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blah…-normal narration
(o)-author's scribbles
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Pigs fly…
Gosh… I'm dreaming again! All of Naruto is owned by Masashi Kishimoto-sensei… I only own the plot and some OOCs.
You were…
"Someone I used to know"
by: fuu-nk
Chapter 2 : Affections
Then suddenly someone jumped out of the bush that both of them didn't expect.
Sasuke wasn't able to move and neither was Sakura.
They were both shocked. Eyes both wide.
And then…
"Yo!" the silver haired guy said with the usual smoke around him…
They both sweat-dropped…
'Hn. I really thought it was somebody else.' Sasuke thought.
'He really appears at the wrong time!' Sakura thought.
"Hey Kakashi! What are you doing here?" Sasuke asked irritably. With a deadly glare.
"Uhmm…before I answer that, why don't you two straighten yourselves first?" He said looking at both of them meaningfully while blushing a bit…like how he blushes when he reads Icha Icha Paradaisu.
The two looked startled and was suddenly aware of their position…
Sasuke was still on top of Sakura who was gripping hard on Sasuke's arms…
Then, as if chorusing their minds, they both sat up and sat far away from each other. Both of them blushing…well actually its Sakura whose like crimson red all over…and Sasuke has a few tints of red on his cheeks… but basically…they're both blushing.
Kakashi, who still was blushing too, went in between them and placed his hands on both of their shoulders.
"Oh come on you two! Don't be shy! I understand perfectly well why you two were suddenly out from the camp. The feeling's mutual kids!" he grinned crazily. Though they can't see it…but by the looks of his eyes, they could tell.
"We're not kids Kakashi-sensei" Sakura snapped.
"Yes I know, that's why I want you two to tell me about everything that happened…" Kakashi grinned again…
'Now…this info can help me co-author with Jiraiya in his book…hihihi…' Kakashi thought.
"Nothing happened" Sakura snapped again. She did all the talking because Sasuke was like… I-want-to-kill-someone-right-now…
"Don't deny it Sakura-chan!" He placed his hand on top of her head and messed her hair which made veins pop out of her unusual forehead.
"I saw both of you…there's nothing to hide…both of you were caught in the act…" his grin widened when Sakura turned pink like her hair.
"It's not like what you are thinking…" Sakura defended.
"I know there's something in both of you…especially you … Sa-ku-ra…" Kakashi said it in a flirt-like voice.
Sakura just bowed her head and hid her eyes beneath the shadows. She didn't speak. Still trying to control herself even when she was talking a while ago.
"What happened Sakura-chan? Guilty ne?" Kakashi didn't sense anything and continued on playing.
Sasuke noticed Sakura's sudden silence. Then he remembered…
He didn't do anything. Afraid of what might happen to her.
"Sa-ku-ra-chan? Doshite?" Kakashi continued to joke around. Still staring at Sakura.
"Shutup." Sasuke told Kakashi quietly.
"Oh!... here we are…there's really something in you two…now now…I never thought the ice cube would melt all by himself…" Kakashi said…still joking around. Then he let out a slight laugh-somewhat-like-a-giggle.
Then…they were all shocked a Sakura raised her head and shoved Kakashi's hands away. Her eyes…
'Her eyes…' Sasuke noticed.
'What's going on?' Kakashi wondered.
Her eyes…they were pitch-black now…no one expected this, so they were un-prepared.
Kakashi, knowing not, went near Sakura.
'What the heck…Sakura never get all angry right away…she always has the longest patience…' he thought.
"Hey! Hey! Calm down! I was just joking…" Kakashi said.
'Good! Perfect!' Sasuke shouted in his thoughts.
Kakashi tried to pat Sakura in the head. But even before he was able to do that…drops of blood were seen dripping from his arm… He was wounded…
'Blood…pain…I'm wounded? By whom?' Kakashi thought. He didn't continue to place his hand on her head and was now holding it because of the pain. He glanced at his back. 'No, it can't be him, he's too far and the position…definitely not him…'
Then he faced back and was staring at his student now. He was shocked when his eyes reached her hands.
She was holding a kunai. And the kunai was dripping with blood…she bowed down her head…
"…"
"…"
"…"
Then she raised her head and was grinning crazily. She was laughing frantically. Then suddenly she stopped.
"Don't you dare touch me!" she said in an evil-dangerous tone.
'She's crazy' Kakashi thought.
And then she rushed to attack Kakashi and slashed her kunai to his head. Good thing he has good reflexes and was able to avoid it.
Sakura kept on assaulting Kakashi, while he kept on avoiding her attacks. Until…
'She's not Sakura…she's only a bunshin…someone's using her image…she's not the real Sakura…' Kakashi thought.
And then he strikes her with his kunai in her shoulder. She didn't expected it because all the while Kakashi was just evading her attacks… she was hit! She stopped accelerating…while Kakashi moved a safe distance away. Sakura glanced over her shoulder. It was now covered with blood. And blood was dripping from her shoulder down to her hand.
Sasuke saw everything and acted just then. He appeared right in front of Sakura…his back facing her. He glanced at Kakashi…he was panting. Sasuke knew why and what's gong on.
"Get away from her Sasuke! She not Sakura!"
"Shut up! You don't know anything. And don't you dare touch her!" Sasuke snapped angrily.
Kakashi was still confused he couldn't understand a thing…
Sakura started to move. She pulled out the kunai stabbed on her shoulder and was staring at it crazily. Smiling.
"It's dripping…drip….drip…my blood….blood…blood….blood… It's dripping my blood!" she shouted. Then she attacked Sasuke, stabbing him from the back.
Kakashi saw this and wasn't able to help. His voice was too late…he thought.
"Sasuke watch out!" he exclaimed.
Sasuke didn't move an inch. He knew what was happening, what was coming, what was gonna happen and what she was going to do. But he didn't move.
'It's better that I'm the one.' He thought… 'Rather than she hurt herself'
Thud. (Just imagine a stabbing sound! Owkiez? o)
The kunai hit him at his shoulder. She was still smiling, but she let go of the kunai and was clutching her wounded shoulder.
"Uh…" he started to fell the killing pain in his shoulder… 'She really strikes hard' Sasuke thought.
Sasuke knelt down because he couldn't bear to stand up due to the pain.
Kakashi thought that as his cue and his chance to hit Sakura. So he threw three shurikens towards Sakura. 'Gotcha!' Kakashi thought.
But then…
Sasuke stood up and faced back. Facing Sakura. He caught the three shurikens. Preventing them from hitting her. He caught them. He caught them with his own body. Using his body as a shield to defend her. Three shuriken buried in his back. Blood dripping. More blood…The pain tearing and killing him…but he didn't mind the pain. He didn't mind suffering, as long as she wouldn't get hurt.
Kakashi was shocked. He didn't expect Sasuke to catch the shuriken using his back.
"Sasuke…" he murmured.
"I. told. You…don't. you. Dare. Hurt. Her…!" Sasuke shouted. His back facing Kakashi. He stared at Sakura.
She was smirking…then she got another kunai from her holster and tried to strike Sasuke again. Her hand slowly raising upward…then swiftly going downward assaulting him.
But Sasuke grabbed her hand. He was holding her hand tightly. Not that he want to hurt her. It was because she was really strong. Sasuke thought he already stopped her.
And then, she smiled again and grabs another kunai. Sasuke thought she would stab him again. He was now helpless. His other hand was busy stopping her…and his other was useless because it was bathed with blood.
He thought she would stab him again. But he wasn't ready for what she did. She didn't try to hurt him. Her hand averted to herself…and she stroked her shoulder. The one without the wound. Then pulled the kunai back out. And watched the kunai…with blood dripping out of it.
"I really love to see my own blood drip…" she said evilly…he let go of her hand.
Sasuke was taken aback and then he just said something and did something which isn't so Sasuke-like.
He hugged her…he hugged her tightly.
Which made Sakura let go of her kunais and her hands fell unto her sides…
They stayed like that for awhile…
Her shoulder is wet now…not because of her blood.
It was because of something else…
Drip. Drip. Drip.
He was crying…crying like he never did before. He cried just as he cried during his tragic clan experience.
He then whispered something…
So softly…so quietly…so TRUE…
"Please stop…Sakura…stop…you're hurting…y-yourself…I don't want you hurt. I don't want you to suffer. I don't want to loose someone again. I don't want to loose you… because…
…because…I…l-love you…" he said in almost a whisper.
Sakura still had those pitch-black eyes…but she didn't do anything. Then…Sasuke let go of her…
He bowed down for a while…
As if he was waiting…thinking…
And then…he grabbed her by the shoulder.
And pulled her to him.
And then their lips met.
He was kissing her. He poured unto her everything he needed to say, and he didn't stop. She was shocked. Her eyes were shot.
Kakashi saw everything but didn't hear them. Still he didn't understand, but he didn't do anything to stop them. Because he knows that Sasuke knows what he is doing.
Sasuke pulled her closer…deepening the kiss, which made Sakura close her eyes. Sasuke noticed this, but he continued anyway… (Hehe o). And when she opened her eyes…the pitch-black was gone. It was now replaced with the emerald orbs. Sasuke noticed this once more. He then broke the kiss and released her.
She stared at him. Confused.
"Sasuke-kun" was all she said…and then she fainted. Sasuke caught her before she hit the ground. Even though he was like wearing-red-all-over, he endured the pain. Because he knew he succeeded.
Kakashi was starting to understand a bit. So he decided to go near and offer some help. Just as he was about to make his first step ever since a while ago…
…A blonde boy went in the scene…and started shouting.
"Sasuke-temme!" He pointed to the raven-haired boy. "What did you do with MY SAKURA-CHAN? Why are your hands on her? Why is she hurt? Why is Kakashi-sensei hurt? Why do you have shurikens and kunais at your back? Huh? Huh? Huh?" He bombarded his teammate with tons of questions.
'He is totally clueless' Kakashi thought.
"Shut up dobe!" was all Sasuke said. In his usual 1-3 word response.
"I'll better be the one to settle him down Sasuke. You take care of Sakura…bring her back to camp." He winked at Sasuke before walking over to Naruto and started 'explaining' to him.
"Hn." was all he said. 'I wonder what he would be telling that dobe now…' he thought as he carried Sakura (Bridal-style! o) back to the camp.
He tended her wounds. Just controlling himself from blushing, because she was wounded in the shoulder, so he has to open her dress a bit. (Just a bit guys! No dirty thoughts! o) But he could see her neckline…so tempting…(That's all I can say…o)
'She really is beautiful,……and white…' he thought. He then concentrated on tending her wounds. She sometimes moves or flinches when he cleansed her wounds.
After tending her…he took off his shirt…just in time as Kakashi entered the tent. He then asked his sensei to treat his wounds…(Gosh! Really? Not so Sasuke-ish! o) which he already took the kunais and shurikens out a while ago. The sensei tended his wounds and went out. Saying he'll go look for food.
"I'll bring Naruto with me…so he wont be bugging you around. Don't worry about our training. I'll give you guys a break. And you two have some explaining to do." Kakashi ended.
Sasuke shot him the famous 'Uchiha Death Glare'…misinterpreting what Kakashi said.
"No…not what I saw…Hehe" he scratched his head…"What I mean is…about her"
Sasuke just nodded. Kakashi gave them both a worried look.
"What?" Sasuke asked…annoyed. Still staring at Sakura…not even bothering to look at his teacher.
"You're my students. It's natural for me to worry. I hope you would be telling the truth…" he truthfully said in a serious-but-oh-so-sexy-voice.
"Hn." Sasuke replied.
Kakashi then turned for the door. But then he stopped and glanced back at both of them. Sasuke noticed his look.
"Don't worry…I'll take care of her…" Sasuke assured Kakashi.
"Take care of yourself too…"
"Hn."
"Sayonara!" he waved and was gone in a puff of smoke.
Sasuke was left there…with a sleeping Sakura.
"Oba-san!" she exclaimed and sat directly up, panting, sweat all over her face.
"Huh?" Sasuke woke up. He was shocked at her sudden movement. He glanced over her bed from where he was sitting.
"Sakura, you're awake…" he said.
She didn't reply, as if she didn't hear anything at all. Her eyes were bloodshot. She was staring at infinity, and then she slowly lost her scared and frightened face. Slowly taken over…by a face full of sorrow…she was disconsolate…doleful…maudlin. Her eyes were starting to crystallize. Then, in an instant, tears were falling from her eyes. She started crying…crying her lungs out. As if she was a little child deprived of her birthday present.
She placed her hands on her face and continued crying.
He was alarmed. He rushed to her bed and asked her.
"Sakura! Daijoubu desu ka? Are you alright? Sakura?"
She didn't respond. She cried. And cried. And cried…
He knew nothing about those kinds of moments…But as if his body has its own will, it went near her. His feet moved…taking steps of its own.
And then…his hands, as if having minds of their own, moved its way around her in an embrace. He then pulled her head towards his chest and placed his head on top of hers.
He spoke nothing…his mouth knew no words to mutter… words of comfort he could tell her…nothing…nothing came out. But his embrace was enough to hush Sakura down.
"Sasuke-kun…" she finally spoke. But then, she cried again. Remembering her memory.
"They were all gone…all of them…even Shizu and Shoto. And mother…they killed her…she…she…she w-was….she….she-w-was…" She wasn't able to finish her words because rivers of tears started its way down her cheeks again.
"I-it's all over…no one's gonna hurt you…d-don't worry" He stammered. The words are all new to him. But rest assured he was able to assure her. (Redundancy! o) some sort of a promise. But he knew it was impossible for her not to be hurt. He knows he was giving her false hopes. But he knows he must try. He is an Uchiha. He mustn't give up.
She hushed down slowly…until there were only sniffs and muffled sobs. He still remained there. Like that.
He liked the way her body felt unto his skin. It sent him berserk and crazy at the same time. He doesn't want to take away the feeling of her being close to him. This side of him also made him confused.
'Am I turning this soft?' he was battling his mind with his heart.
But he slowly released and let go of her. Giving her time to breath for air and noticing she already stopped crying.
"Ne…are you alright?" he asked.
She just nodded. Then bowed down her head, and hid her face in the shadows. He thought she was gonna start crying again. But he was taken aback when she lifted her head up and gave him a smile. A smile so beautiful that it could melt an ice cube right there and then. So powerful that it can shatter glass into million pieces. So powerful it could launch a thousand ships.
"Hai…" she added, and smiled even more.
'Those smiles…beautiful…indeed…but dangerous…very dangerous…especially for me…' he thought.
"You should rest Sakura. You know very well we are on a special training inside this dark forest. There are no medical nins here so we should save charka. Don't worry, I have already tended you wounds and bandaged them. Right now, you should lie down and reserve energy. We will be needing that in explaining to Kakashi-sensei." He ended his once-in-a-blue moon-mother-type-statement.
She looked at him. Then her gaze saw the bandages he had.
"You have wounds! Have you tended them?" she asked. As if he didn't say anything at all a while ago.
"Kakashi-sensei cleansed and bandaged them already…are you blind?" his cold side started its way out. She just nodded and motioned for him to go near her.
"Take off you shirt. I'm gonna cure them…" she said with a smile. After all…she was used to his coldness.
"Iie" he strongly objected. "You mustn't strain yourself. You were just in battle and you were hurt. So…NO." he stiffened.
She heard none of him. "I am your medical shinobi here, and it is my duty to take care of all of you…"
"…even if it costs my life…" she answered.
He wasn't in any mood to indulge in arguments and he knew she was stubborn and persistent. So he just followed. He took off his shirt and let her cure his wounds.
In no time, his wounds were healed. But he felt her weaken, and urged her to rest.
"I already followed you Sakura. Now is your time to follow me. Now rest…" he said.
"Hai…" then she laid herself down into the bed, but she didn't sleep.
"Where are Kakashi-sensei and Naruto?" she suddenly asked.
"They're out there looking for food. You shouldn't worry much about them…" he shot back.
"Okay…"
"Uhmm…Sakura…?"
"eh?"
"What was with your dream that you cried so hard?" he asked, as if trying to let her open-up. It was very unusual of him. And she is also starting to act unusual too.
'She was supposed to be blabbering crazy about here scary dream to me…and start to get my attention. But why am I the one persistent now?' he asked himself.
"Nothing…don't worry Sasuke-kun…I'll be fine" she assured him. As is trying to assure herself too, and then she turned her back on him. Trying to hide her face from him.
Sasuke noticed her uneasiness. He then got a chair and sat beside her bed. Took an apple and started slicing it. He then gave her a slice. She took it and started eating, but her back was still facing him.
He just kept silent. Knowing she doesn't want to start a conversation now. But thought and doubts were flooding into his mind. Suspicions. Fears.
And then she spoke.
"Sasuke-kun"
"Uh?"
"I was thinking about this for long. Ever since you saw me last night in the woods. Near the lake…" back still facing him.
"…"
"I mean, I still like you. But I've thought…maybe I'm pushing myself too much. Maybe I should open my eyes and realize the truth. That…you really don't love me. That you don't and would never ever love me…"
"…"
'So…she didn't remember anything that night, when she turned into a Nitsuki Shotoku…she didn't remember what I've told her, what actually happened.' He thought.
"So I…I d-decided to…to g-give up on you Sasuke-san" she ended her words.
He was acting like nothing serious happened, but deep inside him, he was shocked. Shocked. First, because of her strange address towards him. She didn't use her usual 'Sasuke-kun'.
He was also shocked with himself. How his feelings were reacting. Outside he was just sitting and looking at the walls of the tent. But on the inside, there was a war. A jumble of his heart and mind. He should be happy she finally decided quitting her love for him. After all she was so annoying. But why does he feel like a thousand knives are stabbing his heart? He knew the truth. But he tried to deny it. And threw the thought away. His mind won…
"Good. You finally quit annoying me" he said with a smirk. As if he was celebrating… "Hn."
She wasn't shock at all. She was used to his 'ignoring' and 'insulting' to her. At long last, she was able to face reality. The ever undying truth that he never had a heart to love. And to be loved. He was an avenger after all…
She was used to his sharp response and insults.
But why?
Why is she feeling this?
Why is it too painful?
Maybe the saying is true…
The truth really hurts…
She was on the verge of crying, but controlled herself.
'I mustn't cry. I should show him that I'm strong, that I can live without him…' she changed her sorrowful face into a bright and happy face. And faced him.
She smiled…at him.
"Arigatou Sasuke-kun"…"I mean Sasuke-san. Gomen ne…It's like a habit to me. After all, I've been repeating those words for many years" she smiled more.
'And for many years I have ignored you…' he thought.
'Your face. Full of smiles. Showing me that you're strong, but your eyes. I can see sorrow, pain, hurt. I should try to accept my faults.' His heart was speaking, but his mind took control. 'Suite her well.'
"And about the secret I told you…" Sakura started.
"I won't tell anyone…yeah I know. Except of course to Kakashi-sensei and maybe Naruto." He snapped. Returning to his Uchiha mode. No soft hearts now…
"Arigatou…"
"Hn."
'Even if she is just my teammate…I must still be good with her. And keep my promise'.
Just then…Kakashi and Naruto entered the tent. Bringing with them fruits and some-sort of other kinds of food, and water.
"SAKURA-CHAN! You're awake! What happened? Did that Sasuke-temme hurt you? Huh? What do you want me to do? Kill him? Torture him first? Or let him be taken back to Orochimaru? Huh? Huh? Huh?" Naruto asked…
The three sweat-dropped.
"Hehe. How are you Sakura-chan." Kakashi said while giving Naruto a quick punch in the head.
"I'm fine Kakashi-sensei. How did you get your wounds Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked.
Kakashi looked puzzled… 'Didn't she know what happened last night? Maybe I should talk to Sasuke.'
"Uhmm…I'll answer that later Sakura-chan. For now, I need to talk to Sasuke, alone…" Kakashi replied.
He motioned for Sasuke to go out with him. All of them but Naruto were dead serious. Sakura thought Kakashi knew something about her as Nitsuki Shotoku. Sasuke was full of information though, but he was still confused with the conversation they had with Sakura. Kakashi knew some pieces of the puzzle, but didn't get it quite right. Only Naruto was clueless…
'Something fishy is going on that I don't know…' Naruto thought. 'Maybe I'll go ask Sakura-chan.'
"Ne…Sakura-chan…" Naruto said.
"hmm?"
"Uhmm…why is everybody so serious? And what's with the wounds and fights last night?"
"Ano…"
(Meanwhile…)
Somewhere in the forest…not far away from camp
"I want you to explain everything to me Sasuke. I know you know a lot of these happenings since last night." Kakashi told him.
"Hai. I think I should start from the beginning"
Then Sasuke told Kakashi everything Sakura told him from that night he went out of bed, to the fight with Sakura.
(Hey I can't write everything back down! Just use your sharp memories owkay? Just don't make it too sharp…I'll get pricked! o)
"I told her that we were attacked by missing nins last night. She didn't remember anything when she turned into a Nitsuki Shotoku. She didn't have the slightest idea." Sasuke ended.
"Hmm….I understand that this is highly confidential information. I'll talk this through with the Godaime when we return to Konoha next week." Kakashi concluded.
"Ano…Kakashi…" Sasuke started again.
"Hm?"
"About what you saw last night. The one…I-I…I did…could you just keep it and never tell anyone…?" he asked shyly and nervously.
"Oh! That one when you…" he was cut-off by the Intensity 101 Uchiha Death Glare.
"Uhmm! I mean…Sure! Hai! I'll leave that part out in explaining to the Godaime and to Naruto. It's up to you if you would want to tell Sakura." He said the last part childishly and blushingly. Sasuke just ignored his tomato cheeks.
"Speaking of Naruto…" Sasuke said…then his eyes widened.
"Oh shit! Baka! He does not know anything. He could be telling Sakura right now what he saw last night!" and then Sasuke rushed to the camp. With Kakashi just behind him.
"Gomensai Sasuke. I didn't tell Naruto anything about what happened last night. All I did to settle him down was told him it was some sort of a genjutsu you're practicing on him. But I doubt if he believed me…" Kakashi told him while they were jumping from tree to tree.
"I guess we'll have to tell the dobe the whole truth." Sasuke replied.
The camp could be seen from their view. And they were getting closer.
Sasuke got there first. He directly rushed to get inside the tent. Kakashi followed him.
But then…
He was greeted by a crying Sakura and a sulking Naruto in one corner of the tent.
'Did she already know that we fought? Did that dobe told her what he saw? Did he tell her that I did something to her…if he did saw it? And if he did told her…what would she feel? Why is she crying? Is she mad?...
…does she…d-does…does she hate me?' questions flooded Sasuke…
End of chapter 2
A/N: Haha! Another cliffie! But it's a not-so-high-cliff! Bugsh! Sorry about Sasuke being so soft…so OOC! And Kakashi not having much fighting part, Naruto too!
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