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Chapter 21: A Decision Made
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-"What do you need to talk to us about, Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked. Everybody was in the living room waiting for Sakura to tell them her news.
-"Well…I don't know how to start." Sakura said.
-"You're pregnant aren't you? I knew it! Oh Sasuke, why couldn't you have used protection?" Ino asked.
-"What?! We never did "it" at all!" Sasuke yelled.
-"Then why is Sakura pregnant?" Ino demanded.
-"Um…guys." Hinata said.
-"Maybe you shouldn't interrupt Hinata." Shikamaru said.
-"This is better than cable." Naruto said.
-"I know! Where's the popcorn?" Matsuri asked. Tenten sweat dropped.
-"You guys are hopeless." Neji said.
-"Uchiha…I'm going to kill you!" Gaara growled. He pulled out a gigantic gun from his behind.
-"Where did you get that?" Sasuke asked.
-"You're dead!" Gaara yelled and began chasing Sasuke. Ino put her arm around Sakura's shoulders.
-"Don't worry Sakura; I'll stay by your side no matter what." Ino said. Sakura glared at her.
-"I'm not pregnant!" Sakura yelled.
-"It's ok to be in denial." Matsuri said. Sakura took Ino's arm off her.
-"For the last time…I'm not pregnant and Sasuke and I did not do "it"!" Sakura yelled at the top of her lungs.
-"Oh…well why didn't you say so?" Naruto asked.
-"Maybe because you guys didn't let her finish her sentence." Tenten said.
-"Exactly!" Sakura exclaimed.
-"Ten you might want to tell your brother that." Neji said pointing to Gaara still chasing Sasuke around.
-"Get away from me you freak!" Sasuke screamed.
-"Never! You made my sister pregnant and for that you shall pay! Mwuahahahah!" Gaara laughed maniacally.
-"I hate my life!" Sasuke yelled.
-"And I'm going to end it today!" Gaara yelled back.
-"Gaara! Sasuke did not make me pregnant!" Sakura yelled. Gaara stopped in his tracks.
-"So you're not pregnant?" Gaara asked.
-"Duh!" Shikamaru said. Ino threw a pillow at him.
-"Quiet!" Naruto and Matsuri yelled.
-"Sorry." Shikamaru whispered.
-"Fine then. You're off the hook Uchiha but I got my eyes on you." Gaara said. Sasuke took a deep breath.
-"I thought I wasn't going to survive." Sasuke said.
-"But what exactly where you going to tell us?" Naruto asked. Sakura took a deep breath and then let it out.
-"I have decided to go back to Konoha now. I will no longer be staying here in Spain." Sakura announced.
-"What?!" They all yelled.
-"But why?" Naruto and Hinata demanded both upset.
-"Did something happen?" Neji asked.
-"Please tell us!" Tenten, Matsuri, and Ino said.
-"Is it because of me?" Gaara asked.
-"Well no…" Sakura trailed off. Sasuke was silent. He didn't know what to say. He didn't know to either snap at her for making a stupid choice or to start hugging her and beg her to not leave.
-"Why...?" Sasuke choked out. Sakura looked at him with tears in her yes.
-"Because…I just can't take it anymore, Sasuke-kun." Sakura said. The tears were coming now.
-"I don't understand. I've changed for you and you still want to leave?" Sasuke asked.
-"You haven't changed Sasuke! You're still the same jerk you turned into when you did the movie! I just can't live with it anymore!" Sakura cried.
-"Did we change too?" Hinata asked quietly. Sakura didn't dare look at her friend.
-"Yes." She whispered.
-"Well why didn't you say anything earlier?" Neji demanded. Sakura didn't answer.
-"Answer us!" Naruto yelled and grabbed Sakura's shoulders.
-"Now hold it Naruto!" Tenten yelled and took a strong hold on Naruto who struggled against her grip.
-"What are you doing? She's going to try and leave us!" Naruto yelled. Tenten gave Naruto a look.
-"Yes, I know she wants to leave but its Sakura's choice and who are we to stop her?" Tenten asked.
-"Her best friends!" Ino yelled.
-"Tenten's right." Gaara whispered.
-"What? What the hell do you mean that she's right?" Naruto demanded.
-"If Sakura wants to leave then we have to. She has freedom of choice."
-"But she's our friend!" Hinata yelled.
-"And she's my sister!" Gaara yelled. Everybody became silent.
-"Please…just let me go." Sakura pleaded.
-"Fine…go." Naruto growled.
-"We don't need someone like you in this place." Matsuri said.
-"Now you guys are just not being fair." Shikamaru said.
-"And is leaving us fair too?" Sasuke yelled. Sakura flinched at the tone of his voice.
-"He has a point." Neji said.
-"Yeah but it's her choice!" Tenten yelled.
-"So we should just let her leave us?" Ino asked.
-"You guys just don't get it!" Sakura cried.
-"Then tell us what we don't get!" Sasuke yelled.
-"You guys aren't the same anymore. That's why." Sakura whispered.
-"How is it that we're not the same?" Naruto asked.
-"We used to have lots of fun together and ever since you did the movie things weren't the same anymore! And now I need to get away from it all. I'm going back to Konoha with dad tomorrow." Sakura said.
-"Dad's here?" Gaara asked.
-"Yes…for the dance competition I lost to." Sakura admitted.
-"Why didn't you tell us?" Hinata asked.
-"Because you didn't care!" Sakura yelled.
-"Yes we did!" Sasuke yelled.
-"Prove it then! Prove that you all still care about me!" Sakura yelled. Tenten, Shikamaru, and Gaara stayed out of the conversation now.
-"I don't know how…" Sasuke admitted.
-"It's because you don't care." Sakura spat. Gaara and Tenten both let go of Sakura and Naruto. Sakura ran upstairs to her room while Naruto just stood there glaring at Sasuke and everyone else.
-"This really is our fault." He murmured.
-"It is." Ino said.
-"What are we going to do?" Matsuri asked.
-"Poor Sakura-chan." Hinata said.
-"I can't believe this." Neji said.
-"She can't leave. She won't." Sasuke growled.
-"Well she is and there's nothing we can do." Gaara said.
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Sakura finally finished packing away all her stuff. Now her room looked half empty. Ramen whimpered as he crawled into her lap.
-"Oh Ramen, do you think I'm making the right choice?" Sakura asked. Ramen just looked at her.
-"I'm sure I am and I'm also taking you along with me back to Japan. I can't leave you alone here." Sakura whispered. There was knock on the door.
-"Come in." Sakura said. The door opened and Sai came in.
-"Sai! I thought you were still ill." Sakura said.
-"Not anymore. I'm well enough to go back home with you and Daisuke." Sai said.
-"Really?" Sakura asked. Sai nodded.
-"If you leave then I'll be stuck here with these idiots." Sai said.
-"Well that's kind of you. Alicia and Joaquin will be joining us too." Sakura said.
-"How come?" Sai said.
-"They want to get to know the place and it would be good for me that they will back to Konoha with me since the others won't be." Sakura said.
-"I see." Sai said.
-"Sai…am I making the right choice leaving?" Sakura asked. Sai thought for a while.
-"Well it's all up to you Sakura if you are or not." Sai said. Sakura looked down.
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Sasuke was lying on his bed at night. He couldn't sleep. Not when Sakura is going to leave him to go to Konoha. He didn't know if their relationship was over. Sasuke sat up straight and walked out of his bedroom. He began walking down the hall to Sakura's bedroom. He knocked on the door and entered. Sakura was still sleeping. Sasuke kneeled down beside her and gently shook her. Sakura's eyes fluttered open.
-"Sasuke? What are you doing here?" Sakura asked in surprise.
-"I need to talk to you. You can't leave us." Sasuke said. Sakura sighed.
-"Listen Sasuke, I'm leaving whether you like it or not. I just can't stay here where I don't belong." Sakura said.
-"But we can make it work. I'll try to." Sasuke said.
-"That's what you said last time and look what's happening now." Sakura said.
-"This time I will change." Sasuke urged.
-"I'm not sure I'll be able to trust you this time." Sakura said.
-"Why? Why can't you forgive me?" Sasuke asked.
-"Because it's not the same anymore. I'm not just going to pretend to forgive and forget." Sakura whispered.
-"But…" Sasuke started out.
-"But nothing. Things aren't going to change Sasuke. I'm going back to Konoha and you can stay until school starts. Then we'll see how things go on there." Sakura said. Sasuke sighed. Sakura took a hold of his hand and brought to her face. She opened her mouth and began to sing.
Come with me
Stay
the night
Just say the words but boy it don't feel right
What
do you expect me to say (You know it's just too little too late)
You
take my hand
And you say you've changed
But boy you know your
begging don't fool me
Because to you it's just a game (You know
it's just too little too late)
So
let me on down It's just too little too late Yeaaah yeah... It's just too little too
late... Mhmmm I was young
'Cause time has made me strong
I'm starting to
move on
I'm gonna say this now
Your chance has come and
gone
And you know...
A
little too wrong
And I can't wait
But you know all the right
things to say (You know it's just too little too late)
You say you
dream of my face
But you don't like me
You just like the
chase
To be real
It doesn't matter anyway (You know it's just
too little too late)
And in love
I gave you
everything
But it wasn't good enough
And now you wanna
communicate (You know it's just too little too late)
Go find
someone else
In letting you go
I'm loving myself
You've got
a problem
But don't come asking me for help
'Cause you know...
It's just too little
too late I can love with all of
my heart, baby It's just too little too late You know it's just too little too late
A little too wrong
And I can't wait
But you know
all the right things to say (You know it's just too little too
late)
You say you dream of my face
But you don't like me
You
just like the chase
To be real
It doesn't matter anyway (You
know it's just too little too late)
I know I have so much to give (I have so much to
give)
With a player like you I don't have a prayer
That's the
way to live
Ohhhh... mmmm noooo
It's just too little too
late
Yeaahhhh...
A little
too wrong
And I can't wait
But you know all the right things to
say (You know it's just too little too late)
You say you dream of
my face
But you don't like me
You just like the chase
So be
real
It doesn't matter anyway (You know it's just too little too
late)
It's just too
little too late
A little too wrong
And I can't wait
But you
know all the right things to say (You know it's just too little too
late)
You say you dream of my face
But you don't like me
You
just like the chase
-"That's a song I've been working on. Now you know things are working for me." Sakura said.
-"I don't know what to say." Sasuke said.
-"I don't want to talk about it now." Sakura said. Sasuke nodded.
-"good night." He said.
-"good night." Sakura said. Sasuke then left.
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Morning came and no one was saying a word. They were all just sitting in living room. Sasuke was giving off a dark aura. They heard footsteps and saw that Sakura was coming down.
-"Hey guys." Sakura said.
-"Hi Sakura." Tenten said nervously.
-"Hope you had a good morning." Gaara said.
-"I did." Sakura looked at Sasuke and her other friends. She smiled sadly.
-"I'm going to go out for a bit. I'll see you all soon. Very soon." Sakura said. She grabbed her jacket and went out the door.
-"Last night I came up with a few ideas of how to keep her here." Naruto said.
-"Well tell us them. We can't let Sakura leave." Ino said. Naruto nodded and began telling them his ideas. Sasuke didn't listen. He was going to try and keep Sakura here his own way.
Hours have gone by and Sakura wasn't home. All the others went into the kitchen for a snack and to talk while Sasuke still sat in the living room waiting for Sakura. He then went upstairs. But as he passed by Sakura's room something caught his eye. Sasuke went into the room and saw that on Sakura's bed there was a guitar and some paper with something written on it. He began reading it. It lyrics to a song.
Oh,
oh, oh No matter what you say about love No matter what you say about life To admit that I'm
wrong I can't waste time so give it a moment (Just like a tattoo, I'll always have you I'm sick of playing all
of these games Stop,
admit that I'm wrong I can't waste time so give
it a moment (Just like a tattoo, I'll always
have you If I live every
moment I can't waste time so give it a moment I
can't waste time so give it a moment Just like a tattoo
I keep coming back
for more
Keep my hand in the fire
Sooner or later, I'll get
what I'm asking for
I
learn every time I bleed
That truth is a stranger
Soul is in
danger, I gotta let my spirit be free
And then change my mind
Sorry but I have to move on
And
leave you behind
I
realize, nothing's broken
No need to worry 'bout everything I've
done
Live every second like it was my last one
Don't look back
at a new direction
I loved you once, needed protection
You're
still a part of everything I do
You're on my heart just like a
tattoo
I'll
always have you, I'll always have you)
It's not about taking sides
When I looked in the
mirror, didn't deliver
It hurt enough to think that I could
And then change my mind
Sorry but I gotta
be strong
And leave you behind
I realize, nothing's broken
No need to worry 'bout
everything I've done
Live every second like it was my last
one
Don't look back at a new direction
I loved you once, needed
protection
You're still a part of everything I do
You're on my
heart just like a tattoo
I'll always have you)
Won't change any moment
Still a part of me and you
I
will never regret you
Still the memory of you
Marks everything
I do
I realize,
nothing's broken
No need to worry 'bout everything I've done
Live
every second like it was my last one
Don't look back at a new
direction
I loved you once, needed protection
You're still a
part of everything I do
You're on my heart just like a tattoo
I realize, nothing's
broken
No need to worry 'bout everything I've done
Live every
second like it was my last one
Don't look back at a new
direction
I loved you once, needed protection
You're still a
part of everything I do
You're on my heart just like a
tattoo
I'll always have you
Sasuke didn't understand. What was the song supposed to mean and why was it right on her bed. Sasuke then saw a letter written with his name on it. Something didn't feel right to him. He opened the letter and began reading it.
-"hey Sasuke, we're going to watch a movie. You coming?" Neji asked as he came in.
-"Come on! We're going to miss it." Matsuri said.
-"yeah, come on, what's wrong?" Naruto asked. Everybody else came in wondering what was up with Sasuke.
-"What is it Sasuke?" Ino asked.
-"You're scaring us. What's up?" Gaara asked. Sasuke looked at them with horror in his eyes and dropped the letter. Sasuke closed his eyes to conceal the tears.
-"She's gone."
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A/N: I finally got the 21st chapter. I'm sorry if it wasn't what anybody expected. But I have my own ideas for this story. I'll try and update the next chapter as soon as I can. The songs were 'Too little too late' by JoJo. And the other was 'Tattoo' by Jordin Sparks.
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-"I don't know what to do. Sakura's gone and Sasuke's not himself anymore. We have to get her back somehow." Naruto said.