Chapter 12

New Friend's and Sibling Fear

Okay...I really didn't need to see that...

Sakura thought to herself as she walked out of the building and away from the two snogging teens. She sighed, as she shifted the bag on her shoulder uncomfortably.

"I hope Deidara's okay..." She mumbled to herself, when something suddenly caught her eye. She bent down and picked up a newspaper that was about to fly away, and looked at the bold letter displayed across it.

ATTACK ON KH STUDENT!

Just a day ago, a Senior at Konoha High, Deidara, shot and tried to kill a junior student by the name of Inuzuka Kiba. Fortunatley for me I was able to interview a student who attend the same school and knew Deidara.

"Deidara wasn't very fond of Kiba, and he was very violent so it's not a surprise he's been put in jail..." Said a blond spkiy haired female who looked at the ground sadly. "He always hung with the wrong crowd...Like the school whore Ino and the silent voodoo queen, Sakura."

VOODOO QUEEN!?!

Sakura's jaw fell slightly at that.

As I walked into the jail (And snuck past the cop), I crept over to the delinquents cell. As I pushed the microphone through the bars the first words to leave his mouth as he looked at me with cold eyes was:

"Who the fuck are you, yeah?"

When I told him I was part of the media he had frowned slightly and glared darkly at me.

"Why the hell are you always snooping into people's buisness, yeah!? Fuck off, yeah!"

"That doesn't sound like Deidara..." She muttered before throwing the paper in a trash bin nearby. She rubbed her head as she continued to walk down the sidewalk. Her eye's turned slightly to see a small and empty Cafe nearby which seemed cozy enough to settle her thoughts in.

When she opened the door and sat down on a stool at the counter, she was met with a smiling face. "Welcome! What would you like to drink?"

Sakura sighed tirdley and placed her bag down next to her, "Anything's fine, thanks."

As the girl bent down to pick up a cup and fill it with some sort of smoothie she looked up at Sakura with a worried frown.

"What's wrong with you?" She asked before placing the liquid in front of Sakura. She glanced up at the girl who still had the worried look.

"Well...My friend was convicted of something he didn't do...And I'm trying to prove he didn't do it."

She took out a cloth and started to wash the counter slowly, "What's your friend's name?"

"Deidara..."

Her wiping paused, "Oh, your talking about that shooting at the Konoha school, right?"

Sakura nodded and took a small sip of her drink. "Yeah, I know he didn't do it, because I saw Sasuke do it. Not only that, but he also did this." Sakura shuffled through the bag and pulled out the camera that held the photos of Hinata bruised and scarred and handed it to the girl who dropped the rag into a wastebin.

She clicked through each photo, her face passive yet concentrated. As she continued to press buttons and look at the photos, Sakura finished off her drink and pushed it away.

It took a few moments before she finally spoke, "This is some good evidence Sakura..."

She narrowed her eyes suspiciously, "How do you know my name...?"

She smiled and handed the camera back to her, "I go to the same school as you."

Sakura blushed slightly embarassed, and then looked at the counter. "Oh...I'm sorry..."

"There's nothing to apologize about! Anyway, since you don't know, my name's Jesserai." Jesserai smiled and took the cup from Sakura.

She shuffled through her bag to look for money but was stopped by a hand on her shoulder.

"No need to pay, this one's on the house."

Sakura smiled, "Thanks..." She walked over to the door but was stopped by Jesserai's voice.

"Sakura! If you ever feel overwhelmed, feel free to tell me how your case against Sasuke is going!"

SAKURA'S POV.

The next morning I awoke early and headed to school at a fast pace so I would be able to meet up with Sasori.

When I saw his figure off in the distance, I waved and called his name. He turned and then slowed down his pace so I could catch up.

"I heard about the thing with Hinata. Do you have photo's?" He asked calmly as I nodded my head and then shuffled through my bag for the camera. I handed it to him, and watched as he pressed through the photos slowly looking them over.

He nodded and then handed the camera back to me, before patting my head.

"Good, this should help make his sentence longer...But, now we need to get proof he had the gun..."

DEIDARA'S POV.

I sighed and paced back and forth in my cell while sending an occasional glare towards the cop.

I know it's not entirley his fault I'm in here...but GOD DAMMIT! If I stay here any longer I'm going to die of boredom!

I mumbled curses to myself, but stopped when the jail doors opened.

I quickly looked over to see if it was Sakura, but frowned when I saw it was some dumb girl I didn't know. I sat down and banged my head against the cell bars in frustration.

The cop glanced over at me with a raised eyebrow before turning back to the girl with a smile, "Good Morning Jesserai!"

The girl smiled back at him, "Good Morning Sir!"

"What brings you here today?"

"May I please see the gun that number 07842 had held?" My ears perked up in intrest at the sound of my number.

I raised my head to look at the girl again. Why did she want the gun I had held?

"Sure you can, but could I ask why?" He scratched his head slightly.

She grinned and wagged a finger at him, "You know fully well you can't ask why!"

"Right right...Well here you go." He said after he had put on gloves and handed her a piece of the crime.

She placed it in her purse and I watched as she shuffled it around inside before removing it and handing it back to the officer.

"Thank you!" She smiled but I swore I saw her eyes trail to me and wink before she walked back out.

I frowned and cocked my head to the side. Well...That was weird...

HINATA'S POV.

I glanced to my left and then to my right, before rushing down the hall towards the safety of my locker.

Once I reached it I placed my back against it and slid down before clutching my pounding heart.

Ever since the incident with Sasuke I had been always been looking behind my back, I afraid he would be there.

I didn't feel safe anywhere I went, and it was making me think I was losing my mind.

I felt my bottom lip tremble and my eyes start to water up, and I hugged my knees so I could hide my face.

There they go again, I can't control them, it's like my tears have a mind of their own.

Maybe Naruto was right... I hugged my knees tighter so I felt like a ball and let a small sob escape my lips.

"Hinata...?" I raised my head slowly to see Kiba looking at me worriedly as he balanced himself on one foot.

He struggled to lean against the locker next to mine, and dropped down with a thud so he was sitting next to me.

He turned his head to look at me with his still worried eyes.

I wiped the tears away quickly and mumbled an apology, feeling foolish for crying about something dumb again.

He smiled slightly but with no humor in it.

"You don't have to apologize. What's wrong?" He asked as softly as he could, as he raised his hand to place it gently on my head.

I looked away from him ashamed for making him feel bad again.

"M-Maybe Naruto's r-right..." I muttered. I felt his hand tense slightly on top of my hair.

It was a few moments before he actually spoke, "Maybe he's right about...what?"

The tears fell from my eyes again and down my cheeks, "M-Maybe I really a-am a c-creepy c-crybaby s-sl-"

He dropped his hand and placed both hands on my shoulder so I was looking at him. "Don't you dare." His eyes looked very angry.

I knew that Kiba had always pretended to be a tough and mean guy and always acted angry. But this time...He looked VERY angry, and it was real.

I blinked slightly frightened as I ntoice him visibly clench his teeth. "Don't you dare call yourself a creepy crybaby slut! Don't you dare! Don't ever!" His hands slid from my shoulders and held my arms softly instead as he looked at the ground. "Please..."

My eyes widened.

I had never seen Kiba look so helpless before, he actually looked like HE was the one who was going to cry.

"I-I'm...sorry..." He mumbled, as he let go of me to push a hand through his hair. "I must've scared you...Sorry..." He looked at me with a sad smile.

"Just...don't call yourself that again okay? Your a wonderful girl...you don't deserve to be called those things. There's so many things that you are...Ah! Well! What I mean is-" His face flushed a bright red. "U-U'm...H-Hinata...y-you...I mean...I-"

"Aww how touching." Kiba and I looked up, and to my hororr saw Sasuke staring down at us with a sneer as he crossed his arms.

"Yeah! Touching!" Sasuke rolled his eyes at the blond beside him's behavior. "Not now stupid..."

Naruto closed his mouth and looked at the ground sullenly.I couldn't keep my eyes off the Uchiha who towered above us, and I quickly felt the fear make my body tremble.

I dug my nails into my knees and closed my eyes tightly. However, they quickly shot wide open when I felt an arm wrap around my shoulders as Kiba pressed me close to him.

"I won't let him hurt you..." I heard him whisper through clenched teeth.

"Now..." Sasuke tapped his chin thoughtfully. "What to do with you two..."

"Yeah! What to do!" Naruto piped up, grinning. Sasuke whacked him upside the head.

"Shut up stupid...Oh! I know..." He muttered, before placing a foot on top of Kiba's cast.

He winced greatly, but didn't remove his arms away from me. Sasuke smiled sadistically, "Well now...How long can you keep this up for...?" With that he dug his heel deeply into the area where the bullet had been removed from.

Kiba yelped out in pain, but just clutched harder to me.

Kiba...

I thought, as I felt my chest tighten up. Sasuke put more pressure onto his heel making Kiba bit his lip and make him shut his eyes tightly.

You're hurting him...

Sasuke started to chuckle, and leaned forward to put most of his weight on it this time.

I felt something snap inside of me as Kiba continued to hold me and as the first tears of pain escaped his closed eyes.

I struggled out of Kiba's arms, and shoved Sasuke with enough force to make him fall back and whack Naruto with his elbow so that they both fell. "S-Stop!"

Naruto raised his hand to his nose that was starting to drip blood from the force of the blow Sasuke's elbow had given it. Sasuke sat on the floor in shock for awhile before he glared darkly at me.

"You...bitch..." He whispered murderously. He stood up shakily, along with Naruto who kept bringing his hand back and forth to examine how much blood was leaking.

"Yeah! Bitch!" Naruto echoed. Sasuke turned his glare towards Naruto.

"WILL YOU SHUT-"

"Little brother..." Sasuke shut his mouth quickly, and his body tensed as he turned to look at someone who was behind me.

I turned also, to see the older Uchiha looking at Kiba who was writhing and clutching his foot in pain.

Sasuke tripped and fell backwards, his eyes not leaving the older one's, before he scrambled back to his feet and ran, with Naruto trailing close behind.

A few minutes later, I watched the older Uchiha place Kiba, passed out from the pain, on a bed in the Nurse's office, before turning on his heel and walking out.

I glanced over at Kiba one last time before I followed the elder close behind and walked beside him.

He slowed down so I could catch up and then looked down at me with an eyebrow raised curious as if to ask why I was following him.

"U-Um...I-I've been m-meaning to a-ask..."

He stayed silent but let a small sound escape the back of his throat to tell me he was listening.

"W-Why is S-Sasuke so s-scared of y-you?" I raised me eyes up to his shyly.

"I killed our parents for the last fudgsicle pop..." I stopped in my tracks and watched his figure dissapear behind the corner before I fell to my knees.


Me: (rolling on floor and laughing hysterically)

Kisame: WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!?!

Me: I tried! I really did! This was supposed to be ALL seriousness and fluff, but I couldn't help myself!

Kisame: Christ...

Me: Congrats again Jesserai for winning the contest and becoming an important character in my story! :D

Kismae: Yeah yeah, congratz...Whatever...

Me: (starts laughing again) Fudgsicle pops....Psh...WAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Kisame: (sweatdrops)

Me: I was SUPPOSED to make Sasuke's fear of his brother a serious thing...but...Fudgsicle pops just popped in my head...

Kisame: You are weird...

Me: At least I didn't kill my parents for the last fudgsicle pop!

Kisame: (sighs) You're not going to drop this are you...

Me: Nope!

Kisame: (sighs again) Please Read and Review so you can explain the ending was just stupid...

Me: WHAT!?! It's FUNNY! Admit it!