This is the 2nd chapter! Wheeeee!
I believe that from here there'll be lots of flashbacks,
so be prepared to be confused…mwahahahaha!...just kidding….but I'm serious
about the flashback scenes though.
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Sitting comfortably with his back against the wall, the gust of mid-summer wind danced with the Uchiha's dark locks over coal black eyes. Staring bleakly at the tinted orange sky, he falls to a slumber which sends him drifting into memory bliss.
Alone I cannot walk
Time's winds are too strong
Ah, it's wounded
I should have gotten used to it
After eight grueling hours of study, students of the whole school rejoiced at the rather irritating but heavenly sound, the afternoon bell.
"Hurrah! Exam week is over!" Naruto rejoiced as he jumped up and down on his seat like crazy.
"Yeah! Hello winter break!" Kiba added.
"Naruto! Quit monkeying around, let's go to the gym." Sakura said as she yanked the blonde off the chair and dragged him outside the classroom.
"Why? What's the happening?" Naruto asked as he walked with the rest of the group.
"Don't you know anything?" Ino hissed as she tapped Naruto's shoulder to grab his attention.
Naruto shrugged as he crossed his arms. "Oh, it's you…the blondie witc--."
Ino fwapped Naruto with a paper fan before he can finish what he's about to say.
"Baka, don't you dare call me by that name when he's around." Ino squealed at the blonde who just turned with his tongue out at her.
"He? Who's he?" Naruto cocked his head to the side as they went inside the gym and sat themselves near the front.
"Naruto, did you forget? Today is the elections for our student council next school year." Sakura said matter-of-factly. "After we finished our tests, we will proceed to the gymnasium to watch the candidate's presentation and afterwards, the voting."
"Ah, I see." Naruto as he tapped his fist gently to his palm. "Now I remember. And the "he" that you were talking about is----"
The students seated screamed their lungs out as the program starts with two students coming up on stage, a guy and a girl.
"Kyaaaa! Uchiha-san!" The girls screamed as the guy holds his microphone, ready to start.
"Yeah! Kizunashi-san!" The guys howled and screamed as the girl signaled to open the lights at the stage.
"Whoa…the whole student body is going wild!" Lee uttered with total amazement.
"What do you expect? With those two together, this election won't be a quiet one." Neji stated.
"Welcome to our school." Shino said to the transferee as he sat beside Naruto.
"It's beginning." Sakura said as the program commenced for an hour of screaming and shouting of names and of course, voting.
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"Waaaaahh…I'm glad that's over." Shikamaru mumbled after finishing a can of Pokari right outside the student council office.
"Hmm…" Gaara uttered as he grabbed their things. "We must go now. It's past five o' clock." He said as he tossed the bags to his two companions.
"He's right, the school will close early today." Neji said as he appeared next to Gaara.
"Yeah, yeah." Shikamaru said dismissively as the four walked to the school gate.
From a distance, the group can hear sounds of chatting and laughter. Nearing the school gate, two figures can be seen, standing under a sakura tree. One girl with a short blue-black hair and ivory eyes, having quite a hearty laugh, and the other girl, with long ocean blue hair and blue-green, deep blue eyes, who seems to be the one giving out the jokes.
The group approaches the sakura tree and greeted the two girls there.
"Hi there, you two. Have you two been waiting for long?" Shikamaru asked with a laugh.
"Not so long I guess." Hinata said as she smiled warmly at the group.
"Oh, Shimaru. Nice speech, by the way." The long haired said as she patted Shikamaru on the head.
After finishing his drink, Sasuke looked at the two girls before him. "Hi Sasume." Sasuke greeted with a nod at the long haired one as he patted her on the head, shuffling her hair a bit.
"Hey! Stop messing with my hair Sasuke." Sasume pouted at Sasuke as she pinched his cheeks.
"Well, you started it. You shouldn't have messed with my hair this morning." Sasuke replied as he continues to mess with her hair.
"It's not my fault that you didn't have a comb with you. And I didn't ask you to sleepover at my house." Sasume retorted as she swirls a comb in front of Sasuke's face.
"Have you forgotten already that you were the one who told me to stay and study together?" Sasuke answered bringing his face closer to hers mockingly.
"Y-You…little…" Sasume muttered as she pinched his cheeks harder.
"Little what? Come on, tell me." Sasuke taunted.
"Uhmm…Sasume-chan, Sasuke-kun…" Hinata said as she tapped their shoulders which made the two stop.
"Hinata, we shouldn't interfere during a lovers' quarrel." Neji said as he patted Hinata's shoulder and pulled her gently away from the two.
"Lovers' quarrel?" Hinata said with a blush.
Neji, Shikamaru and Gaara nodded in unison.
"Their pheromones are overwhelming." Shikamaru said as they scooted away from the two sarcastically.
"W-W-Wha ---" Sasume and Sasuke managed to utter as a bright flush appeared on their cheeks, noticing how close they are from each other.
The group just laughed at the two.
"Well, well, lookie here. It looks like you guys are having quite a good laugh over here." A girl with long black hair and Prussian blue eyes, wearing a black trench coat appeared at the gate.
"So it seems." A guy with coal black eyes and hair the same as Sasuke's, wearing almost the same coat appeared beside the girl.
"Nee-san." Sasume uttered as she nods a bit.
"Nii-san." Sasuke eyed the guy as he slightly nodded.
"You two are late today. Got any troubles?" Shikamaru asked as he nods a bit.
"Not much. We have a small case tonight, just a piece of cake for you guys." Azaya said as she brings out a notepad and scans the contents.
"We need to attend a yakuza's dinner party tonight. It's the usual process, hack the security databases, disable all alarms, unlock all passageways, get to the safe where the stolen items are hidden, get it to the car and have fun at the party." Azaya continued as she handed Itachi the notepad.
"His name is Mr. Shinohara Kazuki. Background: he served the military for 15 years as a lieutenant but resigned after a case against the governing general. He has two daughters and a son, they're triplets; all 15 years of age. His wife, deceased. And no mistresses. He has a fine interest on music and art so the party that you'll be attending is out of usual." Itachi read the brief information on the pad and sighed on his last statement.
"Well? What kind of party is it?" Gaara asked impulsively, startling the others.
"A…" Azaya and Itachi uttered.
"A what?" The group asked as they scooted closer to listen.
"A masquerade party." The two said in unison.
The word brought chills down their spine as random images zoomed into their mind, long formal dresses, bows and ties, colorful masks, feathers and such.
"W-What the--?" Shikamaru was the one who recovered first.
"M-Masquerade…?" Hinata mumbled. "But, we don't have dresses for masquerade parties."
"Oh, Hinata-chan. Don't worry about the clothes because we already have them made for you." Azaya said with a smile. "We already have them delivered at your houses, so hurry home and get in those works of art because we will meet you at the pavilion at 7:15pm." Azaya said as she and Itachi rides the car.
"Don't be late." Itachi said before they rode off.
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"Uhmm…Sasuke." Hinata said as she gently shook Sasuke to wake him.
"Oh, Hinata…what are you doing here?" Sasuke asked as he rubbed his eye.
Hinata smiles warmly at Sasuke as she hands him his jacket.
"You shouldn't stay here for too long now. It's almost nightfall. You'll catch a cold." Hinata said as she stood and walked to the door.
"Oh, yeah. I didn't notice that I've been sleeping for that long already." Sasuke said as he stood and puts on his jacket. He looks up at the darkened sky of dusk.
Walking towards the door, Sasuke stopped for a while as he sees the clouds sitting still above, staring back at him.
"You know Hinata. I miss her." Sasuke said as he smiled a bit then he looked at Hinata. "Do you?"
"Of course I do." Hinata said as she stood beside Sasuke and also looked up to the sky. "Remember what she said the night before she left?" Hinata asked Sasuke who gave a slight nod.
"No matter how long it takes for us to see each other again, we will never forget each other because we will always remember."
The italicized part was taken from the song "Forever Love" from X
Yay! 2nd Chap! Yay!
Reviews please..!..
This chapter is one big flashback…
Flashback Dream
..and so are the few chaps ahead…
..oh…and I'm the Sasume girl (obviously)….Ja ne, minna!