A Day in Life

By: Sweet Bliss

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Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

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Chapter 8: Simple Plan

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It was a simple plan, really. All they had to do was snoop on their two friends to see if their accusations were correct. These were their little clues so far:

Accusation 1.) Sasuke liked Sakura

Accusation 2.) Sasuke was jealous of Kakashi

Accusation 3.) They've spent so much time together at his house

Really, there was no denying it. To their friends, the ones who cared anyways, they were a match made in heaven. And these three girls were going to hook them up no matter what. Gaara, Kakashi, any one person who stood in their way was going to be crushed. Violent, really.

"Wait up guys," Ino said stopping, clutching her stomach. Hinata quickly ran to the aid of her friend and asked, "Are you… Do you know?" Ino looked up and shook her head, "I've been afraid of the answer." Now their friend with buns walked over and informed, "You need to find out, Ino. It's been long enough. C'mon and we'll get this over with." The light haired girl nodded and stated, "If we're gonna find out. Let's find out together. Call the others and tell them to come to my house." Hinata pulled out her cell phone and Ten-Ten followed suit. Hinata called Naruto and Sakura while Ten-Ten called Neji and Sasuke. Ino pulled out her own phone and called the one that she had to have there with her: Shikamaru.

Sasuke stuffed his hands in his pockets and leaned against the wall of Ino's room. Closing his eyes he thought upon the other day's incident with Kakashi, Sakura, the almost kiss, everything that happened between them. Sakura had been avoiding him all day today and he couldn't blame her really. Blame it on puberty and hormones.

Naruto sat by Hinata and fidgeted with his fingers. He really couldn't stop himself. He didn't want Ino to have a baby and miss out on an education. The blonde would've been pacing if Shikamaru hadn't hogged that job. When he had the phone call from Hinata earlier he hadn't been able to eat ramen, and that was a bad thing. "I-it'll be alright, Naruto," Hinata said placing a comforting hand on his shoulder timidly. Nodding his head, Naruto calmed himself down a little bit and relaxed.

Neji flipped through the magazine waiting patiently. Really why be so nervous about this. Fate would have its way one way or another. Well, he, too, was fearing that the girl would have to raise the baby single-handedly, which was a bad thing. But of course her friends would be there with her. Then again it would be hard keeping up with school and taking care of a baby that reminded her of the whole bar scene. Fate better not make that girl pregnant or Neji would end up in a situation like this right now… only in a real hospital waiting room. That would be tiresome.

Shikamaru's brain was screaming for him to wait patiently, but his heart and body wouldn't allow him to be calm. How could he be? The girl he'd known forever was about to see if she were pregnant or not! He'd already tried a million times to think of something else. But those tries led to Ino, which brought him to this situation. Brown eyes scanned over the entire room. Naruto was shaking uncontrollably and Neji was twitching and had his eyes glued on the door of the bathroom. What was only a minute or so seemed like and hour to him and probably Uzumaki and Hyuuga, but Sasuke stood there calmly with his eyes closed. That kind of ticked Shikamaru off. How did that guy manage the things he does! He didn't have time to beat sense into the Uchiha teen because the bathroom door opened revealing Ino.

Light blonde bangs covered her blue eyes and she spoke softly, "Here's the news." Snapping her head up to look at the others she smiled cheerfully and screamed, "I'M NOT PREGNANT!" Ten-Ten and Sakura squealed and ran to give their friend a bear hug. Hinata came over slowly and joined in on the hugging spree.

Breaking free, Ino ran over to Neji startling him, "I'm not having a baby!" Neji's right brow rose as he confusedly looked at the over-excited girl. But he didn't blame her. He wouldn't want to be a teenaged mother… er father.

The light haired girl shook Sasuke, making his eyes open, and she yelled in his face, "I won't have to be a teenaged mother!" Sasuke gave her a slight grin and backed away toward the wall, obviously scared of her enthusiasm. Shikamaru smirked at this.

When Ino told Naruto, the blonde sarcastically yelled back, "WHAT? I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH THAT ONE! COULD YOU REPEAT YOURSELF?" Ino smiled brightly and latched onto Shikamaru. Hugging him hard, tears spilled from her eyes as she stated happily, "I'm not going to have to raise a baby by myself." The brunette boy cocked his head to the side and said, "You never would have had to raise the baby by yourself to begin with." Baby blue eyes searched his face for any traces of a lie and were relieved when they found none. "I love you, Shika," the girl whispered softly, shocking the boy at first. The others, too, stood shocked with silence.

Ten-Ten broke the silence and said, "We'll be going now. You two can be alone to talk for a while." The others nodded and walked out of the house. Neji offered to walk Ten-Ten home, which the girl hesitated before agreeing. Naruto was taking Hinata to the Ichiraku noodle bar again for their second date. That left Sasuke and Sakura alone.

"Sasuke, can we walk around for a bit?" Sasuke asked quietly, looking over her shoulder at the boy. Shrugging, he stuffed his hands in his pants pockets and replied, "C'mon then." Sakura nodded as she followed him staring blankly at his back. They walked for a while and the cherry blossom made a few attempts of small talk. Finally having enough of his stupid replies of: 'hn', 'no', 'yeah', 'do I care?' and 'whatever', the girl caught up with him and walked by his side making him irritated. "What do you want, Sakura?" he asked nonchalantly. Tilting her head to the left to lean it on his shoulder, the girl queried innocently, "What? Do I have to have a reason to walk by my best friend?" Glancing sideways at her, the raven haired teen sent the female a icy glare and continued to walk on as if he didn't care about her presence near him at all.

"You should be more social," Sakura brought up spacing themselves out a little, annoyed by his attitude. "Yeah? Well, you could be less dependent on others." Folding her arms across her chest, the pink haired female stuck out her tongue and said, "You're an asshole, Sasuke." The boy was about to retort when he came up with a brilliant idea. At least it would've been a good idea if somebody hadn't showed up…

"Mr. Hatake!" Sakura squealed flinging herself onto the man. The older man smiled and stated, "Kakashi will do just fine." Sasuke glared at the silver haired man and waited patiently to be acknowledged, but to no avail the two; acting as if they were good buddies, made small talk between each other. From the weather to the latest crimes the two ignored the Uchiha. Shrugging, Sasuke tried convincing himself that he didn't care one way or the other. 'Might as well follow them,' he thought stuffing his hands deep within his jacket pockets.

"So do you think that 'Sharingan' is gonna be big?" Sakura asked innocently, green eyes shimmering in the light as she looked up at the man. Sasuke bitterly wished she'd look at him like that. "Yes, I'm going all out for this one. They're quite a nice group, but…" his words trailed off as he stopped, followed by a very confused Sakura. "I dunno about that Uchiha boy though. He really isn't something our industry wants. Uzumaki, Nara, and Hyuuga all have the qualities we need, but Sasuke is too off. He comes in the songs late and screws up some of the notes. We might have to replace him." Shaking her head, the cherry blossom informed, "Sasuke is a decent person and he's been through a lot. Please, Kakashi, give him a chance. I know he's not perfect by any means and he's off at times in his own world, but he does have some talent."

Sad thing was, they were discussing it in public, but not just any public. They were talking about him right there, not even three feet ahead of him. It was sad on his behalf that he was that unnoticeable. 'Whatever,' he thought turning away and walking to his home. If Sakura needed to get home she could just ask 'what's-his-name'.

"I'm home, Mom!" Sasuke called taking off his shoes. When he heard no reply he became worried. Mikoto didn't work today and she hadn't had plans the whole week. "Mom? Mom?" He searched her bedroom, the living room, the dining room, and finally the kitchen. He found the woman laying face-down on the floor. Panicked, the raven haired teen rushed toward his mother. "Mom? Are you okay? Mom, wake up. Mommy? Mommy?" he shook her motionless body calling to her again and again. He checked for a heartbeat and was scared stiff when he found no signs of breathing. Tears streamed down his ashen face, black eyes welling up with tears. Reaching for the phone, he dialed 911.

"Hinata, you're the first girl I've ever met that has made me feel this way," Naruto announced hugging the girl closer to his warmth. Wrapping her arms around his waist, the pearl eyed girl smiled softly and spoke, " T-thank you. I r-really enjoyed tonight, N-Naruto." Pulling back slightly from the embrace, the blond boy tilted her chin up. Leaning forward slowly, Naruto placed a soft kiss on her lips. "Tomorrow you want to come to my home?" Naruto asked softly. Hinata then stated, "I thought you were gonna meet the others to practice for gigs." Giving her a foxy grin, the blue eyed boy dialed Hyuuga and Nara's phones and told them practice was canceled for the next day. "See? This is easy. They understand I'm with the best girl in the world." Hinata smiled as Naruto called the last person: Sasuke.

"Hmm? That's strange. Sasuke's not answering his cell phone and no one is answering at home. Help me call the others and asked where Uchiha is," Naruto told his girlfriend. After a few calls and answers of I haven't seen him since the afternoon, Naruto and Hinata told the others to meet near Sasuke's home. "So are you sure you dialed the right number, Naruto? Sasuke takes his cell phone everywhere," Shikamaru said rubbing his arms to keep warm. The blonde wasn't listening as they came to the two-story white house of the Uchihas. An ambulance was parked outside as two men came out of the home carrying a stretcher. "Oh, shit!" Naruto hissed as he ran up to the men, the others following suit.

"What the hell happened?" Naruto queried as he scanned Mikoto's motionless body. The men placed the stretcher in the ambulance and one replied, "The lady has suffered from a heart attack. We just got a call from her son not too long ago." Sakura listened intently but his words trailed off as she thought about Sasuke's confession one night. Sakura turned on her heel and rushed inside the house.

"Sasuke! Where are you?" She screamed into the soundless home. It was cold inside the house and she shivered as she walked through the dark hallway. "Sasuke?" her voice grew soft and quiet as she found the boy huddled into a corner. She walked over to him and sat down in front of his figure. Her green eyes filled with tears at the site of him. He was shaking violently and his black eyes were glossy. Hugging his cold body to hers, the cherry blossom shook him back and forth brokenheartedly hearing him whisper, "Mommy, mommy." Naruto and Ino came in next followed by the others.

Ino wiped her eyes as Shikamaru put a hand on her shoulder, squeezing her shoulder gently. Hinata rubbed Naruto's back in a soothing manner as he buried his face into the crook of her neck. Neji and Ten-Ten stood silently behind the others, both praying to the heavens to not take Mikoto away. Even though the Hyuuga cousins and Ten-Ten didn't know her well they still were pained and hurt. "We'll be in the living room," Naruto said wiping his face with his coat sleeve as he ushered everyone out except Sasuke and Sakura.

"Do… d-do you think she'll make it?" Sasuke's raspy voice asked. Sakura hushed him and said, "We'll see in time. But Mikoto is strong, and I'm sure she'll fight as hard as she can." Sasuke nodded and pulled back out of the embrace. The raven haired Uchiha leaned forward and placed a kiss on her cheek. "Thank you, Sakura," he whispered in her ear, sending shivers down her spine. Encircling her arms around his neck she hugged the boy close to her. "Your welcome, Sasuke."

tbc...

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A/N: Okay, I didn't say it in the last chapter for some strange reason, but that song used in it was 'Blue and Yellow' by 'The Used'. I made Sasuke call his mother 'Mommy' so that it would show how little he felt without her. I found him cute that way! Ahem. Anyways, I'm so tired (yawns) I woke up early to finish up this chapter. The story is fixing to end but I can't decide how many chapters are left.

Well, here's a little sneak peek of what is to come in the next few chapters.

Sneak Peek 1:

"Sing to me, Sasuke," Sakura demanded shifting closer to the boy's warmth. Raising his head up from its resting place the boy replied in his usual fashion, "No." Sakura pouted and laid her head on the boy's shoulder. "Please, Sasuke, you're leaving and you haven't sung to me," Sakura whined, green eyes shimmering in the dim glow of the moonlight. Shaking his head no, the Uchiha reasoned, "You don't want me to sing to you. My songs are too… not your style." The pink haired girl sulked and muttered, "You were singing to your fan girls the other day just fine." Groaning, Sasuke surrendered saying, "What do you want me to sing?" Turning around to face him she said, "Sing a song that describes what you feel for me."

Sneak Peek 2:

"Miss Yamanaka, I take back what I said before. This piece of art is one of the most beautiful I've ever seen!" Ms. Mitarashi Anko said in a tone of voice she rarely used. "Th-thanks," Ino whispered embarrassed by her art teacher's praise. Watching from afar, Shikamaru smiled slightly. The girl had managed to put the pieces of her life back together and move one, but… Shikamaru thought back to her words just a few days ago. She… loved him? He really didn't know what to say at the time but just smile. Ino didn't say anything about it or bring it up at all, so he was assuming she meant every word of it. That was what he got from being so smart. A headache. But his IQ couldn't do anything with his emotions. He didn't know what he was feeling. From dates with Temari to taking care of Ino the past month or so. But who did he really like?

Sneak Peek 3:

Neji walked aimlessly through the small part of Konoha. If his uncle caught him here, he'd be in serious trouble. Coming from the rich Hyuuga family living in the better part of the city his whole family would be displeased to find him walking around in West Konoha. The Hyuuga teen wouldn't have cared anyways. He was determined to fix things for the better with Ten-Ten. She was cute, funny, smart, talented. So many things he wanted a girl to have but never did. Then finally he finds that type of girl he screws things up. He thought back today when he discovered the brunette was already dating that Dosu guy from Sound. Oh, Neji was so pissed that if it weren't for Choji he would've murdered the boy. What the hell was up with him lately?

That's all for now! I'm wicked evil! Thanks for the reviews! Love ya!

Sweet Bliss