Hey guys I'm back. Sorry for the delay. This chapter took a little longer than expected due to work. But I don't think it really matters. As long as I actually get the chapters out, no one really complains...
Well I'd really like to thank each and every one of you for all of the reviews. You've all really helped me out with suggestions and have put up with all my late updates and shtuff like that.
I'd really like to thank 13th hour for the extreme help. 13th hour sent me a private message with an amazing suggestion for the story. Unfortunately, what 13th hour sent me won't show up until chapter 11. But I'd figure I'd say thanks now because they'll be reading this first. SO THANKS!!
But anyways, thanks a lot for all the reviews that have kept me motivated to finish this story.
enough of my rant... ONTO THE STORY!!
The rest of the week went by surprisingly fast. Nothing too dramatic happened. The four of them got along pretty well. They even offered to make lunch on one of the days. She actually started to consider not leaving but then everything that they ever did to her would come back.
"Itachi said tonight at midnight. Are you sure you wanna leave?"
'Yes. I'm done here. There's nothing left for me here...' She stepped out of the shower and dried herself off. Wrapping the towel around herself, she quickly brushed her teeth and stepped out of the shower and into her room. She changed into her usual attire and brushed out her hair.
"Sakura-chaaan!! SAKURA-CHAAAAAN!! What's for breakfast? I'm starving!!" She heard Naruto scream from just behind her door. She sighed heavily before opening the door.
"Shut up Naruto. Go make yourself something to eat. There's plenty of food in the kitchen." She said tiredly and pushed by him. She stopped in the kitchen and grabbed her keys before yelling up the stairs that she was leaving.
She went into her favorite cafe to have some peace and quiet from the boys.
"What do you want Sakura?" The waitress asked as she sat down. Sakura smiled softly up at her.
"The usual. I'd also like a cup of green tea please." Said waitress bowed and went off to the back to put in the order. Sakura took the chance to look around the small restaurant. The table right behind her just happened to have her three ex- friends. Ino, Tenten and Hinata were sitting there chatting quietly about Ino's new position as the hokage's apprentice. Sakura rolled her eyes and turned her attention back to the food that was just placed in front of her.
"Thank you very much." Sakura said. The waitress bowed again.
"You know the deal Sakura. Call me if you need anything." Sakura laughed.
"Hai, hai. I know." Sakura pulled apart her chopsticks and happily dove into her breakfast. Her three so called friends, now just noticing her presence, came over and sat down in front of her. Sakura immediately knew how pissed off Hinata and Ino were at her. And she knew exactly why...
"Hey Sakura. How have you been? Heard your team's been living at your house with you the past week." Ino said, trying to sound nice but failing miserably. Sakura chose to keep ignoring them and eat her breakfast.
"Y-Yeah. You've had N-Naruto- kun and Sasuke-kun all t-to yourself." Hinata said, stuttering but her voice strong. Sakura raised her head a fraction.
"So." She said through a mouthful of food.
"That's the problem! They shouldn't be living with you! You don't deserve them. And I swear to Kami if you did anything to any of them...I-I'll tell Tsunade that you tried to kill yourself again and you need to go into the hospital for 24-7 watch." Ino said, a giant smirk on her face. Sakura just sighed.
"Tell them you fucked them!"
'Ha ha.They'd get sooo pissed.'
"That's the point. We're leaving tonight anyways. Might as well go out with a bang!"
'Sweet. Sounds good to me. But I have a few more tricks up my sleeve before tonight.'
"Well you better get a running start now..." Sakura said, trying to keep a straight face. All three of them stared at her, anger present on their faces. Although I still don't know why Ten ten's mad... She just is I suppose...-
"What do you m-mean by that!" Hinata said. Sakura sighed and shook her head slowly.
"Why do you think you never saw any of them all week... Just because they are your boyfriends, doesn't mean they won't find someone else to... amuse them. And might I say, I am very jealous of you two. You two have some good boyfriends..." She said through a straight face. Although it was very hard due to the fact that Ino and Hinata were now radiating of waves of anger. Ten ten just sat there in shock.
"Wh-what do you mean by that Sakura?" Ino said through gritted teeth.
"Too easy." Sakura inwardly smirked.
"Oh come on. I mean you, Yamanaka Ino, should understand... You ARE the Hokage's apprentice after all. When a girl has a bunch of guys stuck at her house for a week, you get kinda bored. But don't worry your pretty little heads off..." She said as she laid out money on the table for the waitress. She caught said womans eye and gave her a quick smile to let her know she was leaving. "...I didn't do anything they didn't want to. Ja ne!" She said cheerfully and walked away, leaving the girls alone. Inner Sakura was roaring with laughter when she exited the small cafe.
"I can't believe it! They actually fell for it! What idiots. Do they really think we'd seriously have sex with their boyfriends? An overactive loudmouth blond and an emo whose hair is styled to look like a chicken-butt? Yeah right!!" Sakura rolled her eyes as she casually strolled down the road towards her secret spot out in the woods. She found it a long time ago when she was trying to get away from the bullies that had been chasing her.
FLASHBACK...
Sakura had just started at the academy. It was her second week there and already she was being bullied by the other kids because of her huge forehead and her bright bubblegum pink hair. Sakura was currently hiding behind a tree hoping they wouldn't notice her. Too bad they did.
"HEY! There she is! She's behind that tree! Lets teach her a lesson. Apparently she didn't get the message last time." The leader of the group, Ami, yelled as she pointed directly towards where Sakura was hiding.
'Oh no. They found me. I've gotta get out of here before they beat me up...' Sakura quickly stood up and immediately started sprinting as fast as she could in a random direction hoping they wouldn't be able to catch her. She ran for what felt like forever until she believed it was safe.
"Phew... I think I lost them." Sakura said out loud as she leaned up against a tree. She took a moment to look around at her surroundings. She was standing in front of a beautiful lake surrounded by soft pink Sakura blossom trees. The lake was so still and so pure it looked like glass.
"Wow... It's so beautiful." She said in awe as she sat down. The next thing she realized was that she was very much so lost. She knew that wandering around and hoping she would find her way out would be a good way of getting herself even more lost, or worse; killed. Sighing, She closed her eyes and before she knew it, she was fast asleep.
She was lightly shaken awake many hours later. She wearily opened her eyes to see a man she had never seen before standing in front of her, arms crossed. To her, he looked like he was just getting back from a mission.
"What are you doing so far out here and at such a late time. Your parents must be very worried." He said, bending down to look at her eye to eye. She looked down to the ground and mumbled something he couldn't hear. He lifted up her chin using his pointer finger. "What did you say? You know it's very rude to look down when speaking to someone." She nodded slowly.
"T-there's this group of really m-mean bullies as school that are always making fun of me and beating me up because of my big forehead and my pink hair. I-I always tell them to please stop but they just laugh at me and continue to laugh and say bad things about me. Today, t-they found me hiding behind a tree. Instead of facing them, I ran off in a random direction hoping they wouldn't catch me. Then I just ended up here. I'm not really sure where I am right now..." She started to cry softly. The man stood up. He held out his hand to help her up. She took it looked up at him.
"What they did isn't right but you shouldn't have just run off in a random direction. I'll have a talk with Iruka about their behavior. Okay?" He said. She nodded happily and wiped her eyes off with the back of her hand.
"Whats your name?" She asked in a meek voice. She noticed that he had Spiky brown hair and a long strip of white bandages running across his face.(A/N: It's Kotetsu in case my bad description wasn't good enough...lol) He smiled softly.
"That's not too important. But if you really want to know, it's Kotetsu. Now what's your name?" He asked as they continued their way back to the village. She thought about it for a minute before smiling.
"My names Sakura!"
"What a pretty name. It definitely suits you." She blushed and looked down at the ground. She wasn't used to such compliments. The only ones to say such nice things were Her parents and some adults that she had come to meet. He put a hand on her shoulder to comfort her.
They reached the village ten minutes later.
"Well we're here. You'd best get home. I'm sure your parents are very worried about you." She nodded.
"Thank you very much." She said politely. She bowed and quickly ran off towards home.
END FLASHBACK...
Sakura smiled at that thought. Ever since that day, Kotetsu had always been her closest friend. He never lied to her or told her that she was weak. He always said positive things. She picked up a rock that was sitting next to her and threw it into the lake, breaking its glass- like picture. She quietly stared at the small ripples as they moved along across the lake. Sakura stayed there staring off into nowhere for about an hour. She suddenly jumped up with a huge smile on her face.
"uh-oh... What's your plan now?"
'I have the perfect way to show everybody how I feel before I leave. All I need to do is find Kotetsu!' She immediately sprinted off through the woods and towards Konoha.
Hope you all liked it. Next chapter she'll hopefully leave Konoha for good. Then I can finally get on with the relationship and the really fun stuff! Everyone will realize they messed up and try to get her back... blah blah blah... but with a twist! WOO HOO!!
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LOVE YOU ALL! And i'll see you at the next chapter!