I am back! Missed me? Nah. Okay, here's chapter… 4! We're now on chapter 4! That means I have lost my privilege of deleting this story even if I want to! It's a promise of a lifetime! Hehehe…
Anyway, I just got past 50 reviews! We hit the 50-review mark! Celebrate? NO! I am awfully thrifty, you know… XD
April 12, guys, is my lil birthday. I'm turning 14! HA HA. I know what you're thinking. NO PARTIES! Just joking!
No, really. I just saved my allowance and no body's taking it away from me! (laughs evilly)
Sasuke: Hey, moron. Do you know where the bathroom is?
No. And even if I do, I won't even bothering you.
Sasuke: you really love to torture me, don't you?
Took you a long time to figure out!
ANSWERS TO REVIEWS- this portion is currently not available for this chapter.
Mom didn't allow me to use the internet, and now, I had been secretly using it during the break of dawn so I can respond to reviews. But, (sigh) I had to keep it short, since she's gonna pummel me if she ever finds out. But, I got the list!
Thanks a bunch to:
1. Phoe-chan
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4. Lady Snow Blood
5. iluvsasuke
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17. and Sakura kage ( what? Don't tell me you actually thought I'll forget about you! You never fail to amuse me!)
Here are the answers to a couple of questions:
1. Why does it have to be a sardine can? Doesn't it make it cruel and unusual?
Well, there are a few reasons. One, it was the first idea to pop into my head. Two, sardine cans are so practical to use! I mean, why bother for something else when the answer is quite frank? You really can't use something like a corn beef can, ne? it would sound too… weird…And… looking at the Neji's personality through a certain perspective, that is what Neji is, right? Quite cruel and unusual! So, it could have been a fitting solution.
2. It seemed like Neji didn't want to throw her away. Why?
Let's see… uhm… this is a Sasuke x Sakura x Neji fic, right? That would mean Neji didn't exactly threw away Sakura because she was an annoying little genie! Come on, think about it! Maybe he threw her away because he was afraid of…? Anyway, better wait for the further chapters then!
To the Fic!
" Look, look! Master is blushing!"
Thus, the countdown began.
Your Wish Is My Command!
By: ang3Lix
Chapter title: Flashbacks and Passing out!
Dedicated to: ALL OF YOU!
Sakura kage, you never fail to make me laugh with your reviews!
Hyuuga Hanabi strolled through the streets, refreshing herself after her long session of intensive training with her father. It had always been a daily routine for her. She was never bothered by the simplest facts about life. She liked it this way.
She passed by the market, where a great number of teenage girls flocked into one side, chatting away, some of them gazing at some kind of poster. She quickly ignored the crowd and managed to stop by a stand with different selections of jewelry. She gazed at the different jewels embedded on the molded metal. Pallid, onyx, cerulean, crimson, pearly white… but something interesting caught her eyes. In a separate box, a pair of simple emerald earrings laid on the cushion, twinkling mysteriously.
A certain memory flashed through her mind.
o-O-o
Flashback
o-O-o
" Neji!" she called through a particular door, her knuckles beginning to turn pallid at her continuous knocking.
Still, no one dared to answer the door.
" Neji, father wants to see you. Open up!" she called yet again, now mentioning his father's name for an extra push. She knew he couldn't turn down the head of the clan.
The door stood perfectly still.
" Damn…" she muttered, growing impatient.
Maybe another try and she'll start looking for him…
But before she could even raise her fist to knock, the door opened slightly.
" Thank god, Neji, father wants to…" she was abruptly cut off when she stared directly into her cousin's eyes.
Or what she thought was his.
It was not a pair of white eyes she saw beneath the door. A pair of elegant emerald orbs stared at her in confusion, twinkling inexplicably. Her eyes were soft, and kind… it was almost hypnotizing.
But what the heck was this girl doing here?
Without one word, the door closed immediately, sending a slight breeze caressing Hanabi's face.
She stood there, quite baffled, before she actually snapped out of her trance. She gripped the doorknob forcefully, and swung it open, expecting the jade-eyed girl to stare back at her. Instead, she saw nothing unusual at all. She just… disappeared. She sighed and scratched her hair gently. Her gaze happened to come across a miniscule, antique-looking vase, standing innocently the surface of Neji's side table.
It was weird… she never remembered that vase being in the prodigy's room yesterday, when he left the door ajar.
She began to reach out for it, her hand outstretched.
She then felt a hand on her shoulder.
" Hanabi-sama, is there anything you need?" came the monotonous voice of the man she was trying to find.
She turned around nervously, and met the pearly white eyes of her cousin. She almost breathed a sigh of relief.
" Father wants to see you." She said, before giving a respectful nod and walked away.
Though she got out of the room, she still found that pair of emerald orbs flashing through her mind…
" Don't tell me Neji has been going out with somebody…" she muttered to no one in particular.
She then dismissed the thought, knowing all too well that her cousin will never take an interest in that kind of topic.
o-O-o
The Hyuuga girl shook her head, as if trying to fend away the thought. She shouldn't be thinking about these things. It was such a complete waste of time.
Besides, Neji never, wouldn't and can't bring a girl into the Hyuuga mansion.
Or can he?
Hyuuga Neji was a mystery, after all.
" N-Neji… san…"
" Do I know you?"
The more he thought about it, the more he felt his conscience crumble into particles.
That was heartless.
He quickly ignored the voice, trying to coax him on thinking about the same thing.
His inner voice seemed exceptionally determined at this point of time. Maybe he knew he had the upper hand right now…
Did you even see the look on her face?
Still, no reply. The other persona can use an extra push…
And I thought stuffing her into a random can you saw in the kitchen was horrible—
That was it. Neji duck-taped the annoying little whelp, tied him up with a smelly old rope he found else where, and threw him into the sea of useless and random thoughts. He could imagine him bobbing in and out of the water (made unusually out of thoughts), looking stupid as ever. He could have laughed at the sight. But NO. Hyuuga Neji never laughs.
He sneers.
He sneered at people.
He sneered at teammates.
He sneered at opponents.
And guess what?
He even sneered at the person he actually cared for.
But it seemed that she doesn't really mind at all.
o-O-o
Flashback
o-O-o
" Master, wake up! You're gonna miss breakfast!"
She had tried everything.
Poking, pinching, tapping, slapping, shaking... what else?
Even though water seemed a good idea, she knew that he wouldn't appreciate waking up in a freezing, don't forget wet, bed.
She plopped herself down in a sitting position, right beside Neji's futon.
He was a very heavy sleeper.
She watched him flip to his side, facing the wall, grumbling in his sleep.
After a few minutes, an idea came into her mind with a soft 'ding' in the background.
She positioned herself wisely, her face directly across Hyuuga's, and not to mention extremely close to his.
' This should wake master up.' She thought, smiling cutely. ' Just one scream in the ear…'
She took in several breaths, just to be sure she does this right.
' I hope master won't kill me…'
She was about to open her mouth, when the pair of hidden white orbs snapped open.
He looked straight at the wall for a couple of seconds, trying to orient himself.
' I slept too much.'
He was totally oblivious and innocent just like giddy, nine year old kid.
He tossed himself to his back.
He blinked.
He blinked again.
He saw Sakura, hovering above him, her arms at both of his sides.
A very suggestive position.
And don't you forget that her face is just centimeters above his.
Perfect chance, Hyuuga! I didn't expect that she'll make the first move, but that doesn't matter any—
Die.
She looked extremely uncomfortable.
" Uh… what was it again…?" she mumbled, almost inaudibly.
He raised a perfect brow.
Then the answer hit her like an incoming boomerang. " Oh yeah. WAKE UP!"
Oh shit.
His innocent virgin ears.
" I was awake, damn it!" he yelled, obviously annoyed, his face flushing.
She stared.
Wow.
Neji just yelled at her.
That was… sweet?
" Master looks cute when he blushes." She said, beaming at him.
A highly tempting smile… his gaze managed to get a quick glimpse at her pinkish lips.
Oh shit.
His innocent virgin eyes.
o-O-o
" Stop jumping on my bed." An inhumane growl erupted from the great Uchiha's mouth.
The pink-haired teen grinned childishly, giggling a little. " But Master, this is so much fun!" she said, her tresses bobbing up and down with her movement. " Try it!"
The perception of 'trying it' wasn't even allowed to be absorbed by his brain right now.
" I said STOP." He ordered, casting a piercing glare at the girl.
" Ok! Anything for master!" she answered, her voice musical to their ears. She plopped down the bed, grinning cutely at everyone else.
" Aaaw, Sasuke-kun, she's so adorable." Kakashi snickered, a smirk rigged up in his masked face. " … and hot." He added as an afterthought, in the most innocent way he could ever muster. But to his students, it still possessed the most perverse idea. It did came from a guy who reads PG-18 literature.
" What are you hinting at?" Sasuke glared at his sensei, who in turn chuckled mischievously.
" I could lend you the first volume, you know." The silver haired male gave his book a quick shake, indicating that he was indeed talking about his book. It was followed by a wink.
The glare intensifies!
Kakashi looked highly alarmed, and decided to take a few steps back, just for a safety precaution.
" Hey, Sakura-chan…" Naruto asked, his face holding a curious-slash-innocent expression.
" What is it, Naruto-kun?" she asked brightly.
" When you said 'Anything for Master', does it mean literally, as in anything?" he asked, his face slumped on his calloused hand.
" Hmmm… I guess so!"
Silence.
It was horrifying.
At least for the Uchiha, it was.
Naruto began screaming his head off, running around in circles, his arms thrashing around wildly.
Kakashi began to chuckle uncontrollably and perversely, and Sasuke would bet anything that he was thinking of the same thing the dobe was.
Ino began to shriek with her 'Ultra-demolishing-bulldozer-screech', trying to convince the others, and herself for that matter, that such thing won't happen.
Glaring… STATUS: escalating… LEVEL: 1… Accelerating… level 2…. Accelerating… level 3… accelerating… level 4…
A mental note popped in their heads.
This was not good.
Accelerating… level 5… DANGER… DANGER… NO INDIVIDUAL MUST BE PRESENT WITH IN 5 MILE RADIUS… DANGER…
His left eyebrow began to twitch madly and irritably.
Only the Uchiha prodigy could do that kind of eye-twitching in both manners at the same time.
Ooooohhhh… those devil eyes… blood red, three miniscule onyx blades held by a thin ring.
Even the most stupid person in the whole world could see that this spells DEATH in big, bold, 72-point flaming letters.
But cute little dolly Sakura was innocent.
She was oblivious.
So that's why when all of them were afraid of even moving a finger, she stood up, bouncing on the balls of her feet and stood infront of him with her smile locked in place.
Sakura looked at Sasuke innocently.
" Look, look! Master is blushing!"
Thus the countdown began…
5…
4…
" SPARE ME!" there came Naruto's scream.
3…
" Now, now, that's just a tinsy bit of joke, no need to get mad…" Kakashi's nervous gait.
2…
" Sasuke-kun, I know you won't hurt a petty girl like me…" Ino's drabbles.
1…
" Master looks cute when he blushes." Sakura's innocent words.
" I was awake, damn it!"
" Master looks cute when he blushes."
She remembered once more.
0.
THUD.
" Shit… he passed out…"
" He had a nervous breakdown."
" Does my Sasuke-kun need mouth to mouth or something?"
" Eeeew, that's disgusting Ino!"
" It is not! You're so childish!"
" Look, look! Master is all pinky!"
"… pinky…?"
" Aaaw, she's so adorable… and hot."
" Shut up, sensei!"
TIRING… VERY TIRING… Anyway, that's it for chapter 4!
Can I die now?
Sasuke: you moron, if you die, where will you go? St. peter already chucked you out in heaven, and Lucifer's scared shitless at how you lie. And he's busy getting his tan.
Then I will get there by force! (carries a pitch fork and flaming torch)
Sasuke: why are there so many moronic people in the world…?
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed!
I'll see you the next chapter!
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ang3Lix.