Survival of the Fittest
Note: *sigh* skewl just started...me stares at a large pile of homework/books it starts to topple over. "ARRRGG!" runs away in fear...XD me sad. Skewl just kills everything...
Oh ya...hey Kavah? did ya actually get into CALCULUS! AND ALL HONOR CLASSES?! *faintz* you craxy! how in the hell id ya get in? more so skip so many math classes? -_-; lol...oh yea, say hi ta Quyen for us, she goes ta da same skewl as you.
Hey ami, ya should read Naruto fanfic! laxy laxy! ya too obsessed w/ Harry Potter! i can't believe ya were so quiet at skewl!
AVA! long time noe chat! I haven't talked ta ya at all since skewl started...well not alot...call me!
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Sakura frowned. If she didn't know any better, she would have sworn she'd kept the lights on. She casually shrugged it off, after all, it wasn't important was it? Most of the room lay hidden among the shadows, while a faint aroma caught her attention.
It smelled like roses...fresh roses.
Sasuke moved forward to stand next to her. He couldn't help but notice that Sakura had turned slightly pale and was staring nervously into the shadows. What could scare her? She should know that he'd protect her with her life. He paused. When he was young he'd been taught about honor and diligence. It would be a disgrace for him to let one of his companions die...especially when it was Sakura.
"What's wrong?" asked Neji, moving to stand on the other side of her. "Are you alright?" he said cautiously, his eyes fixed on her face. "You don't look so well..."
Although Neji would never admit it...he cared about Sakura. He smirked. She was a single flame in the darkness, always so strong...so different. Every person he'd ever met had been intimidated by him one way or another. Or they wanted him for power. But Sakura hadn't...she didn't see him as a tool. She saw him as Neji...nothing else.
He gently squeezed Sakura's arm and tugged her towards the couches, carefully turning on the lights. "I think you should sit down..." he broke off when he caught a glimpse of something red lying on the table.
Neji leaned forward and studied the object. His brows rose so high it almost disappeared altogether in his hair. It was a rose...a crystal red rose. But...there was something wrong with it...something that he couldn't place his finger on.
Sasuke growled when he saw the rose. For some unknown reason, it stirred up memories in him...old memories that he had ruthlessly buried when his clan had been murdered.
He shot a look at Sakura, and was surprised to find a dreamy but scared expression on her angelic face. Sasuke's eyes narrowed in suspicion. Why was she so happy? It was like...as if she'd expected this...as if...she wanted this...to happen...
"Do you know who sent it?" he questioned, carefully keeping his emotions carefully leashed. Sasuke knew in his heart, if Sakura likes another man, he would tear him to pieces. Sakura was his, they were made for each other...it was their destiny.
Sakura hesitated before shaking her head slowly from side to side. However under Neji's watchful glaze, he noticed that she was averting her glaze. "Are you sure?" he persisted.
She nodded once again. "I've never met him before..." she said truthfully, she turned towards Neji then Sasuke. "I've never seen his face before..."
"But...has he ever contacted you before?" questioned Sasuke, his eyes flashing dangerously. "Has he ever...hurt you?" he forced out the words slowly.
Sakura's eyes widened. "No! He wouldn't do that!" she clasped her hand over her mouth in shock. What in the name of hell made her say that?
A slow lazy smile spread over Neji's face. "So you know him then..." he said a bit too calmly. "When did you meet him?"
Sakura looked flustered with all the attention. She couldn't help but feel cornered...both boys were standing shoulder to shoulder, united against her. She sighed. She knew that Sasuke and Neji would force her too tell the truth in the end...
"I told you before! I've never seen him!" she snapped in defense, trying to stretch out the argument praying that help might come. Sasuke and Neji both shot her a burning look that told her, they knew she wasn't telling the full truth...that she was leaving out a few "minor" details.
"Where did you meet him?"
Sakura tilted her chin and turned towards Sasuke. "Do you remember the time you asked me out to dinner?" she asked stiffly. Sasuke nodded waiting for her to continue. "You must have wondered why I was running late," she said slowly. "On my way to your house, I met him...in the meadow."
Sasuke's face turned an unhealthy shad of red, however he forced himself to remain frigid. He gestured for her to continue...ignoring the fact that his hand was shaking with suppressed rage.
"He gave me a flower..." she whispered her eyes shinning with joy, which died at her next words. "He also gave me a warning..." she said slowly. "He told me to beware, since the worst was coming..." Sakura had a perplexed look on her face. "He said that I knew someone that's blood of his blood..."
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Note: DAMN ME PARENTZ THEY JUST GROUNDED ME! JUST CAUSE ME ROOM IS MESSY! FUCK THEM! IT"Z MY ROOM! IT'Z MY CHOICE IF I WANT IT TA BE MESSY! BESIDES THE POINT... I CAN"T UPDATE UNTIL MAYBE WEDNESDAY! GRRRR!
