Chapter 4: The Inner Me
(A/N: Gomen for being a lazy ass. ^.^ Well, I'm glad you guys take a liking to my random fic. And once again, thank you for the kind reviews. They make me happy! Keep in mind, coupling suggestions are not ignored, well, majority of them. ^^ And sorry, I'm not an expertise in yuri, but maybe I can try in the future? I dunno, MAYBE! Well, I hope you guys enjoy the next chapter! Also, has anyone see eppy 43? Ten Ten is SOO COOL!! She's like a Chinese fighting angel! XD and some VERY kawaii LeeTen-ness! Shikamaru was sugoi as well!! Saw some happy InoShika-ness! And I saw some NejiHina-ness in there at the end. ^.~ Anyways, on with the fic!)
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Ahhh!! This is so AGRAVATING!! I brought up my fists to my lips, as I looked at the people around me. The room felt intense, as I wanted to burst out and scream. Of course I voted for Sasuke-kun, there wasn't really anyone else who I wanted to stay that bad. I bit my lips; I wasn't going to get kicked out, was I? It's too early for me to get kicked out! I can't get out! Oh! I think I'm going to pull my hair out!
My knees began to shake, as I tried hard to make them still. This was too depressing. I couldn't stand it. I just couldn't take it anymore! Damn! Where was Kakashi sensei? Was he done with the results?
"I can see your knees shaking, Sakura," Ino smirked at me, as I clenched my fist. Oh, I wanted that slap that bitch off to Mars. But no. I refuse to let her take advantage of me. I'm sick and tired of always following behind her. Finally I shall take the lead.
"Ah, my knees are only shaking from excitement, unlike yours who's shaking from being kicked out." I smirked back, as I cursed her name under my breath. That pig, who the hell does she think she is? DAMN IT!
I wanted to punch someone's eyeballs out! I turned around to find someone to use as a punching bag, until I bumped into someone.
Sasuke-kun.
"Ah! Sasuke-kun, sorry about that!" I said quickly, as I looked up to him. Sasuke remained silent. Hell, I didn't care. Just being near him was pure bliss.
Sasuke remained silent, as he walked past me. I watched him walk by. Just watching him was never an eyesore and I can just stare at him for hours.
"Sakura-san, good luck."
I turned to see Lee who was smiling at me. I smiled back. "Good luck Lee-san."
I knew Lee liked me (A/N: Well, not anymore XD) and I respected that, but I only had my heart set on Sasuke-kun.
Kakashi sensei finally appeared, as he walked to the center of the room. "Look around you." He smiled, as we all looked around.
"That girl is gone!" Naruto cried out.
"Who?" Shikamaru asked.
"The girl who fed us blood?" Kiba asked. Naruto nodded.
Temari was gone.
I signed a sign of relief, as I looked on the ground. At least I didn't get kicked out. I was pretty much determined to win this game just as everybody else.
Kakashi sensei was gone once more, leaving the twelve of us in the living room. I recounted the heads, but surprisingly I counted eleven heads. Someone was missing. I named each head, as I found out who was missing.
"Where's Hinata?" Kiba asked.
"I think she's still sleeping, but she seemed to be making sounds, I kind of think she's sick," Ten Ten bit her lip. "Let me go check on her."
Ten Ten ran up the stairs and came back down a few minutes later. "You guys!! She has a high fever! Her face is burning!"
I knew I heard her moaning a bit during the night, but I didn't really take any precaution of it. I felt guilty, as I ran up the stairs as everyone else. We all went into the room, as Ino was trying to keep the guys out.
"You guys can't come in! There is lady stuff in here!" Ino cried out, as she pushed Naruto and Kiba back.
"Hey! I just want to see!" Naruto cried out.
"See what?" Ino snapped, as she slapped his head.
Sasuke grabbed her arm.
"Sasuke-kun?" Ino looked up, surprised.
"Don't hit his head."
Ino looked at him with wide eyes, as she slowly nodded. Sasuke let go, as he peered inside of the room.
I walked up to Hinata with Ten Ten, as I felt her head. She was burning up pretty bad. What could have caused her this fever?
"Hinata-chan?" I called out gently, as Ten Ten placed a wet cold towel on her forehead. I looked at Hinata's small forehead. Why did mine have to be so big?! I was jealous. I noticed the guys peering in. They are all probably hungry and their cook is sick. I signed. I couldn't cook. I couldn't do anything. I'm pretty much….useless.
"Ah, good morning Sakura-chan, ah," Hinata coughed, as she tried to sit up. "I must get breakfast ready."
She coughed constantly, as I pushed her back down. "No. I'll make breakfast. You keep resting."
"You? Cook?" Ino walked up to me, as she poked my chest. "You can't cook for shit!"
"Watch me!" I cried out, as I ran down the stairs into the kitchen. I looked at the many foreign utensils around me. Hah, I'll show them. I'll show everyone that I can cook!
I looked in the fridge and pulled out a box of eggs. These can come in handy.
I couldn't make rice, so….what can we eat with eggs? I pulled out a huge bowl, as I cracked all the eggs in it. I mixed the eggs thoroughly, as it was the color of yellow. Then I decided to experiment. What shall I add?
I looked in the closet and found a jar with a pink gooey substance. Oh! It was the think I used before! I'm sure EVERYBODY loved it! I grinned, as I poured the substance in and mixed it well. Then I popped the bowl in the oven to cook for an hour.
I walked out of the kitchen to find everyone except Ten Ten in the living room. It seems that Ten Ten was watching over Hinata, as everyone else was just waiting, worried. Well, I'll admit that Hinata is an important person in our household; she was basically the provider and the housekeeper.
"She must be tired, huh?" Naruto said, breaking up the silence. "I mean she probably was too busy cleaning and cooking and got sick of it."
"Yeah, I think she works too much." Kiba agreed. Everyone randomly nodded, as the room became silent once more.
"Hey, why don't we make her a gift?" Naruto suggested.
"A gift? What can we possibly give her?" Ino asked. "Unless you want to give her dusty vases and chewed up furniture."
"No...." Naruto signed.
"How about we perform a play?" Lee suggested.
"Yeah! A play! She'll love it!" Kiba's face bolted up with flushed brightness.
"Which play?" Shikamaru asked. "I'll be the tree."
"Hmmm…." Naruto looked up.
A play, huh? I always wanted to be in a play. The play I wanted to be in the most was Cinderella. I always wished to be Cinderella. It was my dream to be her and we are so totally alike in looks and personality. Sasuke-kun can be the prince and Ino can be the evil step mother! Oh I love the thought of it!
"Snow White?" Out of no where, Shino suggested randomly.
I suppose Snow White is good. I've always wanted to play as Snow White as well. And Sasuke-kun can be the prince!
"Snow White? Yeah! Let's do that!" Naruto agreed, as everyone else mumbled and slowly began to agree as well. "But who's going to be Snow White?"
Ino and I exchanged glances, as Ten Ten walked down the stairs.
"What's going on everyone?" Ten Ten asked. Everyone stared at her. Were they thinking of making her be Snow White? I would die if they were letting Ten Ten be Snow White. The only Snow White that should be in this play is ME!
I bit my lip, as I quickly rushed to her side. "Oh! We are doing a play for Hinata!" I explained to her what was going on, as she understood.
"I think Hinata makes the perfect Snow White," Kiba mumbled. I wanted to knock his brains out. The perfect Snow White was two feet away from that dog.
"Me too." Naruto agreed. "She even looks like Snow White.
Snow White can look like anyone! What the hell was he talking about? Snow White doesn't only have short dark hair!!!! Grrr, this was getting me angry. What were these dumbasses thinking?!
"Me too."
I looked towards the voice's owner. Sasuke-kun. My head spun rapidly, not Sasuke-kun too!!!
"Well, she's not here right now, so she can't really be an option, CAN SHE?" Ino gritted her teeth as she mumbled. I can see that Ino had the same anticipation as I did. We glared at each other. I was not going to give up the role, but before I could say anything…..
"I'll be Snow White!" Ino shouted. Everyone stared at her. My anger boiled inside of me. I was NOT going to let her win.
"I'LL BE SNOW WHITE!" I hollered, as I pushed Ino aside. Ino glared at me, as I smirked. Everyone just stared.
"I don't think either of you guys should be Snow White." Gaara walked up to us. What was this freaky guy thinking? Did he want to be Snow White or something? But then again his skin was awfully white….argh! Snap out of it! I will keep the Snow White position! I'm the only one who fits it!
"I should be Snow White." Gaara smirked.
Everyone stared at him with a blank expression. Complete randomness. From all people. Was he stupid to even mention himself as a candidate?
"I would make a prettier Snow White," Neji walked up. Everyone stared at him blankly as well. "I do have long black hair you know."
"But I have whiter skin," Gaara pointed out.
"This is getting no where. The roles will be decided by a drawing, so everyone shut up and give me paper," Sasuke snapped, as he walked to the middle of the room.
"Hey, is it me or do I smell something burning?" Shikamaru asked.
The food! I gasped as I ran into the kitchen. I opened the oven to see a burnt pile of mush. Breakfast was destroyed.
We ended up eating cup ramen and distributing the roles. I sigh of disappointment. I did not deserve this role. I would have been the most perfect Snow White, but I ended with the role I despised most.
The Evil Queen.
This character had no similarity with me whatsoever. I was so angry. Why did fate put me with this role? Why was I suffering so much? I should be Snow White and Sasuke-kun should be the prince!
The Roles:
Snow White: Shikamaru
Queen: Me
Prince: Ino
Hunter: Ten Ten
Doc: Shino
Happy: Gaara
Sneezy: Kiba
Bashful: Lee
Grumpy: Sasuke
Sleepy: Naruto
Dopey: Neji
"Damn, this sucks," Shikamaru scowled. "Let's do the drawing again."
"No." Sasuke snapped. "It's too complicating."
"No! I so do not want to kiss Shikamaru!" Ino cried out in frustration.
"It's not like you have to," Shikamaru muttered in irritation.
"Hmph!" Ino then turned her attention to me. "My, my, Sakura! The evil queen! The perfect role for you!"
I glowered as I clenched my fists. To be honest, being the prince was a much better position to be. I glared as I couldn't think of anything to say. Damn it! I feel so defeated.
I watched as Shino, Gaara, and Sasuke-kun were writing up the script. I hope they weren't going to make me look too evil. Oh, whatever. I screamed in my head. I wanted to turn back time and do the drawing over and knock out Ino's brains.
"Okay, it's finished!" Shino took out the messily handed script, as he handed a copy to each of us. We all practiced our lines and…..
Grrrrr....I think they over exaggerated on my character a bit too much and what's with all these homo scenes?! DAMN IT!!!!!!!!
Ten Ten happened to find some costumes in an abandoned chest. Amazingly there were enough costumes for everyone. What dumb luck had found us today! We got into our costumes, as Naruto decided to surprise Hinata with the news.
Naruto sneaked in our room, as Hinata stirred up a bit, sensing his presence.
"Na-Naruto-kun!" Hinata cried out in joy.
Naruto smiled at Hinata. "We have a present for you!"
"A present?" Hinata's eyes widened.
"Yup!" Naruto grinned madly.
"You guys didn't have to," Hinata's eyes began to fill up with tears.
"Don't cry Hinata-chan," Naruto patted her head. "We practiced a play for you. Snow White. So sit back and enjoy the show!"
Kiba came in, as he smiled at Hinata. "I hope you feel better." Kiba placed up curtains across the room in front of Hinata's bed. Hinata smiled back a warm smile, as Kiba's face flushed red. He sneaked behind the curtain as it revealed me holding a mirror.
Man, I might as well become one with my role to show off a good performance. Damn, I didn't want to be the evil queen! Gyah! I took a quick glance at Hinata whose face seemed to brighten up with happiness. I softened a bit. I guess she really deserves this treat.
"Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest one of all?" I asked.
"Not you for one thing bitch!"
I looked up in surprise. I thought Shino was going to voice out the mirror, but I turned to see Ino, with her hand around Shino's mouth. She smirked at me.
I glowered in anger and said through clenched teeth. "Then, who is, you piece of shit?"
"A pretty girl with long black hair who is otherwise known as your hot stepdaughter who can get guys unlike you and is much more beautiful than your big ass forehead!"
My fist tightened around the mirror, as I looked at Hinata, who frowned a bit. I kept my anger in. I wasn't going to ruin this for Hinata.
"Oh I see, thank you very much for telling you son of a bitch!" I threw the mirror as I aimed at Ino, disappointingly it hit Shino. I smiled apologetically to Shino, as I glowered at Ino. "Everyone knows I'm the fairest one of all!"
I walked out of the scene as the curtain closed. I threw a glare at Ino, as Shikamaru stepped up to the next scene in a huge ass dress. It would have looked better on me. Damn.
The curtains opened, as Hinata gasped in surprise to see who was playing Snow White.
Shikamaru frowned, as he pretended to be playing with birds. "Yo little birdies. Do you know what I wish for?"
A few seconds of silence.
"I wish for a prince to take me away and live happily ever after."
My god, his voice is total monotone. He could at least put more feeling.
"Sing Shikamaru! Sing the prince song!" Naruto whispered harshly.
"What? No way! I am not singing! To hell with that!" Shikamaru cried out, then his eyes met up with Hinata's. "Fine."
Again with his monotone voice, "Some day a prince will come. Some day a prince will come. Some day a DAMN prince will come. Lalalala I forgot the lyrics but surely that fucking prince bastard would come and take me away to live happily ever AFTER!"
I wanted to squeeze his lungs out of anger. I would have done a much better job.
Ino walked into the scene.
"Oh ho ho! I see a pretty ugly lady here!" Ino smiled down at Shikamaru.
"Are you the damn prince who's going to take me away and live happily ever after?"
"If you want me to," Ino winked, as she flicked Shikamaru's forehead.
"Owwww," Shikamaru scowled.
The curtains closed, as it opened to reveal Ten Ten kneeling in front of me.
"You called me your majesty?" Ten Ten asked.
"Yes, in fact I did."
"What is your will?"
"Kill my stepdaughter."
"The princess?"
"Murder her before I kill you."
"But please Queen! Anything but killing the princess!"
"I don't care. Go off now!" I walked out of the scene, leaving Ten Ten on the ground.
The curtain closed and opened once more to see Shikamaru pretending to play with flowers. Then you can see Ten Ten sneaked up from behind with a kunai. She crept up silently behind him, as she dropped the kunai. We all saw Hinata gasped from anticipation, but of course it was common sense that Snow White surely wouldn't die so soon!
"Hunter person, what the hell are you doing?" Shikamaru asked with such a fake expression of being surprised. I just wanted to slap some sense into him.
"I'm sorry princess. I was sent to kill you. Run away! And never return! Go! Go!" Ten Ten pointed to the other side, as Shikamaru ran out of the scene. The curtain closed once more and opened to see Shikamaru fake running. My god, he fakes things so easily.
Shikamaru suddenly collapsed on the ground.
"Boo hoo hoo, I'm lost and afraid in this damn dark place. Boo hoo hoo. Someone wants too kill me. Boo hoo hoo." Shikamaru mumbled in his monotone voice. Grrrrr…..
Then Kiba turned on the light, as it focused on Shikamaru. Shikamaru got up. "Oh boy. A house. I will go inside."
Shikamaru pretended to be going into the house. He looked around and picked up a piece of bread and ate it. "There is food! I'll clean this dirty place up a bit."
Shikamaru grabbed the broom, as he sweeps the floor. Then the curtain closed and opened once more to reveal seven mats on the floor.
"Beds!" Shikamaru jumped in, as he pretended to fall asleep. His fake snoring was quite aggravating.
The curtains closed and opened to reveal the seven guys walking in.
"HI HO HI HO HI HO HI HO!" They repeated in unison in our favorite Disney's melodious tune.
Hinata's face brightened as the lot walked in a row. She smiled, as she silently mumbled, "How cute!"
Everyone started to fake dig.
"Look! I found a stone." Shino pointed at a random.
"A stone. How amazing." Neji replied in monotone, and then Lee pinched him, reminding him that he's Dopey. "A stone! Hooray! It's so….so….so….dope!"
"I am so sleepy, I fall asleep on the mines." Naruto fell asleep, as he grabbed Sasuke's arm.
Sasuke's face flushed, as he crossed his arms. "Argh. I'm Grumpy because I'm too mad to find any stones."
Naruto began to drool. That idiot is really sleeping.
"But I'll become ungrumpy if I do this," Sasuke kissed Naruto on the lips, as Gaara jumped up.
"THAT'S NOT FAIR!" Gaara hollered, as he pushed Sasuke aside and kissed Naruto.
WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY DOING? I cringed as I grabbed my hair. SASUKE-KUN!!!!!!!!! I wanted to run in there and pull them apart and realized Hinata had a bit of a horrified expression.
However, Kiba stopped it, as he noticed the threesome was ruining the play.
"AHHHHH CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" Kiba screamed, as he pulled the three apart. He got in the middle, as he pushed Gaara off of Naruto.
"Sneezy…..you are making me UNHAPPY with your sneezes!" Gaara pushed back Kiba. Kiba glowered back.
"AHHH CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" Kiba cried out. "Oh my! Happy, did my snot get on you?"
Gaara glared at Kiba with fierce eyes, as Kiba decided to step back a bit.
"Ah, let's head back home everyone!" Lee stepped in, as he blushed.
Neji grabbed on Lee's shirt. "Bashful, I wonder why your face is so red." Then a stick came flying and hit Neji's head. I looked to see Ten Ten glaring at Neji. Lee smiled uneasily, as Neji smirked.
The curtain FINALLY closed, as it was time for the dwarves to find the sleeping Snow White.
The curtain opened, as the dwarves found Shikamaru lying on there bed.
"Who the hell is this ugly girl?" Sasuke asked.
"WHAT?!" Shikamaru bolted up, and then after seeing Hinata's blank expression, Shikamaru immediately lied back down.
"Idiot…." Neji muttered.
"I heard that…." Shikamaru said under his breath.
Lee-san tried to get the play back together. "Oh dear! Who is this girl that we found sleeping on our beds?"
"A prostitute!" Gaara exclaimed sarcastically, as Sasuke slapped his head.
"She's pretty!" Naruto lied, as he peered down at Shikamaru's fake sleeping face.
"Makes me want to kiss her." Shino said.
"You can't! You're too ugly for her! You're a dwarf!" Kiba cried out.
"Okay." Shino turned around as he grabbed Kiba and kissed him. Then he pulled apart. "I'm not too ugly for you."
Kiba flushed, as he wiped his lips and looked at Hinata who was smiling uneasily at them. He then pushed Shino aside. "Get away from me Homo!"
"Kiba…." Shino said disappointedly. "Oh well. Time for me to move on for the time being." Shino grabbed Sasuke, as he kissed his neck. Sasuke pushed him off.
"Hey! Just because you got dumped, don't go to me!" Sasuke cried out, as he ran to Naruto.
"Now now! Let's wake up this girl!" Lee said, patiently. He nudged Shikamaru awake.
Shikamaru slowly sat up as he stared at everyone. "Who the hell are you guys?"
"We are the seven dwarves! Nice to meet you Snow White!" Naruto cried out.
"Idiot! You don't know my name yet!" Shikamaru slapped his head.
"Right right! My name is Sleepy and you are Snow White!" Naruto grinned.
"Baka….." Shikamaru shook his head. Then he stood up. "Wash your damn dirty hands and eat."
"Okay!" Everyone said in unison, as they left the scene.
The curtain closed and opened to reveal me once more. FINALLY.
I cackled and laughed evilly as best I could. "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest one of all?"
"Snow White, no shit." Ino's voice cried out.
"Grrrr….isn't that bitch dead?" I glowered at Ino.
"She's alive, thank god! She's living with a bunch of dwarves. BWAHWAHWAHWA UGLY BITCH TAKE THAT!" Ino's voice cried out.
I threw the mirror aiming at Ino's head, as it missed her and hit Shino. I smiled apologetically at Shino once more, as I glowered at Ino. That bitch!
I took out an apple. I might as well make my scene short. Everyone else seems so anticipated to get on stage. "I will take this apple and poison it. The girl can only be cured if she gets the kiss of true love!"
"Okay, that's nice, curtains close!" Sasuke pulled down the curtains. Sasuke-kun….
The scene showed of the seven guys getting ready to go to work.
"Bye, bye, thank god you're leaving, have fun at work, don't SCREW around too much. Don't get messy and take your time and don't come back for a long time!" Shikamaru patted everyone's head, as they left the scene one by one. It was my turn to appear again. I dressed in a hideous black cloak, as I took out the apple.
"Hey girl." I walked up to Shikamaru.
"Yo." Snow White should never greet with a 'yo'.
"Try this apple."
"Sure." Shikamaru took it and ate it and fell down on the floor like a robot that's just been shut down. Geez! He could show some more feelings and emotions!
"Hahaha, my plan worked! Snow White will die and sleep forever!" I cried out. My gawd, this role is so unfitting for me.
The scene changed once more to the dwarves finding Snow White on the ground knocked out.
"Eh? She dead?" Kiba asked.
"Someone kick her." Neji suggested. Gaara walked up to Shikamaru as he kicked him hard.
"OWWWW!!!" Shikamaru cried out. "Whoops, my bad." He pretended to be dead again. THAT IDIOT!
"She's dead!" Lee cried out.
"But she just screamed!" Naruto protested, as Kiba slapped his head.
"We'll have to make a funeral." Shino said, as they literally tossed Shikamaru in a pile of pillows.
"I think this is the part when we all start crying." Kiba whispered.
"Okay!" Everyone nodded.
"BOO HOO HOO! WA WA WA!! NOOO! BOOO HOOO HOOOH OOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WAW WA WAWAWAWAWA BOO HOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I stared at the idiots. What the hell were they doing?
Then the flying pig galloped into the scene.
"What's going on here?" Ino asked.
"A prince! Shika-Snow White is dead!" Naruto cried out. "Boo hoo hoo!"
"Is that so. Well, then." Ino walked up to Shikamaru. She hesitated. "Do I really have to kiss him?"
Everyone nodded.
Ino held her breath, as she placed her lips on Shikamaru's. Shikamaru bolted up, as his face flushed red. "Hmph!"
"Princess, I saved you! Now let's live happily ever after!" Ino grabbed Shikamaru's arm as they walked out of the scene.
"THE END!" Everyone cried out, as Hinata clapped. Her face brightened with joy, as she got out of her bed.
"Thank you everyone. I feel so much better!" Hinata smiled, as she looked at everyone. However, I noticed that she smiled at Neji longer than everyone else. I wonder why…..
"Your right! She has no fever!" Ten Ten exclaimed as she felt her head.
"Yay!" Naruto and Kiba grinned.
"Now I'll make dinner for everyone." Hinata smiled, as she walked down to the kitchen.
We all ate a nice warm dinner. The play was so time consuming that it took up the whole day. I stole quick glances at Sasuke-kun. I knew he knew my feelings, but why? Why does he ignore me so? I feel so depressed and useless. Will there ever be a day when he would acknowledge me?
I placed my bowl away and got ready to sleep, as I bumped into Sasuke.
"Sa-Sauke-kun!" I cried out.
"Be careful." Sasuke said, but I swore I saw a small smile.
Sasuke-kun…..
I slept peacefully in the girl's room. There were two queen beds and a sofa. I guess no one is occupying the sofa since Temari used to sleep there. I looked to my side, as Ten Ten was fast asleep. Ino and Hinata were sleeping together on the other bed. I refused to sleep with that bitch. I would never ever sleep with her! Never ever…..
I woke up in the morning. My hair was out of place, as I noticed Ten Ten gone from the bed. In fact everyone was gone. Normally I would wake up first, I guess I was pretty tired.
"Sakura-chan, good morning!" Hinata greeted me in her apron. "Breakfast is almost ready."
But the voting?
"And the voting….has comes as well…." Hinata said, as I nodded. We both went down the stairs, as everyone had anticipating looks. Please let me stay. Please let me survive this game. Please let me win.
I looked at Sasuke-kun, as my heart filled up joy. For one thing, I want Sasuke-kun to be with me till the end in this game.
Voting Results:
Naruto: Hinata
Sasuke: Naruto
Sakura: Sasuke
Ino: Sasuke
Shikamaru: Ino
Kiba: Hinata
Hinata: Neji
Shino: Kiba
Lee: Ten Ten
Neji: Hinata
Ten Ten: Lee
Gaara: Naruto
(A/N: You guys are probably like…*GASP* Neji voting for Hinata? Hinata voting for Neji? XD Teeheehee, I have something in store! Please leave a review with a kind comment or two! ^^)