Man, this is the longest chapter I've written so far! And it's a good one
too, so read it all! ^_^ (I'm also sorry for not updating a single chapter
for MONTHS.)
It was morning, and Sakura had gotten up early, thinking about her previous dream. "Will that actually happen to me?" she asked herself. "But it couldn't.. Sasuke didn't know who I was.. Maybe I'm just thinking too much,"
Sakura stepped outside and stretched out her arms and yawned. "Guess there's gonna be sunny weather today," she said as she took a glimpse at the bright sun.
Sudden thoughts of Suzuki appeared in her mind. She growled and shook a fist. "I wish I had never pointed her out.." She said. "I wish she was never alive!" She stomped to a tree and sat down in its shade. Just then, she over heard a conversation going on. Turning around, Sakura found out that the conversation was between Sasuke and Suzuki. "Ugh!" she said quietly, and listened to them talk.
"I'm sorry that Sakura pulled me out of our other conversation yesterday," Sasuke said first. "She just wanted some attention."
Sakura glared. "What? Attention??"
"Oh, that's alright," Suzuki said. "It was probably because we were talking to each other too long,"
"Oh, whatever!" Sakura beamed. "Know-It-All.."
"Yeah, I guess.." said Sasuke. "I was wondering..if maybe you'd like to come with me to the river for a snack?"
"WHAT??" Sakura growled out, almost loud enough for Suzuki and Sasuke to hear.
Suzuki frowned. "No, I can't," she replied. "I have a busy day today. Maybe some other time."
Sasuke frowned with her. "I..I see.." he said sadly.
"Hmph, let's hope tomorrow's another busy day for her!" Sakura mumbled.
Suzuki put her hand on Sasuke's shoulder. "Hey, it's not that I don't like you or anything, it's just that.."
Sasuke gently lifted Suzuki's hand off his shoulder and said, "Suzuki, I understand. You've got business to take care and that's fine with me."
Suzuki blushed. "Thank you," she said, and hugged him. Sasuke appreciated the hug and nodded with a blushing face.
She immediately took off to finish her jobs and waved back to Sasuke. Sasuke lifted a hand in return.
Although Suzuki ran past the tree Sakura was sitting behind, she never noticed her. Sakura sighed in relief and turned back to Sasuke, who was circled by a small group of gangsters.
With his face down, he rolled his eyes up at their faces. "What do you want?"
The leader (or the one who seems to be the leader) took a step forward. "Who was that? You're girlfriend?" He grinned.
"Well wouldn't you like to know?" Sasuke replied with an annoyed look.
"Huh," the leader said impatiently. "Well whether or not she's your girlfriend, and you gotta make her go crazy for you, right?"
Sasuke shrugged. "Not really,"
"Hmp. well if you do wanna impress her.." The leader took out a small package of what seemed to be cigarettes from his pocket. "Try some of this, it'll make you look cool in no time!"
Sasuke stared. He then turned to the gangsters. Two of them held beer bottles, three were smoking, and the leader was glaring at him with the cigarettes. His heart was beating fast, and Sakura also stared, hoping that he wouldn't accept the offer.
"Please Sasuke.don't believe him.." she whispered.
The leader chuckled again. "Here, let me help you with that," He reached into another pocket and took out a match. He turned the flame on and lit the cigar. "Take it," he ordered.
Sasuke wanted to punch the gangsters, but didn't have the courage to do it. His body shook and trembled in fear continuously, yet he didn't run away nor accept the offer.
Sakura bit her nails, knees shaking. She, too, wanted to punch them, but was too scared. "Run," she whispered once more, sweating.
Sasuke didn't have much of a choice because if he ran away, the gangsters would probably beat him up. Also because of the fact that he was circled. "I-I'll do it," he answered at last.
Smirking, the leader handed the lit cigar to him. "Heh heh, good choice kid." he said to Sasuke.
Sakura gasped. "No! This isn't like you, Sasuke, not like you at all!" Her eyes widened. She watched as Sasuke brought the cigar closer to his mouth. Sakura couldn't take it. Her anger won over her fear. She had to do something, and fast, for Sasuke was in grave danger. At once, she stood up and tackled Sasuke, his cigar flying in the air and landing on the ground.
The leader stepped up. "Hey who are you?" he said ferociously.
Sakura didn't want to see the leader's face. So she closed her eyes, turned, and punched the leader in the stomach as hard as she could. Sakura knocked him out and he slowly fell to the ground.
Sasuke was unconscious, so he didn't know what was happening. For once, Sakura didn't care and she continued to fight against the gangsters. A moment later, two gangsters remained, so she didn't have much of a problem.
Sakura beamed at the two gangsters. "You know what I think about beer and cigars?" she asked them angrily.
She swiped through the glass beer bottle and cigar that they were holding, and sliced them in half. Although her hand was bleeding from the glass and covered in ash (which made the cut sting more), she refused to let that stop her. The two gangsters were now shaking.
Sakura raised her bloody hand and turned it into a fist. "I swear.. you won't get away with this!" she declared. Without a moment to spare, she punched them both to the ground, joining their leader.
"Jerks," Sakura whispered, gasping from the fight. She reached down to grab the pack of cigarettes and match, and lit the cigarettes on fire, slowly turning them to a burning pile or ash. She then stepped on it and it burned out.
She pulled Sasuke up onto her back and carried him home.
It was morning, and Sakura had gotten up early, thinking about her previous dream. "Will that actually happen to me?" she asked herself. "But it couldn't.. Sasuke didn't know who I was.. Maybe I'm just thinking too much,"
Sakura stepped outside and stretched out her arms and yawned. "Guess there's gonna be sunny weather today," she said as she took a glimpse at the bright sun.
Sudden thoughts of Suzuki appeared in her mind. She growled and shook a fist. "I wish I had never pointed her out.." She said. "I wish she was never alive!" She stomped to a tree and sat down in its shade. Just then, she over heard a conversation going on. Turning around, Sakura found out that the conversation was between Sasuke and Suzuki. "Ugh!" she said quietly, and listened to them talk.
"I'm sorry that Sakura pulled me out of our other conversation yesterday," Sasuke said first. "She just wanted some attention."
Sakura glared. "What? Attention??"
"Oh, that's alright," Suzuki said. "It was probably because we were talking to each other too long,"
"Oh, whatever!" Sakura beamed. "Know-It-All.."
"Yeah, I guess.." said Sasuke. "I was wondering..if maybe you'd like to come with me to the river for a snack?"
"WHAT??" Sakura growled out, almost loud enough for Suzuki and Sasuke to hear.
Suzuki frowned. "No, I can't," she replied. "I have a busy day today. Maybe some other time."
Sasuke frowned with her. "I..I see.." he said sadly.
"Hmph, let's hope tomorrow's another busy day for her!" Sakura mumbled.
Suzuki put her hand on Sasuke's shoulder. "Hey, it's not that I don't like you or anything, it's just that.."
Sasuke gently lifted Suzuki's hand off his shoulder and said, "Suzuki, I understand. You've got business to take care and that's fine with me."
Suzuki blushed. "Thank you," she said, and hugged him. Sasuke appreciated the hug and nodded with a blushing face.
She immediately took off to finish her jobs and waved back to Sasuke. Sasuke lifted a hand in return.
Although Suzuki ran past the tree Sakura was sitting behind, she never noticed her. Sakura sighed in relief and turned back to Sasuke, who was circled by a small group of gangsters.
With his face down, he rolled his eyes up at their faces. "What do you want?"
The leader (or the one who seems to be the leader) took a step forward. "Who was that? You're girlfriend?" He grinned.
"Well wouldn't you like to know?" Sasuke replied with an annoyed look.
"Huh," the leader said impatiently. "Well whether or not she's your girlfriend, and you gotta make her go crazy for you, right?"
Sasuke shrugged. "Not really,"
"Hmp. well if you do wanna impress her.." The leader took out a small package of what seemed to be cigarettes from his pocket. "Try some of this, it'll make you look cool in no time!"
Sasuke stared. He then turned to the gangsters. Two of them held beer bottles, three were smoking, and the leader was glaring at him with the cigarettes. His heart was beating fast, and Sakura also stared, hoping that he wouldn't accept the offer.
"Please Sasuke.don't believe him.." she whispered.
The leader chuckled again. "Here, let me help you with that," He reached into another pocket and took out a match. He turned the flame on and lit the cigar. "Take it," he ordered.
Sasuke wanted to punch the gangsters, but didn't have the courage to do it. His body shook and trembled in fear continuously, yet he didn't run away nor accept the offer.
Sakura bit her nails, knees shaking. She, too, wanted to punch them, but was too scared. "Run," she whispered once more, sweating.
Sasuke didn't have much of a choice because if he ran away, the gangsters would probably beat him up. Also because of the fact that he was circled. "I-I'll do it," he answered at last.
Smirking, the leader handed the lit cigar to him. "Heh heh, good choice kid." he said to Sasuke.
Sakura gasped. "No! This isn't like you, Sasuke, not like you at all!" Her eyes widened. She watched as Sasuke brought the cigar closer to his mouth. Sakura couldn't take it. Her anger won over her fear. She had to do something, and fast, for Sasuke was in grave danger. At once, she stood up and tackled Sasuke, his cigar flying in the air and landing on the ground.
The leader stepped up. "Hey who are you?" he said ferociously.
Sakura didn't want to see the leader's face. So she closed her eyes, turned, and punched the leader in the stomach as hard as she could. Sakura knocked him out and he slowly fell to the ground.
Sasuke was unconscious, so he didn't know what was happening. For once, Sakura didn't care and she continued to fight against the gangsters. A moment later, two gangsters remained, so she didn't have much of a problem.
Sakura beamed at the two gangsters. "You know what I think about beer and cigars?" she asked them angrily.
She swiped through the glass beer bottle and cigar that they were holding, and sliced them in half. Although her hand was bleeding from the glass and covered in ash (which made the cut sting more), she refused to let that stop her. The two gangsters were now shaking.
Sakura raised her bloody hand and turned it into a fist. "I swear.. you won't get away with this!" she declared. Without a moment to spare, she punched them both to the ground, joining their leader.
"Jerks," Sakura whispered, gasping from the fight. She reached down to grab the pack of cigarettes and match, and lit the cigarettes on fire, slowly turning them to a burning pile or ash. She then stepped on it and it burned out.
She pulled Sasuke up onto her back and carried him home.