They say every action has an equal and opposite reaction, and once something is set in motion, it can't help up to build momentum.
Itachi was throwing a ball up in the air, catching it as it fell. He was down on the floor. It had been days since the throbbing head and unlimited nausea had left his body. He still hadn't cleaned up his own mess though.
"So what you're planning is patricide?"
The character speaking was sitting on his couch, hands on his knees and eyes on Itachi.
Was Itachi really planning to kill his own father? No, that would be too much of a risky move. One didn't really get away with murder no matter how many crime shows one watched. One did get an petty sentence with money, but killing your father was a real bump in your reputation.
Not that Itachi would mourn his father.
He sighed and lay the ball down next to him. He wasn't going to literally kill his father, he was just going to run his company to the ground and devour it in his own. He was just going to kill the family company and if it wasn't for his brother, he'd kill his family name too. There was only the four of them.
"Not exactly. I wouldn't feel bad if it caused him to kill himself."
The blood wouldn't be on his hands then, only his conscience.
The other person sighed and leaned back. They had been going through their plan endless times the last few days.
"What about Sasuke?"
"What about him? Sasuke have picked his side."
"He's your brother, I know how much you love him!"
"This is war, we can't save the enemy."
Itachi ran his hand through his stubbles. How long had he locked himself up now? He came home on Saturday, meaning he had been cooped up in his apartment just one day short of a week.
"So we start, tonight."
Itachi nodded. Tonight, he would reveal his newest guns for his father. He'd be a fool not to fear them.
Here's to the kids who are tired of going through the same family problems over and over again. Tonight we'll be drinking for the never ending family drama of the Uchiha
Sakura rolled over on her stomach looking through the latest blast since school. There were none on here. It was like she had fallen off the radar.
One part, the part that liked having privacy and a sound mind, so she was happy. The other one that craved the spotlight was burning with anger.
Gossip girl was no longer focusing on her. Her thing with Sasuke was over. Her glory for rejecting him and owning the situation was all spent. She was out of the public eye.
Now it was all about Ino and her poor slum rat boyfriend. How they were holding hands coming to school. How they were making out in the breaks and how they were going home together after school.
Sakura knew Ino more than anyone else. She was tired of this guy. He was too ordinary and boring. He played by the rules and did nothing that wasn't socially acceptable. Ino must have been dead bored in that relationship already. She had claimed him, and she would have moved on by now. If she didn't know how much she was getting to Sakura.
This was a war. A war of the spotlight. Sakura was running out of options. If she went back to Sasuke she would seem weak and all the attention would be negative. Everyone was tired of Deidara. They were yesterdays news. So how could she shock the crowd?
Neji?
She hated his guts. He was the most annoying and boring person there was, after Shikamaru that was.
Itachi hadn't worked out. Also, he was giving out some seriously creepy vibes these days. Last time he was spotted on Gossip Girl was today and he was both dressed and looked like a hobo. Stubbles, dirty and tired clothes and his hair longer than ever. Big no, Sakura wouldn't be surprised if he kidnaped some freshman and stabbed her. Brooklyn must be getting to him.
So who was there left? Orochimaru. No way, talking about creepy vibes.
So perhaps Sakura would have to count on someone from outside their circles, or even crazier. She would have to count on herself.
We've heard our favorite Upper East Side princess have locked herself all alone in her tower. She holds the key to the door, we're ready for you whenever you dare enter this cold and lonely world. Talking about Lonely…
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Ino was twirling her spoon around in her coffee drink. Shikamaru was going on about a game, book or TV-show. Ino wasn't paying attention. She was tired. How predictable her life had become. How steady and stable.
Thinking about her mother made her stomach turn. Her mother would be so pleased with such a partner. So why did she hate Shikamaru's guts? She absolutely loathed the guy. Ino watched his lips move. She was everywhere else but in the conversation.
Ino made a small jump when Tenten clapped her hands agreeing to a point Shikamaru had just made. He had only eyes for Ino and let a small laugh leave his mouth. To him Ino seemed tired. He was very much aware that her mind was somewhere else.
Lately their relationship had turned exclusively physical. To be honest that scared Shikamaru senseless. He wasn't sure if he was quite ready for such a relationship yet. It had only been recently he had lost his virginity. He liked sharing conversations with Ino when she was engaging. Something that had been rarely since their relationship changed. That was why Shikamaru insisted on bringing his friends when he was going to see Ino.
"I have to go now, I have too…"
Ino had been too rushed, she hadn't even thought out any excuse.
"It's fine, I can see that we're boring you."
Shikamaru was honest. She had to give him that. He wasn't afraid to call it what it was. They were boring her, only because she was locking them out. She gave Shikmaru a sly smile before she gathered her stuff. A 50 dollar bill was thrown on the table to pay for the coffee she left behind. She made her way over to Shikamaru and locked lips with him.
PDA was something that concerned Shikamaru, decency was something that concerned Shikamaru. He heard Tenten clearing her lips over Ino's relentless attack of his lips. With one hand she had a forceful tug on his shirt. Shikamaru felt his lungs imploding as all source of air left his body. Ino's other hand was traveling down his chest. Dangerously low before he had to stop her.
"Come over tonight?"
Ino would place money that her mother would be gone. Gone with Sasuke's dad. Sasuke's dad. No matter how many times she said it to herself it would never feel natural.
She didn't wait for Shikamaru to answer. He would come. He better come.
Red as a rose lonely boy can't be feeling any lonely these days. Ino have never been one to hide her emotion and especially not her intentions. Rumor has it that Ino is so thirsty he's cock blocking himself. Ouch
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Sasuke was looking up at the ceiling of his suite. He had noticed how Ino more regularly would spend the night at his hotel. He knew miss. Yamanaka must have a new flame. Someone that bothered Ino more than usual.
He had also noticed how something had occupied his father. Sasuke would not cry over it this time. Their relationship had continued like his father had never beat him into a pulp.
But all in all, his mind was mainly preoccupied with a certain brunette. Mainly on how she threw her hair over her shoulder when she was mad, or plotting. How she could kill a man with a look. How she wasn't only his queen, but the true queen of the upper east side.
He would help her claim the throne. She needed only ask.
But she had rejected him.
He would never again fall asleep to her scent. He'd never feel her soft skin against him. He would never see her naked. Not free of fabric, but free of pretend. He had seen the true Sakura that she keeps hidden from everyone else.
He had seen her.
He had loved her.
He had never used that word on about his feelings for her. Sasuke was far too young and emotionally under stimulated to know and recognize what love was and felt like.
Sasuke had always been alone, perhaps you'd say he was the true lonely boy. Having grown up never knowing love does something to a man. It causes damage that will never be repaired. Beyond what Sasuke thought was the main problem, growing up without a mother. Their maids and nurses had been more of parents than his own father.
All he had ever had that was flesh and blood was his brother. But his brother had abandoned him once. Why Sasuke knew now. To get away from their father. To get away from the pressure.
Sasuke leaned over before he curled up. With a clenched fist he screamed. His palm eventually burning like his throat. His bedroom was soundproof. There was no one to hear, there was no one to bother. There was no one to see the state Sasuke was in. As he was left alone whatever that was eating him was allowed to take one bite after the other until it consumed him.
What Sasuke was feeling was black.
It wasn't even sadness, it wasn't anger.
It was black.
How one could feel a color he could not respond to.
We've heard that also the prince of darkness has also locked himself up in his tower on the opposite side of the Upper East Side. All alone and no one knocking the door to rescue him.
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Naruto looked over at his mother. Her lips were pulled tight but there was almost something motherly about her eyes. Like she actually was looking at her own child that she should mother and nurture.
Her hand was wrapped around his. Feasibly she had a beating heart under that armor of Botoxed face and couture. Naruto would have to believe it. He had been learning for months to be positive and how to cope with what was not.
Having his mother show up not freezing over the room was definitely a positive. Naruto was allowed to wonder why. It could be the fact that his mother didn't have to watch his older sister. Granted their mother didn't read Gossip Girl, Ino was finally in a healthy relationship with a steady guy.
"I've never done anything that wasn't done in the best intention."
Sure, she could say that. He'd just wish he'd be allowed to voice what he thought had been best for him. How he had been drowning in empty when he was left alone. How no one bothered to see all his cries for help. How happy he had been that he was lucky enough to wake up once more. How sad he had been to wake up once more to be locked away as something shameful.
He was a big secret. He had carried a pain that was too heavy to carry, and he had been locked away.
Wetness fell on his fingers. Disappearing between his mothers and his own fingers. It could have only been a tear, but his mother's face was ever the same. She too was like a secret hidden away. She was locked up in her own mind. Showing only what the world would want to see.
"And I do love my children more than anything."
Naruto loved his mother too, loved her between men. When she was theirs and they were a family. They hadn't been in so long and when Ino left with no warning he never thought they would be again. He had tried to make sure of that.
"But I do make mistakes showing that."
Naruto wanted to agree, but he had a feeling like it would not be the right thing to say. He would give her time, he had so much of it.
When his mother strengthened the grip around him he almost felt like the bed and her chair launched. Like they were soaring in air. A silly sensation, but it was something going on. That much he had gathered.
He watched his mother breath. He couldn't understand how much she wanted to tell him right there and then. How much she wanted to be weak in front of him, but she had to be strong for her children. She had to be strong all her life to support her children. She had made sacrifices they would never know about. It was better that way.
"I think it's time you come home. I think it's time we're a family again."
The Upper East Side never stops to amazes me. When you pass me in the hallway in school, I know that you hooked up with your best friend's ex last week. That doesn't interest me, because there's always better out there. When you push past me to skip the line at lunch I almost post about how your mother is sleeping with your new contractor. I'm better than that. When big news hit my lap I post it. I'm sure you're dying to know what.
I'm sure, just like me you're going to the Dali exhibition opening tonight. I've heard that that the guest list is ever growing. I know because someone leaked it to me. Fresh out of rehab is Ino's little brother. That little quiet, will he be there to save the day again?
But the bomb?
I can count not one, not two, not three, but four Uchiha's. Itachi, let's Saradon't, ok? Back to it, four you say, but they're only three? Uchiha daddy, Itachi and Sasuke. Of course, you know them, but you also know the Uchiha family is full of surprises. I just hope he has the Uchiha hot gene.
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Rukia: I think I like her better too. I'm trying to pull the breaks now that I don't make her too awful. I'm glad the characters are relatable, I try to make them behind all the rich and spoilt.
I need to make more room for Kurenai, Fugaku and Asuma because there's so much potential there!
Sasuke hooking up with Ino would create intense drama and disputes. I like what you're thinking. It doesn't need to be out of the blue and just nasty. I like their connection. Them becoming a couple will shake up the whole Gossip Girl world! Ino would crush Sakura as well, it's not like Sakura doesn't have feelings for Sasuke anymore. I'm really feeling this idea, but no promises. Aren't we all high geniuses? No, yes, no. I'm a nice law abiding citizen.
Temari is the only natural match I feel, but it also feels so predictable.
Mmm… ItaIno… Mmm… SasIno… Can't she just have them both?
Acronym: Who doesn't love some fresh steaming drama? Shikamaru is currently cock blocking himself, a moment of silence for a tired soldier. I just can't have Ino turning all bad… But she's such a perfect bad girl.
Sasuke realized that daddy isn't daddy cool. But did his glasses crack? Sasuke and Ino are so adorable. I crave more of that juice.
Thanks for your honest response on the question! I feel the recent chapters are so much better too, and I feel like I should review the first chapters, but the problem is I. am. So. Dauntingly. Lazy. Plz send help.
It's so relatable, I hate it when I go to my socialite parties and my brother is beefing with my dad No, sorry. I had to. I get what you're trying to say, the interpersonal levels and drama is relatable. Who haven't been in an argument and been petty?
I've been thinking Temari all the time, but it's sooo predictable as you're saying.
Teehee, I'm not stealing I'm giving my fans what they're dreaming about. That must be the most cocky thing I've said so far this year.
It's confirmed it's an Uchiha now. Mystery guest will be named in the next chapter. "I got my act all figured out. I went through something traumatic and became a saint." Don't make me gag. Ino is gonna be bad, but not too bad I hope.
PART TWO
Now I almost feel bad for you. You didn't have to do that… But I've done stupid shit like that too. Ino was annoying, the goodie act is deplorable.
Scenes are a mess, like are you part of the same story? Oh? Oh? So you're contradicting yourself now? Don't you even know your own story?
Naruto is back on the table. Deidara I really don't know what to do with. A result of my major DeiIno period that I'm just not feeling too much right now. I'll make use of him somehow. Why is also the reason Deidara is Nate and not Naruto. Ugh, embarrassing secrets spilled there. Though I've made plans for Naruto so I'm glad I placed him where I did.
Maybe I'll just torch the first 27 chapters. You didn't read them? Sorry, you're too late now. Go with the flow or go home! No, I'll find the time to sort them out somehow.
She fits perfectly even if she's so predictable. That's the problem.
I'll look into the parings. Thanks! There are no two parings in this story. What was mine is now yours, sharing is caring?
Dump who you said? Oh, the future road kill standing in the way for some ItaIno action. Better get out off the ItaIno train tracks there Shika!
PART THREE
Mmm, I love getting my brains rammed. Especially by teachers. Nothing beats a good ramming. I don't even physics. I failed so hard this semester. So if you actually did screw up you got company.
Golden Retrivers are so cute. They always look so clueless like they have no idea what's going on but they're so happy! So cute! Mmm, I also love me a good rant. Antarctica is really bad this time of year, could I recommend Latin-America? If you're quitting and running away it should be to somewhere comfortable.
CJ: You already know BUT I'M CAPS LOCK HAPPY YOU'RE HERE AGAIN!