Chapter 2
Well…here's the next chapter…it wasn't too fun to write, but it's one of those chapters that just had to be done… The next chapter will be soooooo much fun to write! It took a bit longer then I expected to write, probably because I knew if I wrote this then I had to write my Creative Writing paper first….blah….I wrote this first. Priorities Priorities. I also have 5 million projects that I work on…I even have this idea for a lighter, fluffier fanfic…a SakuraxShikamaru… I really like InoxShikamaru, but I LOVE alternate pairings.
Also a THANK YOU!! To
Dark Nemesis 7- Look! I kept writing…even though this was a really hard chapter to write.
Naruke- I paid more attention to the tenses this time…I have a hard time with it ;___;
Sorry to all those who wanted to do anonymous reviewing- I forgot to uncheck the thingy. Sorry… L
Pairings will be announced next chapter, I have some in mind, but I don't want to finalize them…yet. Anywayz…Here it is:
Chapter 2
Sakura sat on the edge of her simple bed with her head down and face covered with her hands. So many questions invaded her mind that she couldn't keep up with all of them…Finally, after awhile, Sakura stood up with such determination radiating off of her that it looked like she could take on any challenge thrown at her-including the one right now. After thinking after some time about the revelation, the one thought that keep coming up repeatly was 'I have to know everything.' This mantra soon was embedded in her mind and even her soul. Walking over to her window across the tidy room, she ran over all the things she could do first in this situation. Leaning against her large bedroom windowpane, the actions she thought of was everything from confronting the hokage herself to actually looking for Sasuke, but nothing stuck out like the thought of actually trying to tell someone what's going on.
"Telling someone? But who would I tell?" was whispered against the cold window.
Opening the window doors for her bedroom, Sakura sat on the window's sill and jumped out to the green grass growing below. Landing perfectly, the female ninja ran down the dark and shady street and disappeared into the night.
About a block over, in an average-sized house, there was a girl's room with a large window…almost like doors. The large window opened and as it opened, tree branches scrapped across the glass making a screeching sound and then slammed open. BAM! It scared the crap out of both the person inside the room (now fully awake) and the person outside the room that opened the window.
At the thought of someone coming through the window and in the middle of he night, more or less, was startling to Yamazaki Ino. 'Enemy ninja?' was the first thing that came to mind as she sat up and face toward the opened doors.
"Ino."
"Forehead-girl?"
Sakura walked closer to Ino, ignoring the horrendous nickname and stood right in front of the bed. At that, Ino knew something was not right about Sakura. 'Hey! She's supposed to get pissed off and yell. Something's not right.' Ino stared straight up at Sakura and noticed the slightly red eyes and the tear-streaked face. 'She couldn't have been crying because she wanted to be friends again.' Ino joked to her self. The blonde ninja grew serious after she realized Sakura still hasn't said anything.
"Has someone died?" asked the blonde as she looked up with wide, and almost even frightened eyes. It was a question very common to ninja.
At the question, the woman standing up grimaced and remembered asking herself the question on the way. She had reasoned that the Hokage had enough consideration to at least tell her the truth on that. For all of the trust and respect that the leader had lost from her, Sakura would at least give Tsunade that. The female she had respected and looked up to had severe loses of her own so knew what it felt like to want to know what happened. Therefore it makes sense that she would of told Sakura what happened if Sasuke really would have died.
"No, no one died." Came the answer.
"Then what's happening?"
A minute came and went, but no response was given.
"Sakura, what do you want? First you almost scare me to death, coming through my window, at NIGHT! Then you just stand there staring at me, and then you don't give me any damn explanations. What's happening Sakura and why did you come to ME of all people?"
With eyes filling with sorrow, Sakura responded to Ino. "I was just thinking how should I tell you…but now…I'm not so sure I should tell anyone. It just sounds too crazy…I mean…"
"Just tell me." Was almost screamed out. 'What is she thinking!?! This is really getting on my nerves.' Ino crossed her arms angrily.
Taking a deep breath the emerald-eyed shinobi let it all out. She talked about the beginning with the promise she made to Tsunade to overhearing her parents conversation and even all the questions she had afterward. When she got to talking about her parents conversation, Sakura made sure she told exactly what they had said, word per word. After the story was finished, she waited for the expected 'she's crazy' look she knew she was going to get.
Ino looks at Sakura and wonders what happen to her to make her act this way. "Sakura…What are you babbling about?"
Taking a step back to retreat, Sakura says "Just-Just forget it!"
Ino just laughs at her… "Forehead girl," Ino lowers her voice "everyone knows Sasuke was taken to a hidden village. We're just not allowed to talk about it. You were probably just dreaming it."
Sakura stares at the blonde ninja wondering how naïve she, herself, had been and how naïve Ino (and probably the rest of the younger Chunins) were. Why didn't she question everything? The kunoichi remembered one of first lessons she learned from her sensei. Now she regrets not doing anything. Kakashi had once said:
'…A ninja must see the underneath the underneath. Those who break the rules and code of the ninja world are called trash…But you know what? Those who don't take care of their comrades…are lower then trash.'
But she couldn't give up now, she needed help. Sakura needed Ino's help. After all, who else would she go to? Although Sakura was smart and skilled enough to gather information, she needed more people or rather the other younger chuunins to help. Maybe they even had extra information, but she couldn't be sure. She expected that the 'Nine Rookies' (and Lee-san's group, of course) were specifically singled out to make sure they never talked about it. They were the ones closest to Sasuke. Okay, maybe they weren't close, but they talked to him. Ino could gather the others up and make them believe her…if only she believed herself. The pink-haired ninja had to admit she just wasn't someone who could 'rally the troops' and just have everyone listen to her, especially with the kind of loud people that had been her classmates.
But before gathering the others, she had to make Ino listen and actually think for once…
"Ino. Just think about it. Forget whatever they told you and think. Why haven't we been told anything else? Why did we have to make the promise? I'll tell you why…it's because they don't want us to get involved. They don't want us to know what's really happening? I wasn't dreaming, Ino. Come on, I know you're not that stupid." This was said with so much faith and firmness, that it made Ino actually think about it.
'Why would they lie to us? It makes sense that Sasuke would be hidden…especially after the rumors around about Orochimaru. It also makes sense that we can't talk about it or even be told what's happen to him. We've been told of the spies all around us. But…Let's forget about what they said for a minute…There is a few things that have been bothering me. Why haven't we heard anything about what's going on outside the village? There's a lot of ninja that are back home without a thing to do…It's so peaceful now. I remember a time about two years ago when there were absolutely no Jounins in the village, because they had been out gathering information about those S-class criminals. Now all of the Jounins are back and are doing their few A- ranked missions and mostly B-ranked missions. While we get stuck with C-ranked ones…even a D mission a few times…The nerve of those elders to give HER team such a small important mission! Well…I guess I could…it's been pretty boring…even for me'
After a few minutes of her decision-making, the blonde spoke up. "Well, forehead-girl, I guess I'll help you, even if I don't really believe you…but I trust you. So what do we do first?"
