Chapter 11
The girl who shouldn't be forgotten
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto!! T.T
"Dialogue"
Thoughts/flashback
Inner self
A/N: alrighty chappy 11 up!!!!! Sorry for not updating very sorry!!
And some things that people wanted to happen are finally going to happen in this chappy! And no its not sasuXsaku ness sadly :S
Anyway, with the public message gone,
On with the story!!!
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Sakura was still talking with Lee and laughing her head off during lunch. Sasuke was watching them the whole time. He had never felt this feeling before; it feels like someone came and ripped something out of him. He was clueless as to why he was feeling it, he just did. He had the feeling that he wanted to just go up to Lee and sock his face in. But Sasuke resisted. Sasuke kept intently watching until Lee got up, kissed Sakura's hand, and walked off. It seems that Lee's friends wanted him over to where they were. Sakura looked at Sasuke and smiled and got up and sat next to him.
"What do you want?" asked Sasuke,
"I've been thinking, since we are friends again and all, that I should tell you about some of our past you know, when we were best friends as kids!" Sakura said very gleefully, knowing that he wouldn't listen to her anyways. Or…would he?
"Whatever, go on."
"I just thought that maybe it would trigger your memory!"
"Uhh ok…"
Tenten, Ino, Hinata, Naruto, Neji, and Shikamaru were all intently listening to what's going to happen. What happens if those stories did trigger Sasuke's memory?
"Anyway, do you remember when you and I were at the rose field? Oh stupid me!! You don't remember anything about when you and I were childhood friends!" Sakura said gleefully. She has been acting so much girlier and happy ever since Lee came into her life.
"Well Sasuke, there was this one time where you and I were in the rose field on Valentines Day I think it was. We were about 10 years old! Gee, when we were 10 that was when you moved to Japan… anyway! You and I were in the rose field because you had a surprise for me. The funny thing was, was when you and I arrived there, you picked up a bunch of roses without getting pricked by the thorns, and then you gave them to me! I thought it was the best Valentines Day present ever!" Sakura said.
Sasuke just stared at her. He did not know what the crap was going on. He never took a girl to a rose field before! Still, that aura of familiarity surrounded her every time Sasuke looked at Sakura. Although he is just a stupid dumb ass and doesn't know why she's so familiar.
(A/N: stupid baka. Not knowing why she's so familiar!! SHE IS YOUR CHILDHOOD FRIEND LET THE MEMOS COME BACK TO YOU!! GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD!)
Sakura noticed that he was staring at her blankly. She sighed and continued.
"That's funny; you don't remember it at all. Well I'll just tell you another! That might trigger it!"
She was then cut off by the bell ringing.
DING DONG DING DONG DING DONG
"Aw damn! I can't tell you anymore stories! Well I have to go to period four! Tsunade is going to kill me if I am late! I'll cya later guys!" Sakura said.
Sakura ran in a heartbeat. Everyone laughed to themselves, except Sasuke. Everyone was laughing because she's gone from the new, shy kid, to a real outgoing, girlyier girl. Everyone then said their goodbyes and departed to their classes.
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AT SAKURA'S MOM AT THE STORE, AROUND THE TIME WHEN SAKURA LEFT FOR SCHOOL
Sakura's mom was getting all the ingredients for her very special, secret family recipe, apple pie. Anyone who ate it went to heaven. It was so delicious. Since the festival is going to be big, she is going to have to make a lot of pies.
"Let's see, cinnamon, check. Sugar? Check. Green and red apples? Check." Said Sakura's mom to herself. Her mom then realised that she forgot some gram crackers, to help with the crust. She took her shopping cart to the isle where all the cookies, biscuits, and other sweet treats were. She went down until she found them. The very last box. She grabbed it and saw another hand grab it just at the same time she did. She looked to see who it was…
"MIKOTO?"
"ATSUKO?!"
(A/N: just so you guys know that I don't know what Atsuko means. So if someone knows, could they tell me what it means? Lol. I just looked up on the net 'Japanese girls names' and then it popped up. I thought it sounded pretty! OO)
Both those girls stared at each other in surprise. They have finally been reunited after 8 years! At least THEY remember each other, unlike baka Sasuke remembering Sakura.
"Oh my goodness! It has been so long Mikoto! 8 years! Heh… you've grown old." Said Sakura's mom A.K.A. Atsuko.
"You have too my friend, all wrinkled up." Replied Mikoto, smiling.
"Mikoto, I am so glad to see you again!"
"Same here! Hey how is Sakura doing and what school does she go to?"
"Sakura is okay I guess…" Atsuko trailed off. Mikoto looked at her weirdly. Atsuko then said, "Anyway Mikoto, Sakura goes to Konoha high school."
"Same here with Sasuke! They must have already met by now!"
"Although, coming from my daughter, they have met, but the meetings were bad ones."
"By whatever do you mean Atsuko?"
"Well, my daughter, when we first arrived here, went to the mall to get some clothes. Ever since she was just a child she loved the way her heritage would dress! In all of those funky clothes and such. Anyway, she told me that she ran into Sasuke, thinking that he would remember her, but didn't. She also said that he had the horrible smell of smoke, alcohol, and she said by the way he was dressed, that he looked like a man whore."
Mikoto sighed, knowing about those horrid things that Sasuke does. Although, she was really curious as to why he didn't remember Sakura at all. She then knew the answer. Atsuko continued on,
"She has had another encounter with him very recently. But before I go on Mikoto, I need you to make sure that you don't tell anyone about what I am about to tell about Sakura. She told me to promise that I wouldn't tell anyone so that she could live her life 'normally'."
"Atsuko, I promise on my heart and soul to never speak of this thing about Sakura to anyone. Not even Sasuke." Mikoto said. Mikoto has always said that when she was going to make a promise.
"Good. Well, before she started school, she and I were uniform shopping and all that. She fainted and was sent to the emergency room in the hospital. And then the doctors told us that she has a fairly new disease called Smiganopronosis. She doesn't have long to live. She will die on her birthday, it's not contagious either." Atsuko said, very briefly and sadly.
Mikoto looked at Atsuko; Atsuko had tears in her eyes. Mikoto wanted to cry as well. But instead, changed the subject before they both start bawling because of pity over Sakura.
"Well Atsuko, I am so very very sorry that she is going to die soon, but what does the sickness have to do with Sasuke?" Mikoto asked.
"Well Mikoto, Sakura was walking home from school and then she fainted because of her being sick and all. Sasuke just picked her up and took her off so that he could look like a hero in front of everyone."
Mikoto's eyes snapped open much wider. Sakura was the girl who almost died in their own home?! Mikoto was furious.
"That boy is in so much trouble!!! I can't believe he'd do that to an innocent old friend of his!!! That baka! I am going to have a word with him when he gets home from school!"
"Mikoto, I think he probably got into enough trouble already. Knowing you." Atsuko said, winking. "Now, if you hadn't noticed our hands have been on the gram cracker box ever since we both grabbed it!" Atsuko said, laughing.
Mikoto laughed and gave the box to Atsuko. Just by looking at the items in the cart Sakura's mom had, she was going to make her famous apple pie.
"One thing before I go off to the cash register, why didn't you guys keep in touch with us all these years? And let Sasuke forget about Sakura?" Atsuko said.
Mikoto sighed; she knew this question was coming up. She replied,
"Atsuko, it is my husbands fault. Back when he was such a grump and only cared about business, he wanted Sasuke, the heir to the industries, to forget about his friends in America. This is because my husband thought that a girl such as Sakura would weaken Sasuke, making him care for her more than he supposedly would about business. He also had forbidden me about talking to him about Sakura. So it seems that just along the years, he has forgotten her, you, and your husband. He probably just pushed all those memories to the back of his brain and locked them up. He didn't want me keeping in touch with you because of Sasuke. He also ordered all the photos that we had of the cute twosome burned. I am so sorry Atsuko."
"It is okay Mikoto. That's really horrid of your husband though. But it seems that he has changed I guess? On another note, I haven't heard news of Sasuke remembering her at all."
"Well I know that Sakura is not a quitter and I bet she won't stop trying to make Sasuke remember her and you and your husband."
"Sadly, Mikoto, her days of trying are limited."
Mikoto sort of forgot about Sakura dying, Mikoto felt such a big pang in her heart. Mikoto wanted to tell everyone that Sakura was sick. Especially Sasuke so that he'd get off his lazy ass and put his brain in gear. But she knew she couldn't tell, she would be breaking a promise to someone she has been friends with since elementary school!
"Anyway Atsuko, since we've met again. Maybe we should make some arrangements to go out sometime. Maybe bring our 'kids' with us. You know a little get together." Mikoto said, while winking.
Atsuko exactly knew what she meant. Mikoto wanted to have the get together for mainly Sasuke and Sakura. Mikoto now officially wanted Sasuke to remember Sakura.
"Of course, Mikoto, that would be lovely." Atsuko said.
Atsuko and Mikoto then exchanged phone numbers and said their goodbyes.
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Sakura approached Tsunade's office and knocked on the door.
"Come in." Tsunade said.
Sakura walked in.
"Konichiwa Tsunade!" Sakura said, very cheerfully.
"Konichiwa Sakura, have a seat and tell me about your day."
"Okay well, first period Kakashi gave everyone a pop quiz except me because I wasn't here to learn most of the subject that they were learning. No I didn't feel sick."
"Alright, second?"
"Science I didn't do much either. Just learnt stuff. Although I did feel a bit dizzy but it eventually went away."
"Alright, third period Sakura?"
"It was the best part of the day! A really nice guy came up to me and started to talk to me. We instantly became friends!! He also asked me out to the cherry blossom festival! I said yes of course."
"Wow he must be a very lucky guy. What is his name?"
"His name is Rock Lee."
Tsunade's eyes opened wide. That eye browed freak asked her out? And she said yes?!
"Oh… wow Sakura. I hope you have a fun time with him tomorrow." Tsunade said, kinda bummed. Sakura sighed, knowing that Tsunade wasn't a big fan of Lee either. Although Sakura didn't care. She was a girl who cared for who the person was, not what they looked like or anything at all like that.
"Anyway Sakura, what happened during lunch time?" Tsunade asked.
"I talked with Lee during most of it. But then his group of friends wanted him to join them so I decided to go and try to make Sasuke remember me!"
"And the results?"
"Not good. Nothing happened. I wasn't able to tell another story about him and I as kids because the bell rang for period four!"
"Ah I see. Sakura, I am very glad to see that you haven't been getting too sick lately."
"Same here Tsunade."
More conversing happened and then the bell rang. She grabbed her bag, said bye to Tsunade, and then met up with her friends. She said goodbye to them and ran off home. She got home and was greeted by her mom.
"Konichiwa Sakura! How was school?"
"It was great! I was asked out to the cherry blossom festival by a great friend that I met!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Oh who is he?"
"His name is Rock Lee! He is such a gentleman!"
"That's nice dear. Guess what happened to me today?"
"What?"
"I ran into Sasuke's mom today. We were so happy to see each other again!"
"Did you find out why the Uchiha's never kept in touch with us?" Sakura asked, accidentally not acknowledging about her mother's happiness.
"Hai I did. Mikoto said that his father wanted Sasuke to forget about you. So that Sasuke could become strong and not weak by thinking of you. Also, Mikoto was forbidden to talk about you to him. That is why he has forgotten you. Plus, all the pictures of you and him were burnt. And it is all because of his father."
Sakura looked at her mom. Shocked. His own father wanted him to forget her? Just because he was the heir to Uchiha industries? That's horrible!
"Okasan! That's stupid!!"
"I know. But it was his father's orders. Now you need to run upstairs and do your homework so you can get a good sleep tonight! Tomorrow is a big day!"
"Hai! I will see you when dinner comes! Sayonara!"
"Sayonara."
Sakura's mom was so happy to see her daughter much happier. That boy must have really made her feel special. Sakura's mom then went into the kitchen to start getting the ingredients ready to make all the apple pies.
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AT HINATA'S HOUSE AT AROUND 5:00 PM
Hinata was doing her homework in her room. Neji went out to do something that he didn't want Hinata to know about. All of a sudden, she heard her doorbell ring.
"I…I GOT IT OTOUSAN!" Hinata cried. Hinata went to the door and looked through the peep hole to see who it was. Her eyes widened a bit and she started to blush. It was Naruto. She could see him pacing around her front porch. She opened it and said,
"Ko…konichiwa N…Naruto kun. W-why are you here?" Hinata said softly,
"HINATA CHAN!! Uhh well, the thing is, uhh… well…" Naruto said. He then saw a very puzzled face on Hinata. He took a deep breath and said very fast,
"Hinatayouaresuchagreatgirlandsuchagreatfriendtomeandyouhavealwaysbeenreallynicetomeandnevercalledmeabakaoradobeoranything!soIjustwantedtoknowwetheryouwantedtogotothecherryblossomfestivalwithme?"
(translation: Hinata, you are such a great girl and such a great friend to me and you have always been really nice to me and never called me a baka or a dobe or anything! So I just wanted to know wether you wanted to go to the cherry blossom festival with me?)
Hinata, being a girl and all, understood fast talking. Hinata went even redder than she did when she bonked into Naruto earlier in school. She sucked up all her courage and said,
"N…Naru…to… I… will go with…you." Hinata was shaking hard. She was about to faint but Naruto pulled her into him and hugged her tightly. Hinata then blushed a lot harder. She now knows that Naruto likes her!
"Yay! Oh Hinata this is going to be a blast!! All the ramen there and the best thing is, you are going to be there to help me enjoy the ramen!"
Hinata looked at him surprised. She thought that he just only asked her out for the ramen?
"No no no no no that's not what I mean Hinata! I am sorry I just never really asked out a girl before and you know. The real reason why I asked you was because I like you!" said Naruto, scratching his head.
Hinata looked at Naruto and giggled softly she then cuddled a bit more in his arms and then Naruto said,
"Hinata, I have to be going now. I got to get my old kimono out for the festival and get ready and stuff like that."
"You d-don't really h-have to g-go Naruto kun. You can stay if you n-need a drink or something."
"Nah I will be fine Hinata chan! I will see you later!"
Naruto then turned to go but then he decided to turn around and give her a quick little peck on the cheek. After he finished kissing her cheek, that did it, she fainted. He caught her and then laid her down on the bench that was just inside the door. He then smiled at her and left.
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AT TENTEN'S HOUSE AROUND 5:30 PM
Tenten was in sweats and punching and kicking the punching bag she had in her living room. She needed to be strong in order to protect her friends from danger. Hinata was bullied a lot and Tenten always stood up for her. She then heard the doorbell ring. She got a face towel and wiped her face off of sweat and walked towards the door. She opened it and saw Neji.
"Hey Neji! Sup!" said Tenten.
"Oh nothing much." Neji said, he was about to continue but then Tenten asked,
"Do you want to join me in punching the punching bag over there?"
Neji smiled, "Sure." He said.
They were both taking punches and kicks to the punching bag she has and Tenten was surprised to see how much stronger Neji was than her.
"Wow Neji. You're a strong guy. I didn't notice." Tenten said, while blushing a bit. Tenten absolutely LOVED guys that were strong. Although not many guys liked her because she was really tough and very tomboyish.
Neji walked over to Tenten and said,
"Did you know that I like tomboyish girls that are strong?"
"Hmm… nope." Tenten replied.
"Well, I was wondering, since you and I have been good friends and stuff, and you have the traits of a perfect girl for me, would you like to go to the festival with me tomorrow?"
Tenten blushed a bit, thank goodness that her face was all red from punching or else she'd be embarrassed that she's blushing.
"Hai. Sure Neji. Hmm how long have you had a crush on me huh?"
"Long enough Tenten, long enough." She smiled at him. Neji wanted to give her a hug but they were all sweaty from punching the punching bag and it just wouldn't seem right… to hug while sweating… yucky! So Neji and Tenten said goodbye and then Neji left. Tenten kept swinging at the punching bag and then eventually took a shower.
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AT INO'S HOUSE AT AROUND 6PM
Ino was looking through a designer catalogue to look at all these new kimonos that Ino wanted to try on when the girls go shopping tomorrow. Ino gave out a little scream of excitement every time she saw a good kimono. She wanted every kimono in there. They were just too adorable! Her catalogue looking was interrupted when her doorbell rang. Ino was angry that she was interrupted but it would be rude not to answer the door. Usually she would let her parents answer but they were at work. She got up and walked to the door. She opened it and saw Shikamaru standing there with his hands in his pockets, looking real casual. Ino brightened up when she saw him and said,
"Konichiwa Shikamaru! What brings you here?" asked Ino, while hoping he is going to ask her to the festival.
"Well Ino, to me, you have always been a real nice looking girl. Also a very sweet one too. So uhh… would you like to go to the festival with me?" Shikamaru asked,
"OH MY GOD SHIKAMARU! WHY DIDN'T YOU ASK SOONER!?" Ino said, while hugging him tightly.
So troublesome…
"He decided to be a nice guy and hug her back. They then chit chatted for a while and Shikamaru left.
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FINALLY BACK AT SAKURA'S HOUSE XD
Sakura just finished eating dinner and went back upstairs to her bedroom. She was playing a computer game when her cell phone rang. She picked it up without reading the caller I.D.
"Hello?" She asked.
"HA!! I TOLD YOU IT WOULD WORK TENTEN!" shouted Ino.
"Alright fine! You win!" Tenten said.
"Uhh hello?" Sakura said.
"Oh Gomenasai Sakura. I made a bet to Tenten that I wouldn't be able to call you and Hinata just on my cell phone, basically, in other words, making a four way call! And I won the bet!" Replied Ino, with lots of pride.
"Anyway, I have got GREAT NEWS!!!" Ino continued,
"What is it?" Questioned Sakura,
"I got asked to the festival by Shikamaru!!"
"Nice Ino! Did anyone ask you out Hinata?"
"H-hai. N-Naruto did h-he even gave me a p-peck on the cheek" Hinata replied.
"GO HINATA!" cried Sakura. She then heard Hinata give a soft giggle. Then Hinata said, without pausing,
"Hey Tenten… who asked YOU out?" Hinata said, kind of loud, making sure that her cousin Neji heard. Everyone heard a faint 'shut up Hinata' from Neji and then everyone giggled.
"Yeah, from what you just heard there guys, I think you know." Tenten said.
The girls talked for a long time and then they all saw that it was 10 at night and they needed to get some rest to go shopping for their kimonos tomorrow! They all hung up and Sakura walked slowly downstairs to where her parents were in their living room, kissed them goodnight and walked back upstairs. She got on her pjs and crawled into bed. She shut her eyes, being VERY excited for tomorrow.
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A/N: Okay guys, before you go on saying that I was supposed to put the festival in, I didn't because the chappy was kinda long and so the shopping trip and the festival will be next chapter I PROMISE!!
BAH GAH!! So sorry that the reason why the Uchiha's never kept in touch was so STUUPID!! But I was sitting for literally a half an hour just thinking about what the reason why would be. And that was the only one that came to my mind. Gomenasai!
Hey!! Sakura's sickness isn't getting in the way very much!!
UH OH will the sickness interfere with the festival though!?!?!? OH NO!!!
R and R please… no flames
Until next time!!
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