Heyy guys! Here's the final chapter (sadly). And I know I said in the last chapter that that would be the last time you saw Sai, but I just had to put him back in one more time here. Sorry! Gomenasai!
And I would like to dedicate this last chapter to:
konoha.chick91
Because they were the first to review on the story and has kept reviewing since! So I would just like to say Thank you! And also thank you to everyone else who's ever reviewed! I really appreciated every last one of them!
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the last chapter!
-Chapter 10-
Just For You
She knew what his reaction would be.
It was almost predictable when his mouth hung slightly open and his eyes wider than before. The grip he had on her hand loosened and his own hand fell limply to his side.
I knew this would happen.
She regretted telling him the instant she did, but even a moment after was too late.
She turned around once more to leave but his hand caught hers again, as if he suddenly unfroze and came back to life.
She watched him open his mouth to say something, but it looked like he had forgotten how to use words.
When Sasuke was finally about to say something, Sakura cut him off.
"No, I'm sorry. Forget what I said." She pulled her hand out of his grasp and darted out of the room. Sasuke didn't stop her, or couldn't stop her. It was as if his feet were glued to the spot.
It felt like almost an eternity when he finally heard the front door open and then close with a Snap! He couldn't help chuckling to himself humourlessly that she still had no idea how to get around his 'house'.
But his face immediately darkened after he remembered what she had said just a couple of seconds ago.
"… I liked you."
It rang in his head like a bell and echoed like in those drama movies, repeating itself as if he didn't hear it the first time.
"… I liked you."
"… I liked you."
Then he sighed.
You beat me to it.
Sakura was close to crying… no, she was close to bawling her eyes out and screaming uncontrollably.
She knew for sure that her confession would probably ruin their 'friendship', if she could call it that, that she was rebuilding with Sasuke after he returned.
She was also planning to tell Sasuke about the Sai thing, but now that would be the last thing she talked to him about.
She couldn't bear to go to training tomorrow. It would be a disaster. Especially with Naruto hovering about, sticking his nose into business that was not his. But maybe he'd be too clueless to figure out something was up.
But Kakashi-sensei would definitely know. And Sasuke… he was the whole reason (or the main reason) why she would rather die than ever see him again!
Sakura turned on her iPod frantically. In times like these, music had always comforted her.
The first song she heard was "I gotta go my own away". (A/N Don't ask how she got that song so early. xP By the way it's from High School Musical 2, in case you're wondering.)
The song cheered her up, but made her feel worse at the same time. She couldn't understand it. It didn't help when she realized her whole iPod was filled with only love songs.
Maybe he would have forgotten all about it by tomorrow…
…
Yeah, right.
What were the chances of that?
It actually raining tomorrow or something? (She was totally against the weathermen out there.)
To Sakura's disappointment, it was bright and sunny outside. No clouds and no slight hint of there ever being a drop of precipitation that day.
There's still a chance, she thought feebly, not even believing herself.
When she arrived at the bridge, she wasn't the first there. She wasn't even the second. Both Sasuke and Naruto were already leaning coolly on the railing.
Resisting the urge to turn on her heel and head back home to cower under her blankets, she marched passed Sasuke, trying to look confident, to the other side of the bridge. She didn't greet him, which made it obvious that something was up.
To her surprise or disappointment (she couldn't tell which), Sasuke didn't move a muscle. She couldn't even tell if he knew she was there or not. She let out a breath of air that she didn't know she was holding in.
Naruto walked over to stand between Sakura and Sasuke on the bridge.
"Ohayo," he said none too cheerful. But Sakura didn't pay attention much to his mood alteration.
"'Morning," she said in a small voice.
She watched him turn away, expecting him to greet Sasuke as well. But all of a sudden he raised his fist and punched him square in the jaw. Sasuke, with his guard down, flew backwards with wide eyes and hit the railing of the other side of the bridge.
Sakura stood there, stunned. "Naruto, what are you-!" But she didn't have a chance to finish as he turned around to face her but punched her in the chest, making her spit out blood and fall off the side of the bridge and into the river below.
"…Sakura." Rubbing his jaw, Sasuke opened his eyes to see, not Naruto, but Sai standing there with an arrogant smirk spread across his face.
He stood up, ignoring the pain that was now taking over his jaw, and said in a low voice, "Where's Naruto?"
Sai chuckled darkly and said, "I honestly have no idea. But it was just my luck that he shows up late all the time."
At that moment, they could hear splashes of water from below, and then Sakura coughing as she hauled herself out of the river.
"Sakura-!" In half a second, Sai disappeared and reappeared back onto the bridge with Sakura and a kunai held to her throat.
"Do anything and she dies," Sai threatened.
"Sakura!" Sasuke took a step forward but then stopped when he saw blood trailing down from her neck. He wasn't joking.
"Sa…su…ke," came a quiet moan. Sasuke knew he couldn't just stand there, but if he tried anything that kunai would go right through her throat, just like in those old movies. But in those movies, something always happened, or someone always came to the rescue.
Sasuke looked around, seeing no one around. Maybe he just had to stall until Naruto or Kakashi came. Surely they would understand what was happening once they saw this scene.
He couldn't believe that Sakura's ex-boyfriend would actually do something like this. It was insane! He was insane! He was probably the kind of guy who if he didn't get what he wanted, he would do anything to make sure no one else got it either.
He breathed in, and then out, hoping what he said wouldn't make Sai do anything.
"Why are you doing this?" He tried to sound commanding, but it came out more… scared.
Sai scoffed. "Don't you remember what happened last time?"
Of course he did. He always had a good memory. But for the sake of stalling, he would play dumb. "No."
"Well let me refresh your pathetic memory," Sai scoffed again, and Sasuke struggled to keep his anger under control. "Stay. Away. From. Her."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow. Sai was… jealous? He had so many retorts that he could rub in Sai's face about him and Sakura.
But without thinking, he blurted out, "She's not yours!"
Sasuke waited for the worst to happen when Sai got angry, but all of a sudden he heard a yell.
"RASENGAN!" And Sasuke smirked when he saw Sai spit out blood and fall over forwards; and behind him was a grinning Naruto. The real Naruto.
"Hey guys, what's up?"
Before Sasuke said anything, Sakura replied, "Nothing much." And she kicked Sai over the edge and into the river.
Sasuke tried to wipe off the confused look on his face before letting out a breath of air that he didn't know he was holding in.
He walked over to Sakura. "You okay?"
Sakura nodded. "Yeah. What about you? You look a little pale." She frowned.
"Nah, I'm fine. Don't worry." Sasuke was calm and composed on the outside, while on the inside, DAMMIT, Sakura! You almost gave me a FREAKIN' HEARTATTACK!!
All the action that morning was decided to be kept secret from everyone, including Kakashi.
…Well until Naruto let it slip.
So the action was to be kept secret from everyone besides themselves.
Once Kakashi heard what happened, he insisted Sasuke walk Sakura home in case something like that happened again. But Sasuke knew it was just because he wanted to see him and Sakura together.
"Thank you."
Sasuke looked up from the ground he was staring at to Sakura who was walking beside him.
"For what?"
Sakura half-smiled. "For telling off Sai before Naruto came."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow.
"She's not yours!"
"Oh… you're welcome… I guess," Sasuke added under his breath. Then he realized something. "Sakura… where do you actually live?" He would finally get his answer.
"Oh, just around here." They turned a corner and Sasuke was wide-eyed.
He recognized this neighbourhood. In fact, this was just a street over from his!
"How come you didn't tell me you lived so close to me?"
Sakura looked surprised. "What?"
The two craned their necks from where they were and sure enough, they could spot a bit of Sasuke's huge mansion sitting behind a pair of shiny, protective gates.
Then Sakura said, blushing, "I didn't know."
Sasuke hadn't actually seen the front of his mansion lately without being with Sakura. The memories he had with her suddenly floated through his mind.
Having tea, shoving chicken into her mouth, 'trying' chocolate cake, his great uncle's portrait…
It seemed Sakura was doing the same thing because she stopped walking and her face was blank.
And then last night came up. He had to clear things up with her.
"Sakura," he said, snapping her out of her thoughts.
"Yeah?"
"About last night…"
"No, I don't want to talk about it." It had been only around five seconds of conversation and it looked like she was already about to cry. She started to walk away quickly but…
"Well, I do." Sasuke caught her hand. He was not letting her go again.
She suddenly glared. "Oh, so it's all about you, isn't it?" And she turned away again.
"I just wanted to say…" Sasuke racked his brains to say the right thing this time, "same to you."
Sakura stopped, with her back still turned. Then she asked quietly, "Nani?"
Sasuke's spirit lifted. At least he wasn't saying anything wrong. He hoped.
"What you said last night… same to you."
Sakura turned to face him with a look of disbelief. "...Y-you don't mean…?"
Sasuke nodded furiously. He didn't even know if Sakura knew what he was talking about. But it had been a long time when he felt this way about someone else. Or actually, it had been never. And now was finally the right time. The right time.
Sasuke jogged over to where she was standing. "But it wouldn't hurt to prove it, right?" And suddenly a sadistic smirk stretched across his face.
"Yeah, I guess… But what do you intend on doing?"
"Depends," Sasuke lowered his head so that he was just inches from Sakura's still confused face. "How bored are you?"
And that was it! If you didn't get that last part, just go back to chapter 6 with Kyoko. I guess it's not that funny compared to the other parts of the story, but it is sort of sweet!
I just realized it took me all summer to write this story! Starting the beginning of July to the end of August! I guess that was a nice way to spend my summer. xD
Anyway, I hope you all spend those last few days of summer before school (unless it's started already for you) having lot's of fun, 'cause I'm spending my last days doing crap. Haha really. And I hope you all enjoyed reading my story!
--Lynneh/SiLLyKiTTyx3