she reached Karin's desk Karin cocked her eyebrow. "Your band is next" Sakura said simply. Karin nodded and Sakura saw a slight curve in both sides of her mouth.
Did she just smile at me?
I think so
Oh? Inner! I've missed you!
You're a sweetcorn
Sweetcorn? Why?
It's because you're sweet at the same time corny
Is that a compliment?
Of course!
Well, gotta go!
Okay
Sakura stopped talking with her Inner and proceeded to her desk. "Did I just saw Karin smile at you?" Ino asked. "I think so, I can't believe it either!" Sakura said. "Maybe she's planning something!" Ino said. "I don't think so, her smile doesn't seem fake, and you know me Ino, I can tell if someone has a real or fake smile" Sakura said.
"Well, I just hope she's not planning anything or she'll regret it" Ino said. Sakura smiled and nodded in agreement.
"Ahh, I really miss the dimwit" Sakura muttered. "Dimwit?" Gaara asked. "Oh, sorry sorry, It's my cousin, Naruto" Sakura said. "Oh..where is he?" Gaara asked. "He's in LA right now, but I think he'll be back soon" Sakura answered. Gaara nodded and then talked with some random student.
"I'm back dattebayo!" A voice rang in the hallway. Naruto? Sakura thought. "Who is that?" a student asked. Just after the question was asked a blur of yellow can be seen entering the door. "Ohayo!" Naruto shouted in the classroom. Sakura approached him and smiled. "Sakura-chan? Is that you?" Naruto asked. "Duh, of course who else has pink hair?" Sakura said. "Akiyama Yui" Naruto smiled sheepishly causing Sakura to hit him in the head. Sakura smiled and then enveloped him in a bear hug.
"Sa..kura-chan..can't breathe" Naruto said between his breaths. "Oh sorry sorry! I'm just so happy Naruto!" Sakura said cheerfully. "Did you miss me?" Naruto asked. "Heh, as if" Sakura teased. Naruto pouted muttering something about Sakura-chan being so mean. Sakura laughed at his behaviour and hit him in the head. "Of course I miss you dummy! Who wouldn't?" Sakura said. Naruto grinned at her and went to his desk with Sakura following.
"Oi Sasuke-teme! Did you take care of Sakura-chan while I'm gone?" Naruto asked. Sasuke looked at him and smirked. "Hn. Of course dobe" Sasuke replied. "So what did Sasuke-teme and you did while I'm gone?" Naruto asked Sakura who was quietly listening till Naruto asked her.
Sakura blushed at the way Naruto worded the question and muttered a 'stupid' to Naruto. Naruto seemed to notice this and smiled sheepishly. "Okay that sounded wrong, what I meant is did you do anything fun at all?" Naruto asked. "Nah, just school works and such, and do you remember Itachi?" Sakura asked. "Yeah, why?" Naruto asked again. "He's here to shoot a music video" Sakura said. "Really? That's awesome, can't wait to meet him again" Naruto said. Sakura smiled then her face fell the same minute. Naruto noticed this and began to ask her many questions. Few are 'Did that teme did anything to you?' 'What happened?' 'Sakura-chan why are you sad?'
"Naruto, it's nothing, it's just that I've been spotted here in Japan" Sakura answered. "What do you mean?" Naruto asked. "Akiyama Yui has been seen here in Japan!" Sakura said. "What? I thought you stopped wearing blue contacts?" Naruto asked again. "Yeah I stopped, but the paparazzis are able to take a picture of me showing my long pink hair and some part of my nose and jaw, but the eyes are not seen" Sakura explained. "Oh..is that why you cut your hair?" Naruto asked. Sakura nodded her head and sighed.
"What are you gonna do now?" Naruto kept asking. "Dunno, keep that secret I guess, but when time comes, I really have to reveal it, and I don't know how my fans will react" Sakura said. "I'm sure they'll still love you, you're lovable after all" Naruto said. "Hmp, there's your teasing again!" Sakura said. "I'm not teasing you Sakura-chan, it's true!" Naruto insisted. Sakura ruffled his hair affectionately and said thank you while Naruto grinned at her again.
"How's aunt Kushina and uncle Minato?" Sakura asked. "They're fine, and mom's doing well, and her tummy is starting to get big" Naruto said. Sakura giggled and was going to ask Naruto another question when Gai-sensei just suddenly barged in. "Aish, he's here" Sakura muttered. "Who is he?" Naruto asked. "Our super weird gym teacher" Ino answered. Sakura nodded in agreement and began to stand up to go to the girl's locker.
"Where are you two going?" Naruto asked. "To the girl's locker!" Ino answered. "Just asked this ducky where the boy's locker is" Sakura said while pointing to Sasuke and he glared at Sakura for using the ducky nickname. "Hn, pinky" Sasuke muttered. Sakura glared at him and giggled afterwards.
"I wonder what are we going to do in this period" Sakura muttered while fixing her socks. "Dunno, it has to be fun or I'll seriously kill Gai-sensei" Ino said. "Are you two done?" A voice asked. The two looked at the voice and saw a redhead.
"Karin?" Sakura asked. "Yeah it's me, Gai-sensei is already calling for us, hurry" Karin said. "O..kay" Ino said. "Are you two questioning my kindness?" Karin asked while raising an eyebrow. "Well, it's just confusing, one day you're so bitchy with us then you'll be kind" Sakura said. "Yeah, I know, I just realized that I can be friends with you and be close at Sasuke-kun at the same time but it seems he's getting so far away from me and I accepted that, I just want me and Sasuke-kun to be friends, and I hope to see my real love, I hate myself for being so obsessed with him, besides I don't want enemies, to prove that, I even stepped down in my position in Sasuke-kun's fanclub" Karin said.
Wow, she really did change, I wonder what happened to her, but she seems kind really kind Sakura thought. "Well, that's fine with me just don't switch back" Ino said. Karin laughed as well as Sakura. "Promise" Karin said. "Oh and Sakura, I'm sorry for what I did to you back then" Karin said. "That's okay" Sakura said then smiled at her. "Thanks" Karin said.
"Oh! We're already late!" Karin exclaimed. Sakura looked at her watch and notice that they are 10 minutes late. "Come on!" Sakura shouted then dashed to the court with Ino and Karin following her.
Few eyes widened at the sight of Sakura and Karin together and they're not fighting. "What?" Sakura asked her classmates and they immediately looked away. Karin giggled at her back and Sakura looked at her and also giggled.
Karin saw Sasuke approaching and a plan formed in her mind. Let's play matchmaker then Karin thought. Karin whispered her plan at Ino, Ino smirked and nodded. When Sasuke was already near Karin tripped Sakura and Sakura came stumbling but a pair of strong arms caught her and securely wrap his arms around her.
Sakura regain her composure and stood up. "T-t-thanks Sasuke" Sakura stammered and blushed madly. Karin and Ino giggled with both pink tint in their cheeks and Sakura glared at them. "Why did you trip me?" Sakura whispered at Karin. "Nothing, maybe it's because I intentionally trip you to make a certain black-haired guy catch you" Karin replied. Sakura blushed making Karin giggle again. "Err..! Karin, I'm so gonna get you for it!" Sakura said. "Hey, just thank her" Ino said. "You too?" Sakura asked. "Uh-huh, you two are so made for each other" Ino whispered.
Sakura approached Sasuke this time and asked him what he wants. "Why are you with that girl?" Sasuke asked. "We're friends now!" Sakura answered. "Friends?" Sasuke repeated. "Yeah, we just made up earlier" Sakura said. "Then why did she trip you?" Sasuke asked. Sakura blushed at the memory and just shrugged. "Usual girl thing I guess" Sakura said. "Hn" Sasuke said. "Gotta go! The girls are waiting for me" Sakura mumbled. Sasuke nodded then went to their group.
"Okay class! We will now play a youthful game of tennis!" Gai exclaimed. All the students seem to like it because they began chatting and said 'yeah'. "Your performance will be graded and the two students who will have the highest grade will be the one who will play in the Intramurals, understand?" Gai said. "HAI!" The students answered.
"Okay, first! Rouran Karin, and Sabaku no Temari" Gai said. "Good luck you two" Sakura said. Karin and Temari nodded. "First serve Rouran!" Gai said. Karin nodded and began to serve the ball, the ball got in and Temari hit it. They hit every ball that came their way and soon the game ended. "Winner, Sabaku no Temari" Gai announced. "Nice game" Karin said. "Yeah" Temari said. "You two are really so so great!" Sakura commented. Karin and Temari said thanks and sat next to them.
"Next, Yamanaka Ino and Haruno Sakura!" Gai said. "Gee, he really pairs us with our friends" Ino commented. "I know" Sakura asked while going to her place. "First serve, Haruno" Gai said. "Here we go" Sakura said while throwing the ball and successfully hitting it. Ino didn't expect the force so she wasn't able to hit the ball. "Score, Haruno" Gai said. Sakura served again and this time Ino hit it. The game lasted for a while before deciding who won. "Winner, Haruno Sakura" Gai announced. Sakura smiled as well as Ino.
"Didn't know you can play tennis that well" Ino said. "Well now you know" Sakura said. The game continued, Sasuke v.s Neji, Sasuke won, Naruto v.s Gaara, Gaara won, Chouji v.s Shikamaru, Shikamaru won.
"Next, Nara Shikamaru and Uchiha Sasuke" Gai said. The two started playing and Sasuke won. "Next, Uchiha Sasuke and Sabaku no Gaara" Gai announced. Fangirls cheered and some boys whistled. "Oi ducky! Panda! Goodluck!" Sakura said. The boys smirked and nodded at her making her blush.
"First serve, Uchiha" Gai said. Sasuke served and Gaara quickly hit it. The game lasted for so long and Gai decided that they're tie. "That was totally awesome ducky!" Sakura commented. "Hn" Sasuke said. "Aish, conversation killer!" Sakura said. "Hmph, I'll just talk with panda then" Sakura mumbled. Sasuke heard this and was going to talk to Sakura again to prevent her from talking to Gaara but she already reached the said guy.
"Oi panda!" Sakura called. "Why tora?" Gaara asked. "Nothing, just wanna say you're so awesome earlier" Sakura said while sitting next to him. Sasuke saw this and can't help to be jealous because Sakura sat really close to Gaara. "Thanks" Gaara said. "Aren't you gonna play too?"
"Well yeah, but Gai-sensei haven't called me yet so I'll just rest while I can" Sakura said. Gaara nodded and looked at Sakura. Sasuke saw this again and noted the way Gaara looked at Sakura.
Does he like her?
I think so, that's also the way you look at her
What? you're here again?
Yeah, are you jealous?
Not really
Someone's in denial again
No I'm not jealous and that's final
Whatever you say Sasuke, whatever you say
Sasuke finished talking with himself and then gritted his teeth. Am I really jealous? Sasuke thought. Sasuke then made up his mind and approached the two he sat next to Sakura making Sakura in between them. "Oh ducky? Sup?" Sakura asked. "Fine" Sasuke answered.
"Ahh, Sakura is so lucky! She's sitting in between the two hot guys" someone said. Sakura heard this and blushed then quickly stood up. "Err..I'm just gonna go to Ino and Karin" Sakura said awkwardly. The two boys nodded and Sakura walked to her group.
Karin and Ino smiled at her sheepishly and proceeded to do what they're doing before Sakura came. "HEY! What are you two smiling about?" Sakura asked. "Nothing" Karin answered before giggling. Ino joined her making Sakura sulk.
"Class listen! I've decided who will be the group that will play in the Intramurals" Gai announced making all the students look at him. "For the boys, Uchiha Sasuke and Sabaku no Gaara will play" Gai said. The fangirls squealed and Sakura just rolled her eyes. "And for the girls, Sabaku no Temari and Haruno Sakura" Gai said. Sakura fanboys cheered making Sakura roll her eyes again.
The class ended and all the students went back to their classroom. "That was so tiring but it's fun at the same time" Sakura said to Ino. "Yeah, and you got to be the one playing in the intrams!" Ino said. "Why am I always pick to be the one playing?" Sakura asked. "Dunno, maybe it's in your blood" Ino said making Sakura laughed. Ino went to the desk of Karin and talked something about make-up and dresses.
Sakura stood up ready to go to the canteen when someone stopped her. "What?" Sakura asked. "I need to talk to you" Sasuke said. "You're already talking to me" Sakura joked. "Sakura I'm serious" Sasuke said. Sakura noticed that he is serious and he followed him outside.
They went to the back of the canteen and sat in the bench. "So? What's this about?" Sakura asked. "My parents are coming here next week" Sasuke said. "And you want to talk to me because?" Sakura asked again. "I said to my mom that I already have a girlfriend" Sasuke said. "Really? You have?" Sakura asked. "No, and that's what I want to ask you" Sasuke said. "Then hurry up and asked I'm starving!" Sakura pretended not to be too happy knowing Sasuke doesn't have a girlfriend.
"I need you to pretend to be my girlfriend" Sasuke said.
A/N: There it is :3 sorry to leave you in a cliffhanger, I just don't know what to write at the end so yeah, :)) I uploaded this just after I finished typing it, I didn't checked it so sorry for the wrong spellings and grammar! I'm just 13 years old! (It's true I promise!) mehehe :3 anyway, I wasn't able to make chapter 10 and 11 due to the sickness called "Laziness" it's been attacking me this fast few days so I'm sorry for not updating! :)
Thank you all~ and can you leave a review? :D that will be really appreciated. :) Fluffiness in the next chapter! that I will be making later. :)) Bye! :)
