Hey pplz once again! I would like toDEDICATE this chapter to Who Eva I can Be as a b-day "present".

Happy B-day Aiya! From D-Sempai :)

Also HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAKURA! I love you and so do tons of other peeps!

Important MUST READ note: For those who are JUST desperately wanting to know the answer to the issue between Sasuke, Sakura, and of course, our 'lovely' Bara whom everyone wants to murder…well…let me give you a hint: I presume you can read English (no duh, how else would you have read till chap 27) AND you have all read my summary, well does it say Sasuke/OC?

I'll leave you to figure out the rest….

Chapter 28 (Second to last chapter) – Wedding Bells on Her Birthday

Sakura got ready and look at herself in her full length mirror.

Inner Sakura: Today's my birthday...Sasuke's wedding day too...

No tears welled up in her eyes since she had already shed every last drop the day before. She sighed and wondered if anyone had remembered her birthday.

Probably not, since they will mostly likely be busy thinking about their friend's the wedding. Nothing in her life has been working lately. She was ok with that though, because since when was her life ever been working properly?

Probably never.

Her pink gown slightly ruffled as she sat on her bed. She had decided to attend the wedding after extensive thinking. Her friends were worried about her when she told them that she would go to the ceremony.

She assured everyone that it was okay. She needed to do this anyway. To show Sasuke that she had let him go completely, but also mostly to show herself that she no longer loved him.

She was sure as ever that Sasuke had finally stopped liking her and found interest in Bara. Why else would he agree to marry her? She had known Sasuke for a long time now. Long enough to know that Sasuke is a stubborn jerk. If he didn't want to do something then he won't do it. The only time when she ever saw him give up was when she forced him to go shopping with her.

A smile crept up to her lips as she reminisced.

Yes, Sasuke was a stubborn teen indeed, as stubborn as she was. Hell, in the end it was HER that surrendered to him when they were at 'war'.

Anyways, it was her turn to conquer her feelings. If Sasuke can do it then she could too. Smoothing out her dress she wondered where Sasuke and Bara would go on their honeymoon.

Sakura stopped at that part and remembered that they were only eighteen. They're too young to have a baby. So the early marriage must've been for sealing the pact and keeping the relationship solid.

A car suddenly honked outside her house.

"Lee's here. Bye Yuki." Sakura said sadly and then slowly trudged down the stairs and out of the house.

She greeted Lee with a forced smile and got on his care. They drove in silence until they arrived to the Uchiha mansion. The wedding took place at Sasuke's house, ironically.

They saw that the luscious garden was full of people. Rich people, business people, and some teenage girls that were presumed to be Bara's friends. They were all very pretty, but not as pretty as Bara.

Sakura and Lee first went to the registration counterin the front to identify themselves and then scanned around and finally spotted Naruto and the gang.

They went to them and greeted each other.

"Sakura, you here! Happy birthday!" Naruto cried happily, "Oh and hi fuzzy eyebrows." He added after.

"I would prefer it if you call me Lee, Naruto-kun." Lee said grimly yet politely.

"Okay fuz—er...Lee."

Everyone hugged Sakura and said happy birthday to her. She thanked everyone, trying to act as cheerful as possible.

"Do you guys want some punch?" Tenten asked.

"Sure." The girls answered while the guys just shook their heads. They arrived at the refreshment table and poured tropical punch into their cups.

Hinata, Ino, Tenten, and Katie looked at each other nervously as they watched Sakura gulp down her drink. Sakura arched her eyebrow at them.

"What?" she asked, as she noticed that all the eyes were upon her.

"Um...Sakura, are you okay with all of this?" Ino asked daringly.

"Of course, why wouldn't I be? I mean if Sasuke is happy then I'm happy." She replied casually.

"Ohh...ok then."

Katie studied Sakura and sighed mentally. Having your ex marry someone else isn't exactly the best birthday present.

Just then some people came up behind them to send their greetings. Hinata gently poked Sakura to tell them that there were people behind. She turned around and her eyes slightly widened in surprise as she saw Sasuke and Bara in a gorgeous white dress.

She had one of her gloved arm wrapped around Sasuke's arm and another holding a glass of wine. Sakura's eyes noticed something sparkle and looked down Bara's head to see a ruby encrusted necklace around her slender neck.

It looked good with her sleek black hair. She didn't want to be caught staring in awe and she didn't want to look at Sasuke so she looked beside her which was full of Bara's pretty friends.

They were all giggling and whispering to each other. Her eyes then quickly looked over Sasuke and ended up having eye contact with no other than Uchiha Itachi.

Inner Sakura: Hot...just like Sasuke...

She quickly mentally slapped herself for thinking of such naïve thoughts and finally looked away.

"It is not polite for us to not greet our guests." Bara started confidently.

"Congratulations Bara-san and Sasuke." Katie complimented and they all nodded their heads and raised their drinks and drank it.

"Thank you for your support, I'm sure Sasuke-kun and I will be very happy, right?" Bara asked her soon-to-be husband.

"Hn." He answered dully and glanced at Sakura. She attended this wedding…so she really did get over me and went for Lee…lucky bastard…He thought sadly. Then he shut his mind off since there was nothing more to think about. Or in other words, he didn't want to think at all.

Sakura was as pretty as always, no surprise there. Bara seems to be doing all the greetings so he didn't have to worry about the correct procedure of the wedding.

"We shall get going now." The bride then said curtly and they left with a nod.

"Wow, she's really formal about this." Ino noted after the couple left.

"Yeah and did you see her friends?" Katie asked.

"They all seem to be gossiping about us." Tenten replied.

"I guess that's natural." Hinata stated. Sakura just stayed silenced as her friends chatted about random stuff. For one thing, she couldn't get Sasuke, who was handsomely dressed in a tuxedo out of her mind.

"Yo."

"Kakashi-sensei!" Everyone gasped, including Sakura.

"Nice to see you too, and happy birthday Sakura." Kakashi said warmly and hugged her. She returned the hug and smiled up at him. Looking beside him, she saw Tsunade, her volleyball coach.

"Happy birthday Sakura." She smiled and hugged her too. Sakura returned it as well and talked with them for a little while. After that, they left and she resumed back daydreaming.


That afternoon, everyone was seated by tables that were especially placed for them. Servants and maids began handing out food to everyone. There were countless types of meat, assorted salads, fresh seafood, etc. all prepared by professional chefs who had a degree in culinary arts.

The food was so delicious that it even helped Sakura get her mind off of Sasuke and on the steaming hot food in front of her.

Just then, Fugaku rose up from his chair, tapped his spoon against awine glass so that it would make a tinkling sound to get everyone'sattention,and began talking in a loud voice while they ate.

"Family, friends, and all, thank you all for attending my son's wedding. We are all very proud of him as we are happy to have our son blessed with such a beautiful soon-to-be wife. As a father..." He continued further on and on with his speech.

Sakura finished her clam chowder when she suddenly felt the urge to go to the bathroom. She excused herself and went to the bathroom without getting lost or help.

She knew the ways around the Uchiha mansion as if it was her own now. Coming out from the toilet, she checked herself in the mirror to make sure she still looks decent enough.

Turning around to go back to the others, she opened her mouth to let out a scream when a BIG golden 'thing' pounced on top of her.

But the scream never came…


Sasuke rested his chin on his hand as he uncaringly listened to his father's droning. He looked at Bara uninterestingly at the corner of his eyes. He had to admit, she looked very hot and bet that a ton of guys having been giving her the 'eye'.

Does he really care though?

He doesn't know.

But hell...now that he really think about it...her looks may even surpass Sakura's.

Was he falling for her?

He doesn't know.

Confused, he sighed and diverted his gaze to Naruto's table. How long was it since the last time he had spent time with his friends? He had been spending all his time with Bara. She demanded a lot from him without realizing, and he hates it.

Back when he was still with Sakura, he still had the time and the freedom to spend some time with his guy friends. But now, it seemed impossible since Bara was always clinging on to him.

He stared enviously at Naruto and Neji with their mates. He wished he could just die right now, right this hour; minute, second, nanosecond, so on…

Shaking his head from his thoughts, he looked beside Naruto's table finding Shikamaru and Ino quietly bickering at each other. It was obvious that they were having a lover's quarrel.

Tired of gazing at couples, he scanned everywhere trying to stare at something. Eventually he found his eyes contently resting on Sakura. She seems to be focusing a lot on her food.

Smirking inwardly, he looked at his own plate and jabbed his fork into a piece of well-done steak. Chewing it slowly, he continued his observation on Sakura.

"Still like her?"

Sasuke jumped a little bit, but was able to stop himself from making it too obvious and that he was indeed startled. Looking beside, he found his own big brother smirking at him.

"What are you talking about?" He hissed.

"You know very well what I'm talking about little brother. I thought mom agreed to help you get out of this marriage." Itachi whispered professionally.

Since they were little, the Uchiha brothers had developed their skill of whispering so that nobody can hear them except for themselves.

"Well things changed." He muttered grimly.

"Foolish little brother."

"Shut up, stop butting into other people's business."

"You sure are sensitive to this subject." Itachi teased.

"I said shut up!" Sasuke growled.

"Hm...the pink hair seems not that bad. Sakura's her name right? Maybe I should go for her cuz you know...you already have someone else." The older brother teased even more, daring Sasuke to unleash his anger.

Sasuke's eyes narrowed and his pupil's literally turned into slits.

"Do I have to spell shut up for you?"

"Nope. Aa...look she's standing up now. It seems as though she needs to go to the washroom." Itachi observed.

"So? Why does that concern me?"

"I'm just speaking out my thoughts. I never said it concerned you. Now, you're butting into my business...…tsk tsk brother...next time speak for yourself."

"Do you know that I want to kill you right now?"

"Nope."

"Well I do."

"That's nice."

"Can you just shu-Shadow!" Sasuke hissed loudly as his dog suddenly got up from beside his chair and ran across the Uchiha garden.

Sasuke quickly excused himself and ran towards the direction where Shadow went leaving a confused Bara and an unnoticed Fugaku who was still busy with his speech.

Itachi smirked as he remembered correctly that the direction Shadow went was to the washroom.


"Shadow! You stupid canine!" Sasuke cursed under his breath.

Just then he heard a scream coming from the bathroom.

"Grrr…."

He ran over to the bathroom at full speed and found that Shadow was currently completely over someone and licking him/her to death.

"Shadow! How many times do I have to tell you to NOT pounce on other people! You are NOT a cat! Dogs are NOT supposed to pounce! Are you..." Sasuke trailed off as he saw who Shadow had given his licking attacks.

"Alright?..." he finished his sentence.

"Yeah...its ok. I don't mind dogs since I have..." Now it was Sakura's turn to trail off after she looked up from picking herself up. "A pet of my own..." she finished.

"……"

"……"

They just kept on staring at each other in silence with mixed emotions swirling inside their hearts and minds.

Woof!

Shadow shook them both out of their reverie and caused them to jump a bit. Finally Sakura couldn't take it anymore and quickly strode past Sasuke muttering a little excuse me.

"Yo, Sakura!" he suddenly called out loudly.

"Yeah?" she answered, peering over her bare shoulders.

"Happy birthday." He said quietly. Sakura then smiled widely at him then left.

Inner Sakura: He remembered...


Ino slightly arched her eyebrows as she stared at her best friend who had just currently came back from the washroom. If she wasn't mistake, she just swore she felt a happy, abnormally normal aura around Sakura.

Could a trip to the bathroom be that interesting?

Or is she just happy that she let all her 'business' out of her body?

There was just no way she could've let go all the Sasuke-issue that fast! Heck, she was still sad this morning and right before they ate! Going to the bathroom could not have made everything all better! Especially something this big!

Unless a miracle happened when she went to the potty.

Pushing out all the confusion and curiosity out of her mind she started a conversation with Sakura. And strange enough, the conversation had the same feeling to it like a long time ago when everything was perfect.


Without even opening his mouth to speak, Sasuke knew what Itachi was thinking. And he wants details. Seeing that there was no way to dodge away from his older brother's gaze he began to tell him everything that happened.

"She seems happier when she got back." Itachi mused and nodded thoughtfully.

"Whatever."

"So why are you feeling happier than before you have left?"

"Because I saw her smile again…"


Servants began collecting plates and leftovers after everyone had done eating. It was time...

Remembering that she was in a wedding...more or ever, Sasuke and Bara's wedding. Sakura's feelings suddenly turned grim.

"Everyone, it is time...lets—" Fugaku stopped as he felt a drop of wet liquid touch his nose.

Drop! Drop! Drop!

They all looked up and discovered that it has started raining.

Inner Sakura: Is this a sign from God?

Hurriedly, Fukagu furiously ordered every servant in the mansion to bring out a super size canopy. He was not going to let a little rain stop the wedding.

As the canopy rose up, the rain fell harder, and everyone ducked in for cover. At first there was havoc everywhere...people muttering and whispering about bad omens and such. Until Fugaku loudly cleared his throat and created dominance over everyone.

"Well, it seems like the spring shower is upon us! Anyways, back to what I was saying. Now that each and everyone of you have a full stomach its time for the ceremony to begin!" he said enthusiastically.

Almost everyone then resumed their cheerful conversations and forgot about the rain while others just furrowed their eyebrows and kept silent.

Servants then began to appear again and led guests to their designated seats that were placed for them in another waterproof tent. Flowers were arranged quite nicely in the tent as well as an alter in the middle front.

On the alter laid a pillow with two bands of gold on top of it. On the center of each gold ring, rested a diamond that was neither too big nor too small or neither too feminine nor masculine.

Sakura was glad to be seated at the very back while Sasuke on the other hand was not glad to be anywhere in the tent. His bride had gone into the mansion to do some last minute make-up and preparations so that everything would be perfect while he just stood behind the entrance of the main tent which was connected to another tent.

His father had finally finished with his 'oh-I'm-so-proud-of-my-son' speech again but in different words. Now it was Bara's dad turn to say his 'oh-I'm-so-proud-of-my- daughter' speech.

Ten minutes after, the wedding song commenced.

Here comes the bride, all dressed in white... Naruto sang in his head. He was pretty pissed about not being Sasuke's best man. After all, he was...no IS Sasuke's bestest friend. And that's not all, he and his entire pals ended up sitting at the very back. What the heck was that allabout?

They were Sasuke's BEST PALS for god's sakes. They deserve to have some dignity here. He looked over to Neji who was sitting two seats away from him, he seemed pretty pissed too.

Che…whatever…I guess sitting at the back isn't that bad…after all…it's not like the wedding is all that great.

Naruto sat back, folded his arms and stared at the front trying to imagine Sasuke saying 'I do.'

………………….

I hate this…we're sitting in the very back…we don't deserve this! We're not that low do be seated at the very back! My rival is getting married today and this is how God repaid me. Just great. Hmph, I'm glad it rained. The wedding was destined to be like this.

Neji glared at his palms as he tried to think of new insults. He sighed and cleared his mind. His rival was getting married...he has to at least look calm in front of everyone. Being angry because they didn't get the front seats would only add to Sasuke's sadness andpressure.

Be happy...be happy...be happy...you are destined to try to be happy at Uchiha's wedding...

………………….

Lee watched as Sasuke and this unknown guy that looked like a business partner of Fugaku's slowly walk up the aisle.

After they get married, does that mean I'm the most likely person to be with Sakura-chan?

He was definitely confused. A part of him really, really, REALLY want to be Sakura's soul mate...but a little voice in the back is telling him maybe there was another girl out there that was destined to be with him instead of Sakura.

He accepted the fact that Sakura doesn't love him anymore than a friend, but he was really in love with her. He admired her strength, beauty, and determination. But if he really proposed to her...and if she accepted...would they really be happy?

Every part of him wanted to believe that Sakura would somehow miraculously forget about Sasuke and eventually fall in love with him. But now, that optimism seems to be failing.

He remembered how hard Sakura was crying on his shoulders when she learned that Sasuke was getting married. How he wishedshe was crying for him and not Sasuke. A little piece of his heart knew that the chance of that was going to be negative ninety-nine percent out of one hundred.

He can't fully express his feelings right now. He is just too...he doesn't know. He doesn't know what he feels right now. Maybe the best way to interpret his feeling was that he's in denial.

Yes, Rock Lee is denying everything even though they were true.

He doesn't want to believe that Sakura will never be happy if they end up together in the future. No, Sakura WILL be happy with him in the future. She will be as happy as anyone could ever be!

And on the day when they get married, he will go up to Sasuke and tell him that he won. Yes, he WILL win! Then Sasuke will go away and sulk for the rest of his life.

He just wants to be with Sakura...so bad...so bad...

Ever since he was little, he was picked on for his weird mushroom hair cut...he was picked on for his thick eyebrows...heck, he was picked on for his name, he was picked on for his looks, he was picked on for everything! It was unfair.

Just as he was about to be punched to death and being forced to eat the dirt by none other than Uchiha Sasuke, someone finally came. Sakura accepted him when no other people would. Sakura helped him when no other people would. Sakura even offered to be his friend when no other people would.

And since that day, the day when he stopped being bullied...the day when he no longer was forced to eat dirt by Sasuke, the bully that made his life miserable...he vowed to protect Sakura with his life.

SO WHY THE HECK DID SAKURA EVEN FALL IN LOVE WITH THE GUY THAT MADE HIM MISERABLE?

Why was his life so unfair?

Why did God take his only friend away from him and give her to someone who made him eat dirt?

Why didn't 'He' reward him for tolerating his miserable life?

Why did Sasuke get everything he wants!

Why didn't God punish him?

And now...Sakura is slowly slipping away. There was no way Sakura could ever fall in love with him because deep down, he knew that Sakura's heart only belonged to Uchiha Sasuke. Only to Uchiha Sasuke.

His rival.

Well he had his prayers answered now. Sasuke was now marrying Bara instead of Sakura. He thought he wanted this. He thought he wanted to see Sasuke suffer. But he never knew that Sakura would get hurt in the process too.

Was the whole marriage his fault, because he prayed everyday that Sasuke will fall and Sakura would become his?

Sasuke and his 'supposedly' best man stopped in front of the priest who had appeared in front of the alter.

If only he had only prayed for Sakura's happiness. Maybe then, he wouldn't feel like crying right now.

…………………….

Mikoto silently watched her youngest son stand in front of the priest. His son was getting married...it was all a mother could want.

She had thought the feeling would be different. Different as in the bride that was coming into the tent right now with her maids of honor and bride's maid would be Sakura.

How should she treat Bara now? She was a sweet girl. But it never occurred to her that her daughter in law would NOT be Sakura. She had already treated Sakura as part of her family.

In another words, she felt guilty.

……………………..

Kakashi sighed mentally as he saw a hint of dismay in Sasuke's eyes when he was saw his bride coming up.

Kakashi looked at Tsunade for a second and back at Sasuke. She had a somewhat grim expression as well. They were seated at the very front and behind them were Bara's friends who were all giggling and silently cheering their friend on.

This wasn't supposed to happen. But what can he do now? All he can do is hope for Sasuke to do what he thinks is right.

……………………….

The priest began his sermon telling the couple about the commitment they were going to make.

Fugaku nodded happily as his plan was going smoothly.

……………………….

"And so the two of your hearts will soar together in the air no matter all the difficulties you will face...…." The priest spoke.

Sasuke blankly stared at him and looked at Bara in the corner of his eye. She had a big smile on. Was he suppose to smile too?

"Now, before these two swear by their hearts, does anyone have any objection tothis marriage?" The priest asked the crowd.

Sasuke closed his eyes. He felt afraid. It has been a long time since he was afraid. He was afraid to think of what was going to happen next.

"I object!"

He opened his eyes as he heard someone. The guests around him were unusually silent. And he wondered why the priest hadn't said anything or why Bara hadn't turned her head when someone said they object. Somebody has objected! People, do something!

It took him a few minutes to find out that he was sadly, hallucinating. Nobody had said, "I object."

"Very well, nobody has any objections. And so, Uchiha Sasuke, are you willing to take this maiden as your lawful wife?" The priest asked the famous lines.

"……….."

Everyone leaned forward to hear his answer. Tension was everywhere.

He looked sideways at everyone. He was nervous. Everything was happening so, so fast. He saw Sakura stand up and rushed out the tent. He saw Lee getting up and followed her.

He was lost...and he didn't know what to say.

Tick tock…time's passing… He thought. All that pressure……I can't take this…what should I do? What should I do? WHAT SHOULD I DO!

Tick tock…

He closed his eyes again and slowly did what he did best. Stay calm.

Keep you're cool Sasuke…now THINK!

Tick tock…

Everything was so fast that they all seemed like a blurr.

Tick tock…

He replayed everthing that had happened to far to the image where Sakura had left the tent.

TICK TOCK…

TICK TO---

Ding!

All of the sudden, everything became clear to him. He understood everything now...as if his eyes have been finally opened. His mind has been finally awakened. He finally understood.

He must do this.

"Uchiha Sasuke, are you willing to take this maiden as your lawful wife?" The priest repeated.

Not a breath was heard...not even the plitter platter sound from the rain against the tent.

Sorry Sakura…

"...I-I do..."

"……"

Naruto's eye widened. Neji's eye widened. Ino's eye widened. Mikoto's eye widened. Itachi's eye widened. Kakashi's eye widened. Fugaku did a back flip in his mind. Sakura had left the tent. Lee followed after her. Nobody except for their friends noticed.

Was this it? They had expected everything to be different. Was Sasuke just going to simply agree to marry the girl beside him?

There has to be some mistake! Naruto thought wildly. What about Sakura, bastard! Are you just going to let her slip away! Where's the Sasuke I know! Didn't you say what an Uchiha wants, what an Uchiha gets! I know you DON'T want this!

"Now, Fuyu Bara, would you take this man before you as your lawful husband?"

"I do!"

DO SOMETHING BASTARD! ANYTHING!

Sorry Sakura……

The priest looked at both of them. One was almost on the verge of crying from happiness while the other one was...simply doing nothing.

"Alright, now, you may ki—"

"You didn't let me finish."

"—ss...what?" The priest stammered, a little bit startled.

"I said you didn't let me finish." Sasuke repeated.

"..uhh...ok..." The priest said unsurely. This was not a part of the script or rather the procedure. This is the part where the groom kisses the bride, puts on the ring and celebrate! And then he will say, "I hereby pronouce you husband and wife!"

Heh...but what the priest didn't know is...in this world...NOTHING goes by the script.

Sasuke took a deep breath and looked at Bara, locking her eyes with his own. Her face was full of shock and confusion.

He sighed again, and spoke, "Bara, I do and I would take you as my wife...but I can't."

Bara opened her mouth to speak but shut it again. Happy tears that had suddenly turned to sad tears were starting to form in her eyes.But Sasuke continued anyway.

"I can't because if we get married you will not be very happy as the days past and eventually you will have a broken heart. I have been greatly mistaken and I don'tno one in thistent wants you to gethurt which is why I can't marry you, because the only person I can ever marry is Her. I'm sorry but I can't give you the love that you want from me nor will you get that happiness from me. You are a good person to hang out with and I'm sure that a ton of boys would go out with you. I'm not the person you truly want and I hope that someday you will find the one you are destined to be with."

He took another breath and resumed.

"I'm really sorry about all this and trust me, you will beglad that this marriage never worked out. I have to go now. And father, I can never become what you want me to be and don't try and stop me."

With that he kissed her cheek politely and ran out the tent.

As for the reaction from the crowd well I'll describe it as simple as I can.

Naruto gang: Happy and throwing confetti all around in their minds

Sasuke's parents: One is also throwing confetti while the other is too mad to speak.

Bara's family and friends: Shocked and devastated.

Itachi: Smirked and muttered a little "foolish little brother...I guess you're not so foolish anymore."

Kakashi and Tsunade: Grinning widely and proud to death.

Sasuke ran out into the rain and got a glimpse of Lee. He hoped he had said his speech kindly enough, but that wasn't the main point.

"Lee, where's Sakura? Why aren't you with her?" Sasuke asked.

"Because she told me to leave her." he answered sadly.

"But you can't just leave her!" Sasuke argued, forgetting the main reason why he canceled the marriage. "If you are truely her lover, then you'll always stay by her."

"It's one sided Sasuke-kun..."

"What?"

Lee just smiled, "She's in the bathroom. Go, she needs you."

"What? What about that day in the park when you guys hugged each other?" Sasuke asked.

"Sasuke-kun, I never knew you were so dense. Like I said, its one-sided." Lee joked sadly. "Go now. She can't wait forever."

Right that minute, Sasuke felt something that he really never had for anyone. True respect.

"Lee, you really are my rival aside from Neji and Naruto." He understood the whole situation now.

"Like-wise." Lee said with a small smile. He felt very proud of himself and started to feel better each second. Maybe life was better than it seemed and maybe there's really a girl out there waiting for him.

Sasuke then grinned and muttered thanks before leaving. Time flies fast...

Sorry Sakura… He thought. but no matter what, I just can't leave a dummy like you…


Sakura looked at herself in the mirror and suppressed a scream. She wanted to cry but no tears would come out.

Don't be afraid to cry…just let it all out…

She heard her mom say...or was it someone else? Oh well, she doesn't know…she doesn't care….she's going insane. Right?

Inner Sakura: Come on! Cry damnit! I'm not a scaredy cat!

After a few minutes, she gave up on crying and ran outside. She could feel heavy rain splattering on her and her dress.

Inner Sakura: Screw this stupid dress…

She ran onto the streets, there were no cars, no people, no nothing. Just rain.

She bet Sasuke and Bara must be celebrating together now.

I do……

How she wished she had not heard those words. But she did. She heard it loud and clear.

Now, she was alone in the rain. She told Lee to go back to the tent to watch the ceremony and he finally gave up on her and went back. She doesn't want to look at anyone in the face right now except going back to her house and hide under her covers.

Lee can live without her. She had already hurt him more than enough, and he knows her feelings very well.

Picking up her pace, she started to run. Wet, sticky pink hair stuck against her face. Again, she doesn't care. She doesn't care about her life anymore. In a few days she'll see her parents again. Then everything would be back to normal.

She stopped by a lamp post to catch her breath. It was hard running in a dress and high heels. Her feet hurt.

Looking around, she saw gray. It suited her mood.


Sasuke ran into the mansion and into the bathroom. But the bathroom was empty. Cursing silently under his breath he ran out again. Asking servants if anyone of them had seen a pink hair girl, he finally gathered enough information to know that Sakura left.

The most logical place of where she went would be was her house.

He didn't bother to ride his motorcycle or his car. It took too much time to load them up. Instead he just ran onto the street and disappeared into the rain.

On the way he took off his black, suit jacket and threw it aside. The jacket was tight and it restrained him from running in his fastest speed.

Where the hell is she?

He finally arrived to her house and he knocked on her door. Nobody answered, so he climbed the tree that was directly in front of Sakura's bedroom. Nobody was there too.

Just then, he still remembered about having a key to Sakura's house. Slapping himself mentally on the forehead, he tugged off the chain from his neck and placed it in the lock. Unlocking the door he went in, creating puddles on the floor.

"Sakura!" he called.

Nobody answered.

Checking around the house, he found no sign of Sakura except for Yuki who was dozing on Sakura's bed. She was used to his presense and made no move to react around him.

"Where the hell could she be!" He growled to himself.

He went out of the empty house and stood in the rain, trying to think.

Where's the next logical place?

The park!

"Stupid dummy..."


Sakura sighed and looked up at the sky. Her face was numb and cold. She changed her mind and decided to go to the park in the end.

Leaning against the bench, she recalled happy memories to ease her pain a little bit.

Oddly, she began to think about the time when Lee had asked her out for a date just right before the prom. She smiled as she remembered that the bench she was sitting on was the bench where Sasuke had placed her on his lapwhen Lee complained about him taking his space.

"I wonder what Sasuke is doing right now..." she mused loudly.

"He's standing right behind you, wondering why you are so stupid."

"Really...haha...I'm really going insane...I can even hear his voi----WHAT!" Sakura exclaimed and whipped around from the bench finding a very wet Sasuke.

Beads of liquid dropped from his black hair and wisps of steam came out from his mouth. He was panting heavily.

"W-What a-a-are you doing here!" She asked loudly.

"To get you." He answered simply.

"B-But...the wedding!" She stammered.

"Oh that...I canceled it." He said and put on his trademark smirk.

"B-But...I heard you say I do!"

"Jeez Sakura, next time listen to the whole thing before deciding to run away."

"I wasn't running away..." she retorted.

"Oh yeah?" he teased and instead of walking around the bench he jumped over it just to save time. Startled, Sakura took a step back and stared at him.

"What happened to Bara?" she asked again.

Sasuke groaned and ran his hand through his hair.

"Why do you ask so many questions!"

"B-because I just do!" She said hotly and flushed.

"Well let's just say I told her that I couldn't marry her." He answered casually and took a step towards her.

Sakura had no clue to what to do right now, so she just stood still and watched as Sasuke slowly approached her.

"Sasuke..."

"Yeah?"

They were so close now...barely an inch apart.

"What about—"

"Just shut up dummy, because whether you like it or not you're the only one who I'll ever kiss, marry, so on..." he said without even realizing he said it.

"Wait...did I just say that?" he asked himself.

"Yup and you know what jerk?" Sakura asked with a mischievous grin. Her mood was suddenly changing.

"What?" He said slowly, eyeing her carefully.

"I feel the same way..." she answered happily and pulled on his collar so upper body would bend down annddd... !

They finally kissed. It was a long one and they enjoyed every minute of it. Sasuke brought his hand around Sakura's neck as they broke apart and buried his face into the comfortable nook ofher neck. He finally had her back.

"I missed you..." she said softly and wrapped her arm around his body.

"Hn...I thought you would never say that. I thought you would want me to go back to Bara."

"Nahh...I don't want to torture a jerk like you anymore...besides...I wouldn't want Bara to have a jerk like you, because only I can." She said truthfully while blushing madly.

"I miss you too dummy..."

Suddenly the sound of thunder filled the air and they both looked up.

"We better get going; it's raining harder and harder." Sasuke noted.

All of the sudden Sakura remembered something.

"Sasuke wait...I need to tell you something."

"Hn?"

"I-I..."

Sasuke arched his eyebrows and looked at her. It was obviously something serious.

"Go on..."

"I...I'm going to the states two days from now to live with my parents..."

"……"

"WHAT!"

The voice that exclaimed didn't belong to Sasuke though although he felt like saying it. They turned their head immediately and their gaze landed on a huge bush. The two looked at each other and went over to the bush.

"Idiot! I bet they heard you! I though you knew Sakura was going back to the states."

They heard Ino's voice.

"So what you just said is true..." he said softly.

She nodded and the tears that wanted to come out a long time ago began to well up in her eyes. Sasuke just turned back to the bush and kicked it as hard as he can.

"OWWWW!" Naruto screamed and jumped out of the bush and grabbed his shin.

"Sigh... how troublesome. We've been caught." Shikamaru grumbled. Slowly, the whole Naruto gang stood up and faced the reunited couple. They were apparently soaked too.

"You guys saw the whole thing?" Sakura asked while tears rolled down on her already wet face.

They nodded nervously and looked at her.

"Bastard! Why did you kick me!" Naruto cursed and went to them.

"Because I want to."

"Hmph...you need an anger management. Anyways, it's not that I care about you Sasuke-teme...but...Sakura-chan! You can't move to the states! You and Sasuke-teme finally got back together and things were about to go back to normal! What about us!" Naruto cried.

"I-I can't...the plane tickets are booked already and my parents are expecting me." She half reasoned half sobbed.

"But...but..."

"We should get back...we're all soaked..." Sasuke interrupted him.

"Y-Yeah..." They all slowly agreed and separated. They trust that Sasuke will take care of Sakura and sort everything out.

"Come on Sakura...stop adding salt to the world and let's go."

"O-Okay...can you stay with me for today?" she asked him and entwined her hands with his.

"Yeah...it's probably best if I don't go back home tonight."

They walked in silence when Sasuke noticed something one Sakura's neck.

"You still have that? I thought you threw it away on that day."

Sakura looked down and held the silver necklace that Sasuke gave to her on the day of the Prom.

"Well...…Ino found it and returned it to me. I guess I didn't want to throw it away after that."


Fugaku sat in the tent with Kakashi and Mikoto beside him. Everyone had gone home by now and Sasuke still hasn't come back yet. Bara went back to the states with her family on a private jet. She just kept on crying and crying till no end. He apologized to the Fuyu family to no end and offered them money to make up for what he has done.

But Mr. and Mrs. Fuyu just shook their head and kindly told him that it wasn't his fault. And assured him that Bara would recover quickly.

He was still ashamed at himself.

"Sir, I don't think Sasuke would be coming back tonight." Kakashi informed.

The father just sighed and rubbed his temples.

"Everyone makes mistakes sir, and I don't Sasuke blame you."

Mikoto went up to him and put her arms around him.

"Come husband; let's go in its getting chilly out here. Sasuke would be fine."

On the way the billionaire suddenly smiled.

"I'm proud of Sasuke, Mikoto...and I guess I was wrong. I give up..."

Mikoto smiled and kissed his cheek.

"I guess all Uchihas were born to be stubborn."


"Bye Sakura-chan…we'll miss you." Naruto hugged her.

"Here Sakura-chan…this is our birthday present and a parting gift to you." Tenten said sadly and gave her a sealed bag that was pretty heavy.

One by one, she hugged her friends: Tenten, Ino, Hinata, Katie, Naruto, Neji, Lee, and Shikamaru. Before shecame to the airport she made one last trip to the Uchiha mansion andbid Mikoto, Jin, Milly, Kakashi, Tsunade, and Fugaku goodbye. There was a little tension between them but it seems as though Fugaku had opened up a little towards her.

Finally she reached Sasuke and at first they just stared at each other. Then slowly they hugged and kissed each other for the last time.

"Awww…" Everyone teased as they kissed.

They broke apart and turned red as they faced them.

Beep! The passengers that are going on flight 777 please board your plane now. The airport's intercall rang.

"I have to go now..." she said sadly and started to walk towards the entrance of the gate that led to the plane.

"Bye Sakura-chan! Never forget us! Come back to visit us!" Naruto shouted and waved as hard as he can. All of them did except for Neji, Shikamaru, and Sasuke.

"Bye you guys! I love you all!" Sakura shouted and ran inside the gate, disappearing before their very eyes.

"I can't believe she's gone..." Ino sobbed.

"Troublesome...she'll come back anyway...you sound as though she died." Shikamaru grumbled.

"Shika-idiot!" Ino shouted and punched him on the head.

"Oww…."

Hinata, Katie, and Tenten were all crying and hugging each other. All the boys can do is just pat their backs.

"You know Sasuke-bastard...I really thought you were going to marry Bara." Naruto said silently as they started back for their car.

"Honestly dobe, you're really stupid to think that." Sasuke remarked and stuffed his hands inside his pockets.

"So what are you going to do right now? Sakura-chan is gone now." Naruto said glumly.

"I don't know." He answered and looked up at the sky.

"Why do I have this feeling that you're not sad at all?" Naruto asked suddenly and looked at him.

"Hn...I don't know." He said with a smirk and continued down the path.

"You have something in mind haven't you!" Naruto accused cheerfully.

"I don't know."


The sound of engines filled her ears as they were ready for take off. Her ear drum's hurt after ascending into the air.

"Aargh...stupid pressure..." Sakura muttered and dug her hands around in her pocket, looking for gum. Gum helps ease the pressure against your ears. (It's true!)

She felt around her jean's pocket when she finally found her gum. She took it out and began to unwrap it. But whatshe saw that was not the bubblegum that she pulled out but a slip of paper. Opening it she scanned it and grinned to herself.

Sasuke must've secretly slipped it inside her pockets when nobody noticed. All of the sudden her ears didn't hurt anymore and she laid back comfortably while looking out the window.

The note says:

Sorry dummy for not giving you a birthday present. I'll make it up to you, I promise. Wait for me.

-Uchiha S.

TBC!

HAHAHAHA finally finished! Did you guys like it? Second to last chapter! I thought this chapter was going to be short but it turned out to be long. I hope you'll forgive the fact that Sasuke was a little OOC in this chapter…had to make it that way. Love you all!

To my lovely flamer 'PMS': Ok, I don't blame you on the part where you are not satisfied with my grammar. That's a pretty good reason for you to flame. BUT, saying that my story is shit and that I don't deserve 1200 reviews was what that really ticked everything OFF! Furthermore you said that I should take this story off, learn some vocab, and be originally really topped everything! Well ok Mr/Ms/Mrs. Oh-so-great, you have no right to say that I don't deserve 1200 reviews! If I didn't deserve 1200 reviews then I wouldn't have gotten them! You think you're so great and so original, well let me see you try getting 1200 reviews! Then maybe I will shut up then. But hell, you're such a chicken to flame me while not even signing in. If you have a problem with my writing then I suggest you to flame me face to face…well not exactly but at least show everyone that you really stand up to your 'beliefs' by showing everyone who you are! Plus, you don't even know me! How do you know I only a little bit of vocab! You judge people by their writing but have actually met me? NO! And that's lower than dirt. That's like judging a book by its cover!

And last of all, I will not take it off the site just because of someone like you who don't appreciate my work. I don't care if you don't like my work or not, that's why I accept flames only if they sign in and if they have a good reason. I write stories because I'm trying to improve my English! I bet that's part of the reason why all the authors in is writing.

Anywz, thank you for amusing me 'PMS' and I can't say I'm entirely mad. If you have any other comments, bring it on. As a human being, I can't just keep my mouth shut while you bad talk my story. If you have just mentioned the grammar being bad part, I would've just shut up. But noooo….you wrote a whole bunch of useless thing. So, deal with this LONG reply and… ok I really want to say eat shit…but that's just mean so…yeah…

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