Love
or Chaos?
Chapter
11: Revenge is Sweet
"Hey, why the sad face?" Sakura said to Sasuke, who was currently sitting beside her on the bus. Neji and Tenten were seated across them on the other side of the aisle, while Naruto and Hinata were seated behind them.
Sasuke raised his eyebrow with his arms crossed over his chest. "I'm not sad." He replied. Sakura raised her eyebrow. "Well you have a nice way of showing it." She said sarcastically. "I'm so excited! I can't wait to ice skate you know!" she said happily.
Sasuke rolled his eyes. Here we go again… he thought. Sakura had been rambling on about being excited about ice skating since they got on the bus. He could tell she really loved it…well it's the complete opposite for him.
"Keep quiet." He said, irritation very evident in his voice. Sakura raised her eyebrow. "Well you shouldn't have asked me to be your seatmate on the bus then." She replied.
"Better you than fangirls…" he replied, looking disgustedly at the girls who were looking at him over their seats. "Hmph. Good you noticed." She huffed, crossing her arms over her chest. He smirked.
"Who here doesn't know how to skate?" Kurenai asked in front of the bus. She was their teacher chaperone for the whole trip. Some students raised their hands. Sakura noticed Naruto and Lee raise their hands as well.
I thought Lee would be good at ice skating…maybe not then. She thought. She looked at Sasuke. He wasn't raising his hand. Figures…I knew it. He's probably good at everyth- she put her thoughts aside when she heard Naruto's loud voice.
"Hey! Sasuke-teme doesn't know how to skate too!" he said, rather very loudly so everyone in the bus heard him. A few seconds after, all eyes were on Sasuke who shot Naruto a death glare.
Sakura looked at Sasuke, shocked. Wow…so that's something he can't do… she thought. Well…this could be fun. She smirked.
Silence.
Here we go… Sakura thought, rolling her eyes.
3…2…1
"I'll teach you, Sasuke-kun!"
"I'll help!"
"No I will!
Voices of Sasuke's fan girls filled the bus. Others were whispering to each other. "Quiet!" Kurenai shouted. So everyone turned to her and remained silent.
"Haruno, help Uchiha. Since there are only a few people who don't know how to ice skate, find a partner who can teach you how. The others who already know how, just find a partner to practice with. Clear?" Kurenai said with authority. "Yes, sensei." They answered disappointedly.
Sakura turned to Sasuke smirking. "I never knew you couldn't ice skate." She said. Sasuke glared at her. "Stop smirking." He said. She didn't stop and raised her eyebrow. "Who was smirking at me when he knew I couldn't swim then?" She said.
He rolled his eyes. She looked at him and chuckled. He raised his eyebrow. "What?!" he said. "Nothing…" she replied but continued laughing nonetheless. He glared at her. "Stop it." He said. "Okay, okay. Fine I'll stop…" she said.
"Haha, be a bit easy on him, Sakura-chan! It's his birthday next week!" Naruto said grinning. Sakura looked at him, then to Sasuke. "Really?" she asked. Sasuke rolled his eyes. "So what?" he asked.
Sakura raised her eyebrow. "You're supposed to be happy that it's your birthday next week…" she said. Sasuke sighed. "Can we change the topic…" he said impatiently that Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Fine…we can talk about skating then." She replied, grinning. Sasuke glared that her. "Not about that as well." Sakura rolled her eyes. "Okay…" she said.
"It's ironic though…I couldn't swim, while you can't skate." She continued, grinning. He raised his eyebrows. "Not for long…" he replied. She looked at him. "Why so confident?" she asked playfully, nudging him with her elbow.
"I'm a fast learner." He answered. She rolled her eyes. "You're 16! If you're a fast learner, you should have skated well years ago…" she said. "Well this time is different. You'll see. I'll do it well before this trip ends." He replied. She grinned. "Of course! I'm teaching you!" she said. He smirked. True…
"Uhh Hinata-chan?" Naruto said while scratching the back of his head. Hinata blushed and looked at him. "Y-yes, Naruto-kun?" she asked. "Uhh…could you teach me how to ice skate? Because ermm…I never really tried doing it before hehe…" Naruto said grinning at her.
She smiled. "S-sure, Naruto-kun! I'd l-love t-to…" she said stuttering. Naruto pumped his fist into the air. "Yay! Hinata-chan is teaching me!" he shouted like a little kid. Hinata looked over at him smiling.
"Want to bet?" Tenten said. Neji raised his eyebrow. "About what?" he asked. She rolled her eyes. "What else? That I could skate better than you!" she said. He smirked. "In your dreams…" he said.
She sighed. "I know you can swim better than me okay! But I'm sure I could skate better." She said grinning at him. "What are we betting?" Neji asked. Tenten pondered about it for a moment.
She placed her pointer finger on her chin and looked like she was deeply thinking. Neji smirked. Cut-…wait…what am I thinking? Neji shook his thought off when she took her pointer finger off her chin, signaling that she was done thinking.
She smirked at him. He looked at her blankly but he was curious on the inside. He knew that look…it meant she had something evil (or at least that was how he described it) in mind.
"If I win…you'll go with me to different stores and buy me whatever weapons I want." She said smirking. He raised his eyebrow. Oh that's right…she would never grow tired of collecting those.
Ever since he knew her – which happened to be many, many years ago – she had already started collecting different kinds of weapons. She was fascinated by them. He only wished that she wouldn't use them on him someday.
He smirked. "Deal." He said, holding his hand out. She grinned. "Deal." She said, shaking his hand. "It's not like you're going to win anyway…" he said. She smirked.
"We'll see…"
Sasuke glared at Sakura, his eyebrow twitching. "There is no way I'm doing that." he said. Sakura rolled her eyes. "It's really easy Sasuke!" she exclaimed. He started walking away to the coffee shop.
Thankfully, he hadn't worn his skates yet. She just showed him what to do on the ice first. Sakura sighed. After a moment, she smirked. "So…Sasuke's giving up easily? That's a first." She said teasingly.
He stopped walking and turned back to look at her. "If I don't skate now, it doesn't mean I can't do it." He said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. She rolled her eyes. "Why don't you show me then?" she asked.
"I don't have to if I don't want to." He said and started to walk away again. Sakura remained smirking. "I dare you, Sasuke." She said. He stopped. She grinned.
Sasuke would never back down from a dare…
"Ha! I beat you!" Tenten exclaimed, looking at Neji. Both were slightly panting, having reached the other side of the skating ring for the 5th time now. Tenten got there first. Neji glared at her. "I just let you win this once you know." He said.
She raised her eyebrow. "No you didn't." she said. He smirked at her. "Yes I did." He said. Tenten sighed. "Men and their pride." She mumbled. Neji heard her and smirked. "Ready for round two?" he asked. Before Tenten could reply…
"Tenten, Neji-san!" Lee exclaimed from the outside the skating ring. They looked at him. Tenten smiled. "What is it Lee?" she asked. "Could you teach me…how to skate?" he asked.
Tenten nodded. "Sure!" she said, skating to the place in the ring nearest to him. She failed to notice Neji's eyebrows twitching.
1, 2, 3…
1, 2, 3…
1, 2, 3…
Sakura kept on mumbling. Sasuke rolled his eyes, only to lose his balance. He regained his composure seconds after. Sakura laughed at him. "See what happens when you don't concentrate?" she said.
"Whatever." He said. "Okay, you're almost getting it. You just have to have the right pace and concentrate!" she said happily. Sasuke would have been happy that she said that…until he heard the things she said right after.
This is going to be an interesting field trip alright…
"OUCH!" Naruto exclaimed. Hinata looked down at him, concerned. "A-are y-you okay, Naruto-kun?" she asked. Naruto laughed nervously. "Hehe…sorry about that Hinata-chan! I just kinda lost my balance." He said.
Hinata smiled at him. "You'll g-get it soon e-enough, Naruto-kun." She said.
20 minutes later…
"Ha! I'm finally getting it!" Naruto shouted. Hinata smiled beside him. "C-congratulations, Naruto-kun!" she said. Naruto grinned at her. "Thanks Hinata-chan." He replied. Then…
BAM! Hinata looked back, only to see that Naruto had fallen again. She skated to him. "A-are you o-okay?" she asked. Naruto grinned at her. "Never been better, Hinata-chan!" he replied.
Noticing the look on Hinata's face, he continued. "I lost my balance because I spotted an Ichiraku Ramen store near here! Want to eat with me after, Hinata-chan? My treat!" he said happily. Hinata blushed. "S-sure, Naruto-kun."
"Ohhh, Faster, Sasuke!"
"No! Not that fast! Slower!"
"Yes! That's it! You got it!"
"You know if you're tired, you can rest. We can continue later."
Her words were all popping in his head. Why couldn't she stop talking and using such…suggestive words. Sasuke's eyebrows were twitching. Well, Sakura was oblivious to what she was doing. She was happily saying those things, not knowing what it did to him.
"Can you just be quiet." he said. Sakura looked at him with her eyebrows raised. "What did I do now?" she asked him. He rolled his eyes, and luckily this time, he didn't lose his balance. Before he could reply…
"Sasuke-kun!!" he heard his name being called out by a high pitched voice. He looked away from the owner of the voice disgustingly. He knew that voice from anywhere. None other than…Rika's.
She came rushing over to them. Sasuke was surprised that she didn't come there to talk to him…but instead to someone else. "Hey forhead-girl!" Rika shouted to Sakura. Sakura raised her eyebrow. "You don't have to shout, I'm only beside you, you know." She said.
Rika rolled her eyes. "I have a challenge for you, Haruno Sakura." She said seriously. Sakura looked at her with eyebrows still raised. "What is it then?" she asked impatiently. Rika smirked. "I challenge you…to skate around the ring…blindfolded." She said.
"What do I get if I do it right?" Sakura asked, getting interested. Haruno Sakura never backs down from a challenge. Rika grinned. "You still get to teach my Sasuke-kun…if you lose, I teach him." She replied triumphantly.
Sasuke's eyes narrowed. "I'm not yours…" he said angrily. He looked at Sakura and his eyes slightly widened. She was smirking.
"I accept!"
"Shikamaru, you aren't helping!" Ino sighed. Shikamaru rolled his eyes and looked at the girl beside him. "Why not go with Rika and the others? That way I can rest." He said lazily. Ino looked down.
"They're giving Sakura a challenge. Besides I need to learn how to skate first…and you have to stop being lazy and help!" she told him, grinning. He sighed.
"Troublesome woman…" he mumbled. She glared at him. "What was that?!" she asked angrily. "Nothing." He simply replied. "Oops!" she exclaimed, instantly holding Shikamaru's arm. She almost fell.
"That was close." She said. Shikamaru raised his eyebrow. "Troublesome field trip." He mumbled again. Ino rolled her eyes. "You consider everything, troublesome!" she exclaimed. After a few seconds, she sighed.
"Fine…let's go get coffee. I'm thirsty anyway." She said. Shikamaru raised his eyebrow. Ino noticed this. "It's either coffee or teaching me how to skate." She told him. He sighed. "Coffee it is then…" he said lazily.
"You're finally getting it Lee!" Tenten said to him happily. Lee grinned and Neji grimaced when he saw his teeth go 'ping!' I guess I know what Uchiha feels whenever Lee smiles now… He thought. "Thank you so much for your help Tenten, Neji-san!" Lee exclaimed. Neji rolled his eyes.
He grabbed Tenten's arm and pulled her away. "Hey! Where are we going?" she asked. "We're done teaching, let's go." He said monotonously. Tenten rolled her eyes. "I taught…you just stood there like a statue with arms crossed." She said and stopped. "Though your face looked mad…what was that about?" she asked.
"Hn. You're imagining things." He replied. She sighed. "Whatever." He smirked. "Ready for round two?" he asked. She grinned. "Ready whenever you are."
This is stupid… Sasuke thought while looking at Sakura skating blindfolded. He went out of the ring simply because he didn't want to stay near his fan girls, especially that Rika girl…
So far, Sakura had made so mistakes. It looked like she had memorized just how long and wide the ring was because she never bumped the wall. Since there were only a few people in the ring, she didn't bump anyone…yet.
Sasuke sighed, running his hand through his hair. He was already getting tired just sitting down doing nothing. Practice it is then… he thought, entering the ring once more.
He looked down to his feet. 1, 2, 3…1, 2, 3…1, 2, 3. He kept repeating in his head. And that seemed like a bad idea…not that he would have wanted to change it later on…because he likes what would happen. He wants it to…not that he would ever admit it right now.
He continued practicing, looking at the floor. He heard a faint scream from the other side of the ring. "Watch out!" he heard a fan girl shout. Instinctively, he looked up…only to see Sakura skating…to the direction he was standing.
Since he wasn't used to ice skating yet, he was not able to evade her…making both of them fall on the ice. Out of reflex, he used his arm to break their fall and his other arm instinctively held her waist.
That wasn't the only thing that happened because…his lips were on hers. Both of them were too stunned to move. Silence… Time seemed to stop for the both of them…until…
"Get off of him, forehead-girl!" Rika angrily yelled. Both were brought back to reality and they separated. Sasuke stood up, having quite a hard time in the process. His face looked as blank as ever, but on the inside, he could not deny his heart beating at a rapid pace.
Sakura just sat there, still stunned with her blindfold on. She touched her lips, wondering who had done it. "Are you okay?" a voice asked her. She took off her blindfold, looking at…
Plain black eyes…not onyx. It was Lee…
Her heart dropped. She knew it must have been an accident, but still…she didn't like the fact that it was given away to Lee…her first kiss. Lee was a good friend. But she didn't want to have it with him but with Sas- no…she had no one in mind.
She looked around, some people were gathered around her. She saw Sasuke's fan girls rush over to him. "Are you okay, Sasuke-kun?" they asked. Sakura raised her eyebrow. What happened to him? She thought.
Then Rika, with the angriest face Sakura ever saw her make, shouted…at her. "What did you do that for, forehead-girl?! You didn't have to do that to my Sasuke-kun!" she shouted. "Do what? I didn't even do anything to him!" Sakura replied, raising your eyebrow.
"You kissed him!" a fan girl shouted out. Sakura's heart stopped. She looked at Sasuke, whose eyes were giving a death glare to Rika and his fan girls. "W-what?" Sakura asked taken aback. Rika glared at her even more.
"Don't even try to deny it! All of us saw you!" she said. "S-so it w-was Sasuke who I…" she said, her voice trailing away looking at Sasuke. He looked at her with his usual blank face. She looked away and blushed…and in the process, failed to notice the tint of pink that had risen on his face.
Rika huffed. "Well I won so I'm teaching Sasuke-kun how to skate!" she exclaimed, about to reach for Sasuke's arm but missed because he skated away from her. He went nearer to Sakura and bent down…
He offered her his hand. She looked at it…then to him. "Just take it already, my arms are going to go numb." He said monotonously. She smiled. "Thanks…Sasuke." He smirked…especially when he saw Lee and Rika's disappointed faces.
They started skating away and before Rika could protest, Kurenai's voice echoed in the ring. She said that they were allowed to go around mall for an hour, and then they could leave.
Sasuke smirked as he went out of the ring. Rika skated closer to them. "Sasuke-kun let's go! I can teach you better than forehead-girl…" she said, sounding as innocent as ever. Sasuke glared at her. "I'm tired…besides, I already know how." He replied.
Sakura looked from Sasuke to Rika. Sasuke had his blank face on (as usual) while Rika was fuming. Once both of them were done taking out their skating shoes, Sasuke pulled Sakura's arm and led her to the mall…leaving Rika behind.
Sakura sighed.
I wonder how next week would be…
Author's Note: Hehe I told you I'd make up for the CRP event in the last chapter xD So how did you like it? Good, bad, burn? And I'm so sorry for the delayed chapter guys…and sorry if it seems rushed. Really, it was xD I had a really hectic week…had to submit 4 projects. It's finals as well -.-
Just to make things clearer: The skating ring was inside the mall. Also, the students were allowed to buy in the coffee shop near the ring to rest before, after or in between ice skating. They were also allowed to go around the mall for about an hour before leaving in the bus to go back to school.
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And the next chapter is…
Love
or Chaos?
Chapter
12: A Simple Gift
So it's Sasuke's birthday…hehe so what do you think would happen? And what's the gift?… by the way, I am not revealing what the gift is in the preview…it's too big of a spoiler ;)
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