Hi! I am soooooo sorry for not updating earlier like I planned! I was hoping to update last weekend but then I had to hang out with my two friends who just got back from England! And they did remember to get me souvenirs! We had a huuuuuuge party to welcome them back!...and it was at my house…and they all left before they could help me clean up…yea that's my friends for you! Well again I am sorry for not updating (but don't worry I did have enough time to check my mail and read all your wonderful reviews THANK YOU!). Now without further ado, the next chapter of A.S.P!
(Sigh) How many times do I have to tell you! I. Don't. Own. Naruto.
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Sakura woke up with a start. "It's just a dream…it's just a dream…" She thought not noticing that she was whispering it out loud. Sakura re-played her dream (more like nightmare) over in her head.
Sakura's dream
Sakura bolted out of the house with tears streaming down her face. Leaving behind the unused picnic basket she ran straight to her best-friend Ino's house. She ran as fast as she possibly could ignoring the pain she was feeling in her legs.
She finally reached her friends house and banged on the door. "Ino-chan! Ino-chan! Open up!" She half yelled half sobbed.
She kept on banging on the door but no one opened it. She eventually stopped and leaned her fore-head on the door.
"That's right…she went out to the mall with Hinata-chan…" She thought. She finally decided what to do with her situation. She ran in the other direction and to her home.
She dodged all of the pedestrians and tried to lower her face so that if she saw any one she knew they wouldn't notice that she crying hard. All of a sudden rain came pouring down from the heavens.
"Now no one will see through my tears." She thought as she raised her head and ran faster than she ever had before.
She reached her home and fumbled out her key chain trying to find the one key that will open up her door and open up her sanctuary.
Finding the key she shoved it through the key hole and twisted it. Satisfied when she hear the click of the lock un-locking she shoved the door open. She leaned against the closed door, and cleared her throat.
"Anyone home?" She shouted surprised that her voice was cracking as much as she heard. Happy when she heard no one reply, she ran up the stairs and strait to her room. She softly closed the door behind her, tears still streaming down her face and to the floor.
She slowly walked into her conjoined bathroom and grasped the sink with both hands. Breathing hard she looked up and to her reflection. What she saw wasn't the Sakura she normally saw, but a broken, depressed girl trying to find an escape for her problems.
With puffy red eyes she walked over to her bath tub and grasped the shaving razor tightly with one hand. Holding it so tight that her knuckles turned white she looked over at her reflection one last time.
She looked back down at her wrist, with the razor hovering just above it. Without one last thought, she brought it down, just above her artery so that she wouldn't lose too much blood, and slashed it right through the skin.
Seeing and feeling the blood seeping out of her wrist, she cried harder and slid down to the floor of her bathroom. "Why…Kenji-kun?" She thought, as her mind, unwillingly, went back to the scene she had witnessed just about thirty minutes ago.
Starting to get dizzy she stood up and grabbed a wash cloth and put it against her skin trying to clot the blood. She slid back down to the floor and looked over to the bloody razor blade on the floor next to her.
"I had to resort to this…feeling physical pain to keep my emotional pain away…why did he do this to me?..." She whispered. She lost too much blood to notice her bathroom boor creaking, indicating that it was being pushed open.
"SAKI!" Naruto, her half-brother, but in so soul he was her other half. He rushed over to her and knelt down next to her. He grasped her shoulders firmly "what the hell happened to you?" he asked sharply with worry radiating off of him.
She didn't answer him. She just glanced briefly and the razor blade that was coated in her blood. Naruto said shakily and picked her up bridle style and walked back into her room.
He set her down on her bed and walked back into the bathroom and grabbed a fresh, clean wash cloth and walked back into her room. He sat on the edge of her bed and grasped her wrist in his larger one and held the cloth firmly against her wrist which has stopped bleeding majorly and was only giving off a little more blood.
Sakura looked back up at him with haze covered eyes. "Why did you do this Sakura?" Naruto asked with out a trace of emotion laced into his voice.
She whispered only one word before succumbing to the sleep that had called her, "…Ken…ji…"
End Sakura's dream
"It wasn't a nightmare…it was reality…why did I dream of that…" She thought as she sat up straight on her bed, a cold sweat sheeting her body. "I just had to think back to that…" She whispered to herself as she looked down at the scar that mangled her pale skin. It stood out greatly with its dark color against the contrast of her skin.
Sakura sighed steadily and stood up, trying to keep her balance. "I guess it was just from seeing him again…" She said as she walked over to her closet and picked out an outfit that consisted of a Fall Out Boy band-tee, a pair of dark skinny jeans, her black vans, and her boyfriends FOX RACEING zip up sweat shirt.
She raced down the stairs, still a little shaky and headed right for the front door. "Hey hon. Don't you want anything to eat?" Jiraiya asked his (step) daughter.
"Oh no thanks dad. I'm not all that hungry, and plus I promised to meet Ten-chan by the school doors in twenty minutes." She said which wasn't really a lie.
She did promises Tenten that she would meet her, but she was actually starving. Sakura just wanted to book it and get out of there before any one could ask her questions. "Ok then.' He said as he walked into the kitchen.
"See you later!" She yelled as she ran out her door and down her front steps. Sighing lightly she started to walk down the sidewalk and to her school.
After about a ten minute walk she made it to the front doors. "Ten minutes until I have to meet Ten-chan. What to do?" She thought as she sat down on a bench and pulled out a book from her backpack and began to read…well at least made it LOOK like she was reading. She was really having a mental argument with her inner.
"Why did I dream of that?"
"Well maybe it was because, when you saw him the other day, it stirred up some left over feelings and you just had to remember you're…solution…to the problem."
"Maybe…but what do I do when I see him later today and tomorrow during the tournament?"
"…wing it?"
"…wow…that's helpful"
"I know! Right?"
Sakura rolled her eyes and looked at her phone to find that she was supposed to meet Tenten in about two minutes. "Well…for right now…my plan is just to wing it." She thought as she sighed and stood up.
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I am sorry again for the long wait…and now again for the long wait. I know I won't be able to update in the next five days because my parents and sister are going to visit colleges and I have to stay with one of my cousins, and then my other cousin and his girl friend. Sorry! I will try and update as soon as I get home thought! Peace and Love ; p