"Go away Sakura, your annoying." Lee bellowed. He then turned his back to me and started walking down the street.
"I.., I... thought you said that you l... l... loved me, Lee-kun." I stuttered, feeling tears start forming in my eyes. I suddenly caught my breath when I saw him turn around and grin maliciously at me.
"Why would I love you?" His words tore through my heart like a kunai hitting bare flesh. I just stared at him but when I heard laughter start up, I broke my gaze. My breath got caught again when I saw Sasuke, Naruto, and Kakashi point and laugh at me. As I watched them laugh, I felt my world tear apart. I stayed there until I couldn't bear it anymore and ran as far as I could from them.
Feeling hot tears stream down my face as I ran blindly down the streets, I turned a sharp left and somehow I ended up in my room. I blinked, confused as to how I got there. When I blinked again I saw my own reflection looking back at me in the mirror. Raising my eyebrow, I glanced around and noticed that I was in the bathroom with a glass of water in my left hand and in my right, a green... pill!?
"NO!" I screamed, waking up from my awful nightmare, sweat soaking my clothes. Gasping in breaths of air I tried to return my breathing to its normal pace. I almost screamed again when my bedroom door had suddenly busted open.
"Sakura!?!? Are you alright!?!?" My father said to me as he ran to my side, "I heard you scream."
Looking into my father's eyes, flooded with worry, I explained to him how I just had a bad dream and I would be fine.
"You don't look fine. Your covered in sweat and your face is pale. You must be too stressed out if you are having nightmares that effect you like this."
"I'll be alright, Dad." I said to him, hoping that he'll just let it go.
"Hmmmmm." My father pondered aloud. Opening my mouth to ask what he was thinking about he interrupted me.
"I want you to stay home today. You need to get some rest." My father raised his hand slightly as if to tell me to let him finish speaking before I started complaining.
"Don't worry I'll explain to Kakashi why you are absent, just get some rest. No arguments! I don't want you to have an emotional breakdown." My father stated as he leaned over and hugged me.
"Your mother and I love you Sakura and don't you forget it." He told me as he pulled away from our hug got up and exited the room, leaving me there to think about what happened.
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Glancing at the clock on the wall I saw the hour hand finally strike three in the afternoon. The house was certainly a lot more quite and lifeless without my parents there, who were both gone to do a major mission and shouldn't be back until next week. Sighing, I decided upon cleaning my room to at least help me amuse myself.
Halfway through cleaning it, I came across a photo album. Opening it I felt an immediate stab to my heart. The first picture was of Lee and myself, fourteen years old. He was sitting on the picnic table and I was sitting on his lap with a slight blush added to my cheeks. The next picture didn't help too much either when I saw a picture of Ino, Lee, and myself, about fifteen years old, hanging out at the Ramen Restaurant.
'Did Lee like Ino back then?' A tear falling down my cheek at the thought. I flipped to the next page and came face to face with a picture of Sasuke, Naruto, Kakashi, and myself. Naruto was glaring at Sasuke while Sasuke just looked mad at being there in the first place. Kakashi and I seemed to be the only ones smiling, at least I think he was smiling. You could never quite tell with his mask on.
"ENOUGH!" I yelled aloud, throwing the photo album hard against the wall. The photo album had just bounced off the wall and under the bed.
'I've had enough of these memories. They're all lies anyway. Lee loving me, Ino being one of my truest friends, Naruto giving a damn about me...' Sighing, I reached under the bed to retrieve the photo album, but instead of coming across the album, my hand fell onto a zip-lock bag full of pills. Pulling out the bag I gazed thoughtfully into it.
"What the hell. It's not like I have something to lose anymore." I said to myself as I walked to the kitchen to fetch a glass of water.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I woke up the next morning in my bed. How I got there was beyond me. The only things that I could remember were the tingling sensation that was in my throat when I swallowed the pill and how much happier I had felt after I took it.
It took me a couple of minutes for me to finally feel up to crawling out of bed and get ready for training that morning. Humming an unknown tune to myself as I brushed my hair and applied make up. After having a two egg cheese omelet, I almost walked out of the door. Almost.
'How am I supposed to react around them? Especially because of the incident two days ago.' I thought to myself as I glanced around the kitchen, as if the answer would be just lying on the counter. Actually, it was just lying on the counter. Seventeen green pills inside a zip-lock bag.
'Why not? It won't make things any worse. Plus I'll feel better once I take it.' I reassured myself as I slipped one small green pill into my hand. When I filled up a glass of water, I put the pill on the back of my tongue, drank the water, allowing the pill to slide down my throat.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hello Sakura-Chan! I honestly don't know what I did wrong the other day so do you mind on filling me in? Sasuke and Kakashi-Sensei are just as confused as I am and... and... Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked from their assigned meeting spot, stopping when he saw Sakura grinning with the dumbest smile on her face.
"Hi Naruto-kun! I was just stressed the other day!" Sakura replied, smiling the whole time she spoke.
"Oh? Ok then! I... hey wait a minute!? Since when do you call me Naruto-kun?" Naruto questioned Sakura, unsure of whether or not to be excited Sakura that was being a hell of a lot kinder towards him or to be very frightened of her smile.
"Since now!" Sakura giggled.
Sasuke and Naruto stood there gaping at Sakura as she started singing to herself while laying down on the bridge and watching the sky above them.
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Next day (evening)
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Naruto shifted uneasily in his seat as he ate his ramen causing Iruka to raise an eyebrow in his direction, indicating for the young Chuunin to tell him what was on his mind.
"Iruka, has Sakura-Chan seemed odd lately?" Naruto asked Iruka, removing his eyes from his bowl of ramen.
"No, She just seems happier, but I can't see anything wrong with that."
"She should be upset though!" Naruto protested causing Iruka to raise the other eyebrow on his face.
"And why would you want your own comrade to be upset?"
"Lee and Sakura had a fight and I'm not too sure what it's about. Lee had told me that as much as he wants her to take him back, she probably won't. I would have beaten up Lee a long time ago because it is so obvious that he did something to hurt her but she just seems so... happy." Naruto answered, looking at his ramen with a blank expression on his face.
"Hmmm, That doesn't seem right. Try talking to her about it, she just might be trying to conceal her pain which would explain her extreme happiness." After listening to Iruka's words Naruto promised himself to go to Sakura's house and see if she wanted to talk, when he was finished eating his ramen that is!
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...And there's chapter two. Hmmmm, now that I reread this, it sounds a little corny :S. Guess this what happens when you write stories at 2 AM. Tee Hee. A thanks goes out to LaDyGeNiX and to Lilith (You like it? Wow! Am I ever flattered! :D) The next chapter should be up in two days at the most. Also I have a question. Besides the SakuLee pairing, which other pairings do you guys want to see in this story?
"I.., I... thought you said that you l... l... loved me, Lee-kun." I stuttered, feeling tears start forming in my eyes. I suddenly caught my breath when I saw him turn around and grin maliciously at me.
"Why would I love you?" His words tore through my heart like a kunai hitting bare flesh. I just stared at him but when I heard laughter start up, I broke my gaze. My breath got caught again when I saw Sasuke, Naruto, and Kakashi point and laugh at me. As I watched them laugh, I felt my world tear apart. I stayed there until I couldn't bear it anymore and ran as far as I could from them.
Feeling hot tears stream down my face as I ran blindly down the streets, I turned a sharp left and somehow I ended up in my room. I blinked, confused as to how I got there. When I blinked again I saw my own reflection looking back at me in the mirror. Raising my eyebrow, I glanced around and noticed that I was in the bathroom with a glass of water in my left hand and in my right, a green... pill!?
"NO!" I screamed, waking up from my awful nightmare, sweat soaking my clothes. Gasping in breaths of air I tried to return my breathing to its normal pace. I almost screamed again when my bedroom door had suddenly busted open.
"Sakura!?!? Are you alright!?!?" My father said to me as he ran to my side, "I heard you scream."
Looking into my father's eyes, flooded with worry, I explained to him how I just had a bad dream and I would be fine.
"You don't look fine. Your covered in sweat and your face is pale. You must be too stressed out if you are having nightmares that effect you like this."
"I'll be alright, Dad." I said to him, hoping that he'll just let it go.
"Hmmmmm." My father pondered aloud. Opening my mouth to ask what he was thinking about he interrupted me.
"I want you to stay home today. You need to get some rest." My father raised his hand slightly as if to tell me to let him finish speaking before I started complaining.
"Don't worry I'll explain to Kakashi why you are absent, just get some rest. No arguments! I don't want you to have an emotional breakdown." My father stated as he leaned over and hugged me.
"Your mother and I love you Sakura and don't you forget it." He told me as he pulled away from our hug got up and exited the room, leaving me there to think about what happened.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Glancing at the clock on the wall I saw the hour hand finally strike three in the afternoon. The house was certainly a lot more quite and lifeless without my parents there, who were both gone to do a major mission and shouldn't be back until next week. Sighing, I decided upon cleaning my room to at least help me amuse myself.
Halfway through cleaning it, I came across a photo album. Opening it I felt an immediate stab to my heart. The first picture was of Lee and myself, fourteen years old. He was sitting on the picnic table and I was sitting on his lap with a slight blush added to my cheeks. The next picture didn't help too much either when I saw a picture of Ino, Lee, and myself, about fifteen years old, hanging out at the Ramen Restaurant.
'Did Lee like Ino back then?' A tear falling down my cheek at the thought. I flipped to the next page and came face to face with a picture of Sasuke, Naruto, Kakashi, and myself. Naruto was glaring at Sasuke while Sasuke just looked mad at being there in the first place. Kakashi and I seemed to be the only ones smiling, at least I think he was smiling. You could never quite tell with his mask on.
"ENOUGH!" I yelled aloud, throwing the photo album hard against the wall. The photo album had just bounced off the wall and under the bed.
'I've had enough of these memories. They're all lies anyway. Lee loving me, Ino being one of my truest friends, Naruto giving a damn about me...' Sighing, I reached under the bed to retrieve the photo album, but instead of coming across the album, my hand fell onto a zip-lock bag full of pills. Pulling out the bag I gazed thoughtfully into it.
"What the hell. It's not like I have something to lose anymore." I said to myself as I walked to the kitchen to fetch a glass of water.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I woke up the next morning in my bed. How I got there was beyond me. The only things that I could remember were the tingling sensation that was in my throat when I swallowed the pill and how much happier I had felt after I took it.
It took me a couple of minutes for me to finally feel up to crawling out of bed and get ready for training that morning. Humming an unknown tune to myself as I brushed my hair and applied make up. After having a two egg cheese omelet, I almost walked out of the door. Almost.
'How am I supposed to react around them? Especially because of the incident two days ago.' I thought to myself as I glanced around the kitchen, as if the answer would be just lying on the counter. Actually, it was just lying on the counter. Seventeen green pills inside a zip-lock bag.
'Why not? It won't make things any worse. Plus I'll feel better once I take it.' I reassured myself as I slipped one small green pill into my hand. When I filled up a glass of water, I put the pill on the back of my tongue, drank the water, allowing the pill to slide down my throat.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hello Sakura-Chan! I honestly don't know what I did wrong the other day so do you mind on filling me in? Sasuke and Kakashi-Sensei are just as confused as I am and... and... Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked from their assigned meeting spot, stopping when he saw Sakura grinning with the dumbest smile on her face.
"Hi Naruto-kun! I was just stressed the other day!" Sakura replied, smiling the whole time she spoke.
"Oh? Ok then! I... hey wait a minute!? Since when do you call me Naruto-kun?" Naruto questioned Sakura, unsure of whether or not to be excited Sakura that was being a hell of a lot kinder towards him or to be very frightened of her smile.
"Since now!" Sakura giggled.
Sasuke and Naruto stood there gaping at Sakura as she started singing to herself while laying down on the bridge and watching the sky above them.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Next day (evening)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Naruto shifted uneasily in his seat as he ate his ramen causing Iruka to raise an eyebrow in his direction, indicating for the young Chuunin to tell him what was on his mind.
"Iruka, has Sakura-Chan seemed odd lately?" Naruto asked Iruka, removing his eyes from his bowl of ramen.
"No, She just seems happier, but I can't see anything wrong with that."
"She should be upset though!" Naruto protested causing Iruka to raise the other eyebrow on his face.
"And why would you want your own comrade to be upset?"
"Lee and Sakura had a fight and I'm not too sure what it's about. Lee had told me that as much as he wants her to take him back, she probably won't. I would have beaten up Lee a long time ago because it is so obvious that he did something to hurt her but she just seems so... happy." Naruto answered, looking at his ramen with a blank expression on his face.
"Hmmm, That doesn't seem right. Try talking to her about it, she just might be trying to conceal her pain which would explain her extreme happiness." After listening to Iruka's words Naruto promised himself to go to Sakura's house and see if she wanted to talk, when he was finished eating his ramen that is!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
...And there's chapter two. Hmmmm, now that I reread this, it sounds a little corny :S. Guess this what happens when you write stories at 2 AM. Tee Hee. A thanks goes out to LaDyGeNiX and to Lilith (You like it? Wow! Am I ever flattered! :D) The next chapter should be up in two days at the most. Also I have a question. Besides the SakuLee pairing, which other pairings do you guys want to see in this story?