-Believe Me, It's True-
Summary: Sasuke has always hid his innermost feelings for as long as he can remember. But at age sixteen, he can't afford to hide those feelings anymore. But what if the one he loves hates him for past misunderstandings? SasuxSaku
Chapter Six: His Attempts, Her Avoidance, Their Revenge Part I
The late afternoon sun slowly began its descent over the decorative streets of Konohagakure. The now excited people of the quiet village lit up all lanterns and made the tranquility of the village cease. Konoha's streets were filled slowly – one by one – by people of many ages. They laughed, they cheered, they sang various songs. Today, the second day of the once in lifetime Star Festival, the streets of Konohagakure became filled with the joyous celebration. The aligned stars shone brightly above, giving the village a more warm, welcoming, and luminous feel.
But not all is what it seems, for not every citizen of the village smiled like the unknowing others.
A young teenage brunette sighed as she slowly brushed away silent strands of hair from her face. As festive as the village became, she felt still and unmoving as she remembered the accounts of what happened earlier that day. She sat on the roof of her home, watching as the lights down below danced and swayed to the music. I should be down there, she thought to herself, tugging at her pale green kimono. Her chocolate eyes seemed troubled, yet unable to make out the reason.
"What's wrong?" A soothing male voice said behind her.
"Nothing. Don't worry about me, Neji."
Neji stood next to the sitting Tenten and replied, "If it's about earlier, it's not your fault."
"But I can' help but think that way. I thought if the party. I decided to invite Ino. I started the conversation about Sasuke. In a way, all I can say is that maybe it is my fault…somehow…"
Neji looked ahead and stared as the sun slowly descended out of view; the stars becoming more illuminated than before. Neji then swooped down and carried Tenten bridal style and said, "Someone as delicate as you, wearing something lovely like that, should be down there, not up here."
Tenten looked at Neji and smiled, forgetting that she was blaming herself for something that was not hers to control.
Ino smiled lovingly at herself in the mirror of her oversized bedroom. She danced around glancing at herself and her brand new, purple kimono. She batted her heavily massacred eyelashes and grinned as the sign of her bruise was nowhere in sight. When she saw the purple ugly looking thing on her face, she thought she would die. Then she remembered that make-up could solve almost all facial problems.
"Beautiful! Make-up could do wonders!"
Sasuke sat on Ino's huge fluffy bed, staring out of her window, bored. He did not want to be here…he hated it here…what he would give just be out of Ino's super blue bedroom.
Ino plopped her body onto her bed, and batted her eyelashes at Sasuke. "Don't I look absolutely beautiful tonight?"
Sasuke just grunted and made his way to her door. Anything to leave…just let me leave!
"Where are you going? Shouldn't you be waiting for your date? Or are you going out to find your little cherry blossom?" Ino said menacingly, walking towards her dresser.
Sasuke stopped midway.
"I thought so. Why do you try to go to her? You know you cannot have her." Ino picked up her brush and stared idly at her own mirror, where her reflection was staring at the image of Sasuke.
Sasuke grunted in reply, holding down the urge to scream and pull every strand of Ino's hair of her conceited head.
"But, if you do want her that badly, I could always ruin your life. Then again, it's your choice." Ino smiled, brushing her blonde locks and humming a soft tune.
Sasuke stood there, remembering every essence of why he wanted to murder Ino. Just the thought of that made him smile in his own thoughts.
Ino smiled at her image yet again and said leisurely, "It would probably be better if Sakura left…she seems so much happier with Sanosuke then she was with you. It would make all of our problems go away…we'll actually have a chance for true happiness. Isn't that right Sweetie? Maybe I should make her go away again. That would make her pay for what she did to my beautiful face."
Only the rustling of her curtains replied to her.
"Here Hinata!" Naruto smiled as he handed his girlfriend a stuffed Tigger plushy.
Hinata beamed as she kindly thanked Naruto. Naruto flushed a little bit and together they walked around the remaining areas of the festival.
"Um…Naruto…have you seen Sakura at all this evening?" Hinata asked.
Naruto sighed and said, "Nope."
"Oh, okay." She said, gripping Tigger tightly. "I was just worried about her…"
Naruto placed an arm around her and said, "We all are, just don't worry so much about her…she's strong."
"Yeah, you're right…Sakura is…Sakura."
Naruto closed his eyes and repeated, "Sakura is Sakura."
"Saku-rin! Why don't you want to go outside! Staying in here is a waste of time!" One whining Aoyama Sanosuke cried.
"Well, then, why don't you go outside while I stay in here." An annoyed Sakura said.
"But the festival! That's the only reason why I let you stay here!"
"Oh well, too bad for MEEE!" Sakura yelped the last word as Sanosuke carried Sakura out the door. Sakura began to pound on Sanosuke's chest and at the same time yelling, "Let go of me you big idiot!"
"But nobody would see how beautiful my Saku-rin is!" He said enthusiastically, mentioning her crimson kimono.
"But, I don't…"
"You have to! You said you wanted to stay for this so you are going to enjoy it!" Sano said, his hands slipping somewhere that it should not have been…
"SANO! GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME OR ELSE!"
"OW! You didn't have to hit me!"
"You deserved that!"
"What did I do?"
"PERVERT!"
SLAP!
"OW! Saku-rin! Wait for me!"
Sakura walked around the village grounds, bored and disinterested as she was the first night. She did not want to run into a certain blonde girl and end up beating up her up into nice fine, pig pulp. But then again, with karma, she would have to see her anyways.
"Who're you looking for?"
"No one. Why do you care Sano?"
Sanosuke scratched the back of his head and said, "Don't tell me you are looking for Uchiha, because if you are, then you are stupid."
"Uchiha? Why would I? He pisses me off."
"But you and Miss Ino were…"
"So. She pisses me off more. And if you put two and two together, then it means that they are perfect for each other because they both piss me off more than anything!" Sakura said, almost in one breathe.
Sanosuke stayed silent and, after a while, replied softly, "Are you lying to me?"
"No…why would I…?" Sakura asked, confused.
An image of an angered Sasuke burned into his mind.
Sasuke rushed over to Sanosuke and punched him again. "I said to shut the hell up! I don't care that she hates me! You know why? Because she doesn't!"
"Stop lying to yourself!"
"I'm not. Why did she come back then? She still loves me."
"NO! She loves no one else but me! And I am the only one capable to love her back!"
"No, Sakura loves me. She came back for me. And you know what? You don't love her at all. I love her, and I will make sure that she knows it."
"No reason." He shook the scene out of his head, wanting his revenge.
Sakura smiled and casually walked around; dancing to a silent tune only she could hear. She swayed with rhythm and gracefully moved her body to the sounds of her own heartbeat.
Sanosuke watched her. From that moment he knew that his precious Saku-rin was slowly slipping away from him. She was slowly dancing away from his embrace, and disappearing into the heart of another…
"Do you…still love Uchiha?"
Sakura was taken back. Where did that come from?
"Saku-rin…do you still love him?" Sano asked again more serious than before.
"…no…of course not…" Sakura said, her heart screaming otherwise.
"He hurt you. Yet, you still came back to him. Why did you leave me, just to return to him?" Sanosuke frowned, realizing that he was indirectly admitting defeat to his rival.
Sakura stared with silent emerald eyes as Sanosuke said the words with grief. She had no idea what he was saying. She only came back to Konohagakure because she wanted to see her friends…she missed them and wanted to see them again.
Is that the only reason why you came back?
Sanosuke sat on the bench and stared at Sakura. "Saku-rin. I don't want you to go anywhere near Uchiha."
"Well, that's easy. I hate the guy."
"No, I mean it. I swore to protect him from you, and that's what I'm going to do."
Sakura sat beside him and said, "Sano, you worry too much." Just like everyone else.
"I meant what I said, Saku-rin. And I mean it when I say that if he even goes one inch near you I'll slit his throat."
A female voice behind them spoke out and said, "Aoyama Sanosuke, was that a threat? I definitely will report that to the Council. And hopefully they won't be so easy on you because you're dating the rich girl." A lavender haired girl stood behind the bench as the two turned around.
"Nami? What are you doing here?"
Nami smiled and said sarcastically, "Well, I don't know, maybe I'm here for a vacation! Jeez, are you that stupid?"
Sanosuke stared at the young girl and mentally cursed at her for ruining a moment he was beginning to have with Sakura.
Sakura, on the other hand, turned around and gave her a hug. "Nami!"
The girl smiled and said, "Hey Sakura!"
Sanosuke said, "Why you here brat?"
Nami stuck her tongue out at him and said to Sakura, "I'm here doing some report about some idiot who went MIA."
"I see. You came here at a good time! Want a tour?"
Nami nodded and the two females made their way through the crowd, leaving a very much ignored Sanosuke and his thoughts behind.
"Sasuke don't you dare leave me behind!" An angry Ino said, as her 'date' quickly walked away. "Sasuke!"
She stopped in the middle of the street and suppressed an angry scream. She lost track of Sasuke. Hitomi stood behind her friend and said calmly, "I think we should look for him…"
"NO! I will look for him, you stay here!"
"Ino wait!"
Ino left her red-haired friend and tried to find her raven-haired boyfriend.
"We are in the middle of a festival, so I'm glad you could come."
Nami stared in awe at the booths, games, and entertainment. "Cool…"
Sakura smiled. She was mentally thanking Nami for coming in and interrupting her conversation with Sanosuke. It was beginning to feel very uncomfortable to her.
"So how is Natsumi?"
"She's fine. She wanted to come but the Council told her no. So I came alone and stuff."
Nami said, still distracted by the festivities.
"That's nice to hear."
Nami smiled and said calmly, "You know, this whole star festival reminds me of that song me and Natsumi used to sing. Do you remember it?"
Sakura nodded once again hearing the silent melody in her mind.
"Yeah, singing that with my sister was always fun…" Nami said dreamingly. She slowly hummed the tune, and then she began to string the words so beautifully and solemnly from her parted lips:
Sweet but silent…here but gone…
My heart…your tune…my voice…your song.
Sakura smiled as she heard the lines of a song that etched in her head and heart from the moment she first heard the song.
"Sakura," Nami said, pointing to a booth, "who is that? He kept following us and staring at us and stuff…he's creeping me out."
Sakura looked in the same direction and saw a raven-haired teenager staring at her with onyx eyes.
"Is he a friend of yours? He's pretty cute."
"Don't make me gag. His name is Uchiha Sasuke, number one jerk in the village. Let's go, before he comes any closer."
"But –"
Before she could say anymore, she lost sight of him.
Sasuke watched as she walked around with a young lavender-haired, golden eyed girl. Sakura was smiling, she was happy. Truly happy. He wanted so bad to go to her and tell her everything, pushing back the fact that maybe she will not listen to him.
Nami blushed as Tenten and Hinata smiled at her. Amidst Nami's tour, she and Sakura literally ran into Sakura's friends.
"You're so adorable!" Tenten said. "What was your name again?"
"Kawahara Nami."
"You have such soft hair…" Hinata said, stroking her short lavender locks.
"Thank you…Miss Hinata…"
Hinata blushed at the formality of the young girl's response and said hastily, "No need to be formal with me! We are all friends!"
Nami smiled and said, "Um…I really don't know all of your names..." She specifically motioned to Neji and Naruto, both who remained silent as the girls squealed at her appearance.
"Uzumaki Naruto! At your service, Nami. And the silent one beside me is Hyuga Neji! Glad you're here! So…are you anything like that Aoyama character?" Naruto stared at Nami intently, rushing to his point quickly.
"Aoyama? Oh…you mean that bastard right?"
Naruto blinked at the response and brushed it off remembering that he was like that at her age, and still was that way now. "Yeah. Sanosuke."
"I would die before becoming anything like him. He pisses me off with his whole 'I'm better than you so back off' attitude. It's hard to shine if his stupid pompous head is in the way."
"Nami, you remind of me of Naruto and how acts towards Sasuke!" Tenten then burst into laughter as Hinata and Sakura followed suite.
Naruto smiled and patted Nami's head. "I like you kid. You have the attitude of a winner."
"More like a whiner." Neji said, sighing.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Naruto said, glaring at the Hyuga.
Sakura smiled and said to her friends that she would return; she just wanted to buy something to drink.
She walked away from the laughter of her friends and slipped her figure into the dark part of the woods. She slowly and finally approached a certain river in which she has confined a secret of tranquility.
She then began again to dance to the silent tune in her head. She swayed gracefully to the beat as the river sparkled with the light of the stars, reflecting the most pure thoughts of an unspoken mind…
Sweet but silent…the starry sky will gaze…
Sweet but silent…my heart still unspoken…
Sweet but silent…the tune of it all still heard…
Sweet but silent…yet never really there…
Here but gone…the love of my star…
Here but gone…my heart in your grasp…
Here but gone…the tune now forgotten…
Here but gone…yet never really there…
Sweet but silent…here but gone…
My heart…your tune…my voice…your song.
"Sakura."
The shinobi jumped and turned around, her emerald eyes falling unto the one man she wished not to see.
"Sas-Uchiha. What are you doing here?"
"Sakura…"
Sakura blushed, there was this certain way that he would say her name that sent shivers down her spine. "W-what?"
Sasuke wrapped a strong, protective arm around her slender figure and whispered into her ear, "You're beautiful. Can I keep you?"
Sakura turned a bright shade of magenta and pulled away from him. "Get off me!" She turned around and ran to the others.
Sasuke stood there, staring as her hair swayed behind her. Almost, he thought, almost.
He paced himself back to the very spot where Sakura was dancing. Sometimes, he just cannot help himself because he fell into a hole so deep. A hole dug by his very feelings for one Haruno Sakura.
Ino sat on a random bench and muttered angrily, "Where did he go? The nerve of him!"
"Lost your date? No matter, so did I sweetheart." A familiar voice said beside her.
"Sanosuke! What are you implying?"
"Nothing, I'm just messing with your pretty little head." He replied, staring into the sky.
"Sakura left you didn't she?"
"Could you tell? I'm kind of pissed."
"Same here. Sasuke left me in the middle of everything."
"You're boyfriend? He's an idiot. If I asked would you let me kill him?"
"No! Don't you dare!"
"It was just a suggestion."
Ino stared at him and smiled. "You have something against him? Well, I have something against your girlfriend."
Sanosuke turned to her and smiled back. "As long as killing isn't involved."
To Be Continued…
-Author's note: high skool sux…too much homework and not enough time to upload! Buh im trying to upload as fast as possible! Sorry for taking long though! Sorry! Newayz…this chapter is kinda…I dunno…weird to meeh…it jus doesn't flow wen I was working on it…buh is ur opinion that matters! Oh bout the song….i made it up! Not a real song at all! Reviews/comments/suggestions…flames/harsh criticism are welcome as long as it pushes my butt to finish this story!
Preview of Ch.7: His Attempts, Her Avoidance, Their Revenge Part II
Sasuke gripped Sakura tighter and scowled. He stared at the kunai dagger in the foreigner's hand, making him hold Sakura closer to his body.
"What are you doing?" Ino said, a struck of panic in her voice.
Sanosuke glared at her then shifted his gaze towards the two standing over the river's edge. "Something I've been dying to do since I first set foot in this village!"
"Sasuke!"