Cookie0monsta: Sorry for the really late chapter. Enjoy!

Kiba: Cookie0monsta doesn't own Naruto.

Apologies all left unsaid

Secrets better left unspoken

Dreams are slowly put to bed

Rumors stirred and re-awoken

It's safe to say I'm lonely now

It's all so quiet but I cant forget the sound

A thousand voices call my name

A thousand hands that pull me back down to the ground

-The Birthday Massacre

Review- (From Jessica's POV)

The next morning I wake with a start and lay gasping, "W-what was that dream about?" I clutch my head desperately trying to remember but it was to no avail. "Dammit!" Why does it feel like I'm missing something! Why can't I remember the dream? A pair of ice blue eyes similar to my own flash through my head and leave me reeling. W-what was that!? They looked similar in color to mine except they were savage, and cold. My eyebrows furry and I stand up a bit wobbly. A small throbbing in the back of my head warns me of an oncoming headache, "Great."

A look at the clock gets me moving. I quickly change into my karate gi and run Jenna's brush through my hair before walking out to the streets, "Now to find Sasuke's house…" I scowl and disappear into the crowded streets.

Stepping into Their World

Chapter Ten:

JENNA

Memories and Dreams

The moment I wake up my head starts pounding with the beginnings of a headache. I groan and slip my legs out of the bed I was in before rising to my feet, "What I wouldn't give for an Advil or two." I reach a hand up and rub a circular pattern into the skin that covers my right temple in a futile attempt to subdue the aching pain. Suddenly my vision leaks to black and I feel myself tipping sideways.

Scared I remove my hand from my head and flail it about to find something to steady myself with. I let out a small whimper of pain as I ram into a wall headfirst and abruptly fall to the ground.

"Uhhhg." My vision turns hazy and then clarifies as Sasuke slams open the door.

"What happened?" He asks as he makes his way slowly over to me.

Shrugging nonchalantly I struggle to my feet only to lurch forward when the ground moves beneath me. Not wanting to fall again I reach out and tightly latch onto Sasuke's shirt to steady myself. Sasuke startled by my actions takes a step backwards and promptly trips over his own feet. I land on top of him with a soft thud as my head slams into the ground next to his neck increasing the throb in my head, "Sorry, I lost my balance." I wince at the sound of my own voice seemingly too loud.

He stays silent and I feel him wriggle out from beneath me. Slowly I stand up and lean against the wall for support.

"Uhhg I hit my head and now my headaches even worse not to mention I just blacked out or whatever that was." Mumbling to myself I attempt to maneuver around Sasuke only to get a face full of his blue shirt.

"What the hell?" Tilting my head backwards I send a glare to the Uchiha in front of me.

"Get back to bed, you're sick."

"Like hell I am! I never get sick, only minor colds." Narrowing my eyes at him I move to the side to go the other way around when he, again, blocks my path.

"Bed, Now."

I open my mouth to retort at his words, which indeed were not suggestions but apparently a command, when a cough erupts from my mouth so violent that it makes me fall to my knees. After a few seconds I'm only left with the cough ends leaving in its place a severely sore throat, "My god I really am sick." I twist my face up in disgust at the thought of being seriously sick for first time in the thirteen years of my life.

I sulk on the walk over to the bed I originally got out of not even bothering to look up since I know, I mean I just know that that (1) bastards face was going too be adorned by that haughty smirk mocking me. Pouting a bit I slide under the heavy covers and pull them up to my chin. Finally I spare a glance in Sasuke's direction and wish I hadn't cause that one little glance confirmed my thoughts, he was gloating! Damn him, I swear I was going to kick his ass one of these days. Mumbling I scowl at him and stick out my tongue before closing my eyes in a feeble attempt to sleep.

I can feel myself twitching unable to fall into a peaceful slumber because of his presence. I swear anymore of this and he's gonna be burning a hole in my face. I wrinkle my nose and open my left eye to glare at him, "It helps to leave a sickly person such as myself alone while they try to sleep." My eyes narrow slightly as he gives a small shrug and exits the room. At last, some peace and quiet. Oh who am I kidding I'm so bored!

That reminds me, where am I anyways? Curious I sit up in bed but pause my search momentarily as the pictures before my eyes swim. I squint for a few seconds before continuing my search. It looked kind of old and dusty in here. Now that I thought about it the sheets were pretty stiff too, it was like this room hadn't been used in years. A small sigh escapes my lips as I slowly return to my cozy place under the stiff but warm covers. I feel my eyes flutter shut and just as I start falling asleep the door is slammed open again.

"JENNA!!!!" Jessica barges into the room doubled over and panting.

Sitting back up I cock an eyebrow at her, "What, did you run a marathon or something?"

Her head turns up sharply and she glares at me intensely.

"If you're trying to scare me then it's not working." I snicker a little before wincing and forcefully massage my temples with my thumbs, "God this headache hurts li…" I break off as my voice cracks and I giggle violently at complete change in tone. My giggle turn into a hacking cough and one hand goes to my clenched stomach while the other grips the base of my throat.

"Want me to get you something to drink?" Jessica asks with a hint of a smile on her face.

"Yeah, preferably green tea… with a lot of honey." My eyes light up with the thought of some green tea and honey. Yum.

"Ah wait before you go, where am I exactly? The last thing I remember was blacking out while following Sasuke back to the village." I furrow my eyebrows and nibble on the bottom corner of my lip while thinking of places I could be.

"You're at the Uchiha compound." Sasuke's voice interrupts us somewhat coldly. He was lightly leaning against the frame of the sliding door that led to the room.

My mouth makes an 'O' shape as I register this, "Ohhhhh. Then whose room am I using? Ah, and sorry for the intrusion." I give Sasuke a short tilt of my head. Good thing I remembered my manners, gotta make it seem like we belong here in the first place at least. Shaking off my inner thoughts I turn my attention back to Sasuke and watch as he visibly tenses. Seems like I hit a sore spot there… wait a sore spot, that means that I…could I possibly be in his room!?

"You're in Itachi's room." He spit's the name out coldly and with as much venom as…well as someone whose older brother murdered their entire clan. Shaking off the trivial fact my eyes light up at the said man's name.

"Seriously!" I practically scream before diving under the covers fully. Rolling back and forth, I thoroughly mess up my hair, before popping back out sniffing the pillow, and crushing it to my chest, "Itachi's room!" I'm in heaven! Although... I do like them both equally, sort of. . Meh whatever!

The minute the words left my mouth I immediately regret them.

Sasuke wastes no time before flickering over to the bed and roughly grabbing the front of my shirt pulling me close, "What do you know about Itachi!? Do you know where he is? Tell me where he is!!"

My eyes widen slightly from fear and slightly from the inexplicable feeling of being so close to someone of the opposite sex that was not related to me by any means. Inaudibly I gulp and narrow my eyes so as to calm myself down, "Who is this Itachi you speak of?"

Sasuke's eyes widen before narrowing in anger and he slams me against the headboard of the bed, "Don't you dare toy with me!" I could have sworn his eyes turned red but I brush the absurd thought aside, there was no way of telling whether he had acquired Sharingan yet or not.

"I don't know who you're talking about." I scowl at him making sure to put as much ice into my words as I possible could. I turn away from him and focus my gaze on my toes.

Jessica walks over and roughly pulls Sasuke's hands from their tight grip on my shirt, "She's thinking of a different Itachi. We don't know who the hell you're talking about but the guy we're talking about doesn't have a cold, stoic, unfriendly bastard of a little brother."

Sasuke glares at her heatedly before turning on his heel and vacating the room.

"Oops?" I smile weakly at Jessica while rubbing the back of my head.

Her only response was to slap a hand to her face before walking out the door with the promise of getting my tea and honey.

Sighing I allow my eyelids to droop half-way before letting out a massive sigh that leads to a painful coughing fit. Grumbling about how being sick sucks I make my way back under the covers carefully and fist the thin comforter to my chest. Inhaling deeply I calm myself down and stare unseeingly at the wall. This is all so much to take in. As much as I hate my world I find myself missing it. Missing my horrible life but at least there I knew what was going to happen and I could deal with that but here. Like I had Luke there, he was an important person to me even if we weren't related by blood he still loved me and stuck up for me at school when I got teased. Everything's new, even if I watched this show back at my house it was all fiction and just for fun, now it's my reality.

Cold tears slide down my face tickling my nose as they go but I make no move to wipe them away. I always did cry a lot. I let the tears continue until the weight in my chest was light enough for me to ignore the persistent ache and I slip into an uncomfortable sleep.

I'm running. Running from who I don't know, but I knew it was important. I feel fear, anger, sadness, rage, hate, numb. Why? Why am I being chased? You have to get away! Tree's fly by as I run into the forest and away from… from where? You can't stop running! Why am I running? You can't stop if you do you'll die! But why, who says I want to live. You must live!! I'm so confused! It will be clean soon enough child, when you return. WHY I'm so confused please just tell me! I hate not knowing!

When the dream finally fades away I shoot up into a slouched sitting position and breathe heavily. What the hell was all that? Heat surges throughout my body and I start panting as my heart furiously pumps blood throughout my system. I glare at my shaking hands willing them to still but they continue to shake. Frustrated I fist the shaking appendages and slide out of the bed. I stop short as a wave of dizziness unfocuses my vision.

A wave of fear washes through me but I steel against it and continue forward until I was out of Itachi's room. I look around for a moment trying to figure a way out of this too large house. Walking to the right I pass several shut and rather new looking doors. My nose wrinkles as I continue walking. It looks like he hasn't used this wing in years.. Well I suppose that's understandable. I give my head a quick shake before continuing on my way until I come across a door that looked more used. Sliding it open silently I let out a small squeak upon discovering Sasuke's room.

I tip toe in as silent as I could and look around curiously until I notice a lump on the bed. I just manage to hold back my squeak of surprise as I move over to the bed.

He looks so innocent and defenseless in his sleep. Smiling softly I pull up his comforter a bit more before tip toeing back out of the room.

A sour scowl breaks out onto my face as I continue to wonder through his entire house. After what seems like an eternity I finally reach the front door to his house. Excited I race out side and let out a loud whoop, "FINALLY!" I grin merrily and skip down the road of his clan complex until I come to the gate. My smile dims a bit and I give a short wave to the compound before racing out and mixing in with the crowd.

Huh, I wonder where Jessica is.

Boy was I hungry.

[1] No that's not a typo.

I apologize for the lateness of this. Hope the ending/dream didn't confuse you too much. Would anybody like to beta this for me?