I Feel Your Pain-Chapter 6-His Confession

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Recap:

"That's Ino's jutsu, it's fit for her, in her body. Not yours, so when she does perform the jutsu, it may effect your body. Just a warning though," he said carelessly. Sakura nodded. "Okay Ino, go on!" Sakura encouraged. She nodded.

Ino did a few hand seals and focused her chakra. "Shitenshyin no jutsu!" she exclaimed. It took a small while until the effects would take place, so Sasuke waited for what seemed forever, but was only a matter of 60 seconds. After the effects kicked in...

Sakura's body began to get up, as well as Ino's body. "Are you two back to normal, or are you still...switched?" Sasuke asked, with a nano-sized hint of worry in his voice.

They both groaned. "I hope I'm back in my body," Ino said. She looked down at her self. She smiled. "YES! THANK-YOU KAMI-SAMA!" she exclaimed. Sakura smiled as she looked at herself in her own body for once.

"It feels so good to be able to see blonde hair on my head instead of pink now!" Ino went on. Sakura laughed. "Same here, Ino." she said.

Sasuke rolled his eyes at Ino's childish antics, but was amused all the same. "Are you finished Ino?" he asked in a bored tone. He earned himself ahard glare from Ino. He shrugged.

Sakura was making sure Ino didn't do anything to her body while they were switched. She was looking at her clothes, looking at her hair, etc. Ino rolled her eyes. "Sakura, I swear on my life, I didn't do anything to your body," he stated firmly.

Sakura smiled. "I know, Ino."

"Well, now that that's over, I'll be leaving," Sasuke said and walked for the door. Ino was busy looking and admiring herself in Sakura's mirror. Sakura walked Sasuke to the front door and smiled sadly. "Bye, Sasuke-kun, see you at practice," Sakura said.

He nodded and began to walk out when Ino yelled. "OH NO YOU DON'T, UCHIHA! GET BACK HERE!" He winced. He was hoping that Ino wouldn't notice that he was leaving.He knew she'd make him stay with Sakura.

"I'll be leaving, Sasuke will be staying here for a while, Sakura," Ino said, pulling him from the doorway. Sakura moved to the side so Ino wouldn't hit her on accident. Sakura was utterly confused.

Ino shoved Sasuke onto the couch in the living room, where he sat sulking, crossing his arms, staring daggers at the blank tv screen. Sakura raised an eyebrow at both of them. Ino smiled innocently.

"Sasuke has to stay here, he's got nowhere else to go, at least, for a while," Ino said, shrugging. Sakura turned to her with a questioning look. "Why can't he stay at your house? I'm sure he doesn't want to stay here of all places," she pointed out. She saw Sasuke out of the corner of her eyes flailing his arms madly, mouthing "NO, NO, NO, NO! I'LL STAY HERE!"

Sakura smiled slightly. "Uhh...I can't have him stay because..." Ino started slowly. "Umm...it's too crowded! Yup, the family is everywhere!" she concluded. Ino was really telling the truth, but whenever her family came to visit, Sakura would always come with her, but it was the only excuse she had!

Sakura smiled. "Oh, can we go see your cousin? What's his name...Kyo? He's so kawaii!(cute)" Sakura exclaimed.

Sasuke felt his heart drop a notch. 'This better not be some other crush she's got...wait...why do I care?' he asked.

'Cause you like her'

'Not you again...' Sasuke thought sadly.

'Yup, it's me! Whoot! Just listen to what Sakura's saying, I think you'll understand what they're really talking about...' and with that, the voice died away, once again.

Sasuke sighed.

"No, the little kid's probably already broken into one of the ramen stashes or something, and his mother is probably going crazy over it. But he had his birthday last month! He turned five!" Ino said, hoping to cheer Sakura up. Sakura smiled once again.

"Tell Kyo that I said happy late birthday, maybe I can visit tomorrow?" Sakura asked hopefully. Ino laughed. "Yeah, Sakura, you can." she said. "Well, I gotta go now. Bye you two! Have fun!" Ino said and dashed out the house. Sakura sweatdropped.

"Wha-?" Sakura began to ask, turning to Sasuke but he cut her off. "Sit." he commanded, pointing to the other couch beside him. Sakura nodded. 'What's he talking about? This is my friggin' house!' she thought angrily, but she ignored her 'inner' self.

They sat there, completely silent, for what seemed like hours which only turned out to be a few minutes. Sasuke was staring at the ground, while Sakura was staring at him.

He sighed and Sakura began to get even more confused. He placed his head in his hands while leaning his elbows against his legs. Sakura tilted her head to one side. She was really freaked out now. 'Since when does an Uchiha-no-the Uchiha Sasuke- turn...nervous?' she thought.

He sat up straight then leaned back on the couch and sighed. He took a deep breath, preparing himself for what he was going to say. 'I didn't even know that this word was apart of my own vocabulary...' he thought sadly.

Sakura opened her mouth to say something but Sasuke beat her to it. "Sakura," he began. She nodded, signaling him to continue.

"I'm-I-I'm..." he stuttered. Sakura looked at him quzically. He sighed once more. "You know...I'm," he began again. Sakura smiled a bit. She had a clue of what he was going to say, but decided to let him suffer and make him say it on his own.

"Ugh...! I'M SORRY! OKAY? I'M SORRY FOR EVERYTHING I'VE SAID, AND DONE, AND PROBABLY WILL DO AGAIN IN THE FUTURE! I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY! THERE!" he yelled in frusturation, standing up in the process. Sakura smiled.

He sat down and looked at Sakura who had a huge grin plastered on her face. "What?" he asked coldly. "You didn't have to say that you're sorry..." she trailed off. He groaned and leaned back on the couch. "Because..." she continued. He looked at her.

"I forgave you each and every time," she concluded, shrugging. Sasuke's jaw dropped. 'Do you mean to tell me that I went through all of that stuttering, and being nervous and saying sorry just to find out that I didn't really even have to do it! UGH! I'll never understand women,' he thought, with a sigh.

Sakura smiled once more. Sasuke hauled himself off of the couch and headed for the door. Sakura got up as well, and accompanied him to the front door.

He sighed and was about to step outside when he felt a strong grip around his middle. Sakura was behind him, giving him a hug.

"I know it was hard for you to say that Sasuke-kun, and that you really didn't have to say that, but...you don't know how happy I am to have heard that..." Sakura said, her words slightly muffled because her face was buried deep into his back. He sighed and smiled a small bit.

"Yeah, I'm glad too," he said. Sakura let him go and he walked out, Sakura smiling and waving behind him.

'I can't believe I just did that...'he thought.

I can't believe I just did that...' she thought.

Sasuke lied down on his bed, staring at the ceiling fan slowly twirling around counterclockwise. 'I can't belive I did that...why? Why did I do that? I should have just ignored her and left as soon as possible...' he thought to himself.

'You did it because you looooooove her!' came an annoying voice in his head. Sasuke groaned.

'Not you again...'

'Yup! I'm baaack...again! And back to the subject: YOU LOOOOOOOVE HER!'

'No I don't, shut up.'

'Don't deny it Uchiha. I'm you and you're me. If I say you love her, then you love her darn it! And anyways, it's not necessarily ME saying these things...you're the one thinking them...'

'Shut up'

'I mean, I'm just here to actually say them to you, but they're YOUR feelings. We are one...we are Sasuke. And Sasuke, from my understandings...loooooooves some Haruno Sakura!HA!'

'I said shut up!'

'So you're admitting that you love her?'

'No.'

'Don't deny your true feelings Sasuke. Think of her pink, flowing hair, and her piercing, caring, lovable,jade green eyes locking with your deep, calculating onyx ones. It's a perfect match...Kami-sama has been quite good to you to let you in the presence of such a great beauty.'

SHUT UP! I KNOW I LIKE HER, ACTAULLY, I LOVE HER! NOW WILL YOU SHUT UP ABOUT IT! IT'S HARD ENOUGH ADMITTING IT!' he thought like a maniac.

'Now, that's much better. Good job, Uchiha. I'm proud of ya'

'Go away...'

'Whatever keeps that boat of yours afloat...and...YOU LOOOOVE HER!' and with that, the voice left once again.

Sasuke sighed in relief. He rolled on his side and took a nice nap, eventually falling asleep for the night, thoughts of Sakura floating and clouding his head. (hehe...i had to put that there)

'He actually let me hug him. Has he been sniffing something?' Sakura thought curiously. She laughed at the thought.

'No, but...why?' she kept asking herself.

'Cause he loooves you!'

'Oh no, not you again!'

'Hai! And I'm back for good! whoot!'

'What do you want?'

'I came here to answer your question of 'why?'. It's because...'

'Yes?'

'Because...HE LOVES YOU! WHOOT!'

Sakura's body shook from annoyance.

'I highly doubt that. HIGHLY doubt that.'

'Fine, believe what you wanna. Good-bye' and with that, the annoying vioce left her head. She sighed in relief. "That begins to get annoying after a while," she muttered. She closed her eyes lightly, and began to go into a deep sleep, as always. The only problem was: she was always thinking of Sasuke in her sleep...

That's it for this chapter. There's going to be one or two more chappies, I believe. I'm not sure yet. I'm just goin' with the flow! Here's your summary for my new Naruto band story!

Title: Unconcious Recognitions

Sakura, band member of My Distilled Sin, hates her band members. Her mother, noticing her discomfort of her peers, transfers her to a different group, one that consists of her childhood friend, and bitter rival, Uchiha Sasuke. Troubles arise as her band members begin to feel hatred towards for for leaving the band. And, what's this about a band battle?Some competition is starting to sprout as well. Something is amiss between the bands My Distilled Sin, and My Living Nonexistance...sasuxsaku, tenxneji, naruxhina, shikaxino

Okay, I suck at summaries, but that's as good as it'll ever get from me. The story's not going to get into the band battle and Sakura's band hating her until later in the story. But trust me, it'll be worth your while! Well, that's all I have now. I'm off to upload the 'into' to my band story, and then the first chapter! Sorry for any spelling/grammatical errors! Ja ne!

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