Eternity Lost

By: russetfangs

Author's notes: thanks for the reviews! Russei wuffs you all! Hehe… I got excited when I wrote the last chapter so here I am writing another smirk chapter for all of you! Hope you liked it! sorry for the phrase " that stupid dumb bastard" it's supposed to be "damned". Anyway, let's get goin'!

Chaper 3: Spare Love

" No… I don't exactly agree to that. Quite typical for some ex-lover losers, I don't think Mr. Bastard would fall for that…"

"you think? But maybe, he might be that dumb to fall if I hire a boyfriend and let him be jealous? Hmm…"

"no… he wont. Besides you have proven that he doesn't care for you at all, so why would he care if you have a boyfriend?"

Friday afternoon, sitting on black swivel chair on Tenten's apartment, the two friends discussed about possible ways to make Sasuke pay. It was a strenuous deed for them. they started early in the morning and now 3:00 in the afternoon…

"ARGH! I cant think of anything more!"

"Sakura you should learn how to be patient… anyway, maybe we could at least call it off for the day, my head is starting to pound like hell"

"let's go eat something"

"I've realized that after 2 days of ignoring Sasuke, you have developed a special liking to food. If you don't disregard that habit this early you might end up being more of a pig than Ino… or Chouji…"

"I've realized that after a day of ignoring Shino, you have developed a special liking to insulting. If you don't disregard that habit this early you might end up being a look alike of a fried fish"

Electric current passed between their heads and silence fell among them.

"we are kind of… let's say alike?... in many ways than I have imagined, right Tenten?" she beamed at the sight of her tomboyish friend blush.

"rrriiight" the brown-haired teenager said while rolling her eyes and attempting to hide her blush.

"you know what I think Tenten…you should try to notice Neji once in a while, he is quite a gentleman amidst that arrogant attitude and he is definitely a catch for you"

"bah…"

"now that I grasped it, Neji is quite attracted to you too."

"we are like brothers…and the meaning of attraction to him is to fall for a girly type of woman than…" surprisingly for Sakura, Tenten's emotions changed but.. as fast as it had changed, it turned again to a small beam.

"…hmmm… he doesn't? anyway you don't have to worry about any 'girly type of woman' grabbing him today because…he's here"

Indeed, Neji was standing outside the house and looking at the room window where the two girls were talking. He then proceeded towards the door and knocked gently.

"good day, Neji-kun"

Sakura opened the door for Neji and he was taken aback. She noticed he was holding something that looks like a small bag with a sweet smell of food on it.

"hmm… Is Tenten here at her house?" he asked too politely that it looked artificial for Sakura. In his mind he was thinking, Oh my god, Tenten has moved up to another level, she was now taking home a woman! She has a heart of a man!

While Neji is wearing out of sensible thoughts, Tenten appeared on the door holding out a tray with some cookies.

"yo! Neji! what's up?"

"Woman, what are you doing with Sakura!"

"wha-"

"don't even think about lying to me!"

"…"

"…"

"want some cookies?"

"yeah"

With just a simple gesture, Neji understood what was happening. What a fool you have been Hyuuga…he adjusted his position before picking a cookie from the tray. it was not burnt and the pearl-eyed boy thanked the heavens for it.

"you cooked this?" he asked his teammate who was busy rummaging against her sofa for the t.v. remote.

"what?"

"you baked the cookies?"

"… why do you ask?"

"just to compliment the sweet girl who cooked it"

"then compliment the pink-haired girl sitting next to you"

"oh…"

"something inside this cute bag of yours makes me feel hungry"

"really"

Sakura, feeling out of place in the conversation, slipped into the door and made her way into a DVD shop. It was a place full of illegal stuff and quite a bit, Sakura like the ambience of created by people shopping for the cheapest things. In one of the walls in the shop was a large banner saying: No to Piracy and another saying Piracy is an act of stealing. Something that made this place more ironic is when she saw a picture of Sasuke that was helplessly pinned into one of the wooden stools. She picked it up and examined the material.

Meanwhile, Sasuke beaten by fatigue and total boredom decided to check the newly opened piracy shop. It was a good place, he thought. I could buy some movies for my training. The male ninja stood outside the place. What a trash…though the shop was newly opened, it has an atmosphere of being old and is very, very messy. Sakura wouldn't have liked this place…he smirked as the smell of it engulfed his nose.

To Sasuke's shock, Sakura was there, extremely enjoying the DVDs available. She moved into the horror and action movies and grabbed almost everything in the compartment. Sasuke moved away from the girl and placed himself at a measurable distance. He wanted to observe her.

Come to think of it she was acting strangely this past two days, wonder what's wrong…He narrowed his eyes to read what kind of movies Sakura picked. One of it was titled Friday the 18th and circumcision of Emily Rose. ( it's pirated! See?) Sasuke has no idea whatsoever of those films but he was sure that all of them were horror movies. He watched as Sakura move about the store and stop on something that caught her attention. Walking a little more to his right, he read it.

"Spa… what?" he read but couldn't make out the other letters. He moved a little more and before he realized it he was standing face to face with Sakura. She arched an eyebrow and murmured something like "good morning,Sasuke-kun". He recovered from the embarrassment but effectively hid it to the girl. he replied a greeting and casually walked towards a new compartment.

What was Sasuke doing here? Sakura went to the counter and paid. I wonder what kind of movie is this. She was holding the only romance movie she had picked. "spare love", cheap title but the plot is agreeable. Walking out on the streets, she caught sight of Naruto following Hinata.

"Naruto!" she called. The blonde boy was startled and slightly jumped in position. He quickly went to her and said that she shouldn't call him while he was following Hinata.

"… why are you following her?"

"…errr…um…" Naruto shuffled his feet while trying to think of a clever excuse.

"Naruto…"

"I was following Hinata because I have something to tell her about… something"

"and what is that something?"

"…ehhh, Sakura…" he flushed.

Sakura looked at him squarely and decided she would just shrug the matter off and let if pass.

"ok, I wont interfere" then, Naruto grinned at her magnificently like he was grinning for the very first time in his life.

She walked slowly before remembering the reason why she had called Naruto. "oi Naruto can you lend me you DVD player?"

"sure Sakura! Just get it from my apartment… probably under the stack of my dirty clothes."

"thanks"

they parted ways and Sakura easily found the DVD player just under the stack of Naruto's clothes. sometimes people can be messy but still organized. She proceeded towards her house and got some chips and chocolates from the fridge. Remembering about Tenten's advice, she disregarded the chocolates and exchanged them for some fresh veggies.

Sitting on a couch, she randomly selected the first movie to watch. It played, got her full attention and left her motionless and trembling. The movie wasn't finished yet and instantly Sakura got up and dialed Tenten's number.

"TENTEN!"

"what?"

"tenten?"

"hmm"

"you're not Tenten…" a voice from behind murmured something. Some shuffling of the feet and the true voice of Tenten was heard

"sorry, Sakura… Neji answered the phone while I was in the bathroom"

"He's still there?"

"yes…we were playing some games with his new playstation"

"oh"

"why did you call?"

"oh yes! Tenten! I have found a plan to make that piece of beef pay!"

"really?"

'yes! Yes! I found it in "spare love", a movie which was so cute!"

"hmmm.. I don't really trust movies you know…"

"but I think it would work"

"then, if you think it would, try it"

"thanks!"

"but first let us try what are the things that we have planned on this day"

"we have plans?"

"yes, but all of it are not final but still worth a shot"

"ok"

"that would be your last card if things wont work out as planned"

"thanks a million!"

"ok"

"now sleep well and tomorrow I think it would use all of your energy"

"thanks again and have a nice night with Neji!"

"wha-"

A click on the phone and Sakura snatched the DVD out of the player and smiled devilishly on the reflection of her face while holding the pirated DVD with both hands.

000OOO000

author's notes: haha! The next chapter would be quite messy I think… well, review!