Chapter 9

A/N: Sorry for taking a while to post this chapter. Suzu-kun kept arguing about a certain part in this chapter but we worked it out.–Chojitsuna (TheGnRFangirl)

A/N: Yeah, blame me again. I blame your friends for giving you the idea for the stupid quote. I hope you guys enjoy the chapter. -Suzaku (TheGnRFangirl's Boyfriend)

I waited twenty long minutes for Sakura to show up. I know that it's not a lot of time but each passing second felt like an eternity. I wanted her here with me right now. The last time I'd been alone with her was when we were twelve and I had to tell her some pretty bad fucking news that time. I looked at the clock in my room at some point and just couldn't sit there anymore. I got up after fifteen minutes and went to my music room. I still couldn't play my violin since I was still missing the tip of my ring finger but there were plenty of other instruments that I could play.

When I got in there I couldn't touch any of my instruments for some reason. I could play a few of my instruments sure but I couldn't touch them. I felt unworthy of them. Looking at most of them I felt like a broken tool. I felt useless. Music was the only thing that I had. Itachi was father's golden child so I was left to do whatever I wanted. Mom encouraged me to go beyond the family business and I did. Uchiha was a pharmaceutical company. My music didn't really help out the family business but it was my passion. Father was fine with it as long as I didn't do anything stupid. What would have happened to me if I really did have to give up my music?

I looked at all the instruments in the room and imagined people taking them out of here since they would no longer be used. Would mom use them? She might donate a majority of them to a school or something. My life would be nothing without my music. Well, that might not be entirely true. I would still have Sakura, but would I have the will to fight for her? I drew most of my strength from my instruments. I channeled my emotions out through my music. I could sing but it wasn't the same. I'd probably be dead weight if I really had lost my fingers.

I felt someone hug me from behind. I turned my head to see Sakura there. Her nose was kind of scrunched up.

"Can I ask where that smell is coming from?" She asked politely.

"Me." I answered.

"Why?"

I reached in my pockets to try and find the little bottle that my uncle had given me. When I found it; I brought it out and held it up so she could see.

She took it from my hand and looked at it.

"Sasuke, do you know what this powder is?" She asked.

"Not cocaine." I answered.

"It's a shredded pig's bladder." She stated bluntly.

I looked at her in disbelief. That would explain the smell but how the hell was a pig's bladder healing my fingers. It was working though and I really had no right to be picky about the powder right now.

"I thought that your pinky was blown off?" She asked.

She was looking at my left hand.

"That powder helped it grow back." I told her. "I still need it for my ring finger."

She just stared at my left hand. I stared at her. This was the first time that I'd gotten to talk to her alone in person. Her beauty still took my breath away even though she looked more like a guy. The suit she was wearing did nothing to show her curves. I have to question my sexuality here. She looked a lot like a guy and I was still attracted to her. It was probably because I knew that Sakura was a girl.

"What are you thinking about?" She asked.

"Nothing." I told her; there's no way I was telling her what just went through y head.

"Sasuke I won't laugh."

I knew that she wouldn't laugh at me but it was embarrassing.

"Tell me." She said childishly.

"No." I answered.

"Please?"

"I was questioning my sexuality." I muttered; hoping that she didn't hear that.

"Sasuke I already had a feeling that you were bisexual."

I tensed up when she said that. What the hell was that supposed to mean? I've always been crazy about her. Where the hell would she get the idea that I was bisexual? I raised a questioning eyebrow at her. She looked like she was trying hard not laugh. She wasn't answering me though. She was going to make me talk.

"Why would you THINK that I'm bisexual?" I asked.

"I think your bisexual because no guy as handsome as you could ever be straight." She answered confidently.

That was an interesting sense of logic… I'm going to murder whoever gave her that idea.

"Why'd you call me over?" She asked; she wasn't playing around anymore.

"Father refuses to help you guys." I told her.

"My dad already told me that Fugaku probably wouldn't help f he thought that we couldn't pay the money back."

"What do you mean thought?"

"Well, I've been kind of brain storming a little."

"So have I."

"What you come up with?"

"We get rid of Naruto permanently."

"That's half the problem Sasuke.

"So you're okay with having Naruto killed?"

"He's been treating me like a slave ever since we got 'engaged.' You have no idea what kind of asshole he can be."

I felt my blood boil as she told me this. So Naruto has been abusing Sakura? That's it. Screw poison; I'm going to kill him with my bare hands.

"What did he do?" I asked.

"Now is not the time." She said.

I saw something in her eyes. It looked like anger, sadness, and maybe fear mixed together. The anger was more prominent in her eyes and I understood where the sadness came from but what about the fear? I grabbed her hand and gave her a reassuring squeeze. She looked at me and smiled. Whatever it was that he'd been doing to her wasn't something she wanted to talk about. That's fine. I won't push her but I did want to know what happened.

"How do you want Naruto to die?" I asked.

"I'm not sure about that." She said. "As long as he pays for his crimes then I'm fine with it."

Was it wrong of us to do this? If we went to the court would they be able to do anything? If we had no evidence could they convict him? He could buy his way out of jail though so what would be the point?

"Do you want to kill him?" I asked.

"Are afraid to kill him?" She countered.

"I'm going to guess he hurt you a lot. I think it would be fair for you to kill him."

"He almost caused you to go insane. You have every right to take his life."

"How would we be able to do that without getting caught?"

"Cantarella."

I raised an eyebrow at her. What the hell was Cantarella?

"It's the poison Juliet used to make herself appear dead." She explained. "It would be impossible to detect any vital signs for about four hours."

"We'd have to keep administering the poison until he gets buried alive." I told her

"Burn a male corpse beyond recognition. We'd have to make sure that even dental records wouldn't be able to confirm anything."

"What would we do with him?"

"We can think of that later."

How can we discuss this so calmly? Then again, I liked the idea of being able to torture him in some medieval dungeon where no one would hear him.

"Sasuke, do you still have the lyrics I gave you?" She asked all of a sudden. "The lyrics I gave you for the song you were composing."

"Of course." I told her. "They're in my violin case. It's inside the compartment where I keep my rosin."

"I want to re-write them."

"Why?"

"I want the lyrics to have a different message. I've already written a different version."

"Can I see it?"

"I don't like that version much. It doesn't fit us."

"I would play the song for you but I can only play the drums for the song."

"Do you want me to play the part for the violin?"

That last question she asked. If it was someone else I probably would have said no. Could Sakura really play the violin for the song?

"How long have you been playing?" I asked.

"Ever since you left." She told me. "I haven't really been singing since you left."

I looked at her. She really hadn't been singing? Sakura had always been singing for as long as I knew her. She used to sing songs for me on my birthdays and in turn I played her sweet melodies from any instrument she wanted to hear. Why did she stop singing?

"I couldn't sing with you gone." She told me; I swear she could read my mind sometimes. "It didn't feel right singing for someone who wasn't you."

I grabbed her in a hug. I can't believe I left her alone like that? What was wrong with me back then? Why had I let myself get separated from her? She felt so small in my arms. She reminded me of a sing bird. No, she was like a stray petal from a Sakura tree. I had to protect her from all the danger that threatened to destroy her.

I felt her bury her head in my chest as her body began to shake. She was silently crying in my arms. I lifted her chin so that she can look at me. Her beautiful green eyes looked like they were drowning in her tears. I felt my heart break in two when I saw that. I brushed away her tears for her and kissed her lightly on her lips.

She was startled by the action but she didn't push me away.

"I'm sorry I left you alone." I whispered to her.

"I'm sorry to." She whispered back

"You didn't do anything wrong."

"I betrayed you."

"You were forced. You didn't have much of a choice."

"Do you still want to play the song?" She asked after a long pause.

"I do."

I let go of her and looked around the room for the sheet music. It didn't take me long to find it. I left it one of the music stands in the room. There were three different parts to this song already. I grabbed the parts for the drums and violin. I handed Sakura the sheet music she would need to play.

"Do you mind if I use your violin? She asked tentatively.

She knew that my violin was my most precious instrument. I didn't mind if she was the one playing it. I trusted her with my heart didn't i?

"Of course not Sakura." I told her. "I trust you with my heart and soul."

Her eyes lit up with joy when I said that. I was happy that she wasn't crying anymore. During my week of isolation; I had put my violin back in here. The case was on a table near Sakura. I watched as she carefully opened the case and held the violin as if it were a baby. I also noticed that she took the song she wrote out and put it into her pocket. I didn't mind too much. I knew that she would give it back or give me the new version once she was done rewriting the song. I went to sit at the drums and practiced a few beats while Sakura put rosin on the bow.

I waited patiently as she set up the sheet music on a stand and fixed its height. Once she was ready I hit the drum sticks together so she could find the beat. After eight beats we began to play. This was her first time ever playing that song and it sounded perfect. I kept my mind on the drums. I liked how the song sounded so far but it was missing the piano and something else. What was missing from the song? Maybe a bass guitar might help the song out a bit.

The song only lasted about two minutes so far. It was still incomplete because I didn't know how to end it. She came over to me after she placed my violin carefully in its case.

"It sounds beautiful Sasuke." She told me.

"It's still not finish." I told her. "Any ideas on how I should end it?"

"I think it should end the way it started except it should have something at the very end to signify something final or permanent."

"Are you basing this off on how your lyrics are going to come out?"

"Maybe." She said playfully.

That's the Sakura I remember from my childhood. She was always playful and smiling.

"I like that idea." I told her. "Will you sing the song for me when you finish it?"

"It wasn't written for me to sing it." She told me. "I was hoping you would sing it."

"My voice isn't as lovely as yours."

"Your voice will be perfect for the song." She countered.

I don't know why but when she said that I was confident that I would be able to sing the song for her.

"Have you title your song yet?" She asked me.

"I can't find a fitting name." I told her.

"Cantarella seems like the perfect name."

"You want me to name it after a poison?"

"Cantarella was used as a date rape drug back in the old days."

"I'm still not sure…"

"Very few people would know what it is Sasuke."

"Okay the name of the song is Cantarella."

She gave me a kiss on the cheek as a reward. I kissed her on her forehead like I did when we were kids.

"Is there anything else you want to discuss?" She asked.

"We need allies and I want to hear about what else we need to do." I told her.

She nodded her head and she began explaining her half of the plan.

A/N: Were guys able to tell which part of the chapter that Suzu-kun didn't like? I want to know if anybody can guess what it was. –Chojitsuna (TheGnRFangirl)

A/N: Please tell us what you thought about the chapter in a review. Remember, reviews=update -Suzaku (TheGnRFangirl's Boyfriend)