Chapter 6
Day five
The red-eye demon (Part 1)
Another beautiful morning
The alarm clock went off at 5:30. Sakura got up mindlessly, while half asleep. She shifted her head a little to see the view of the sunrise outside her window: 'lovely'. It was still dark in her house. She slowly dragged herself out of bed, lazily walked towards the door, and collected her uniform on the way as it lay on her chair near the bedroom door. She then walked to the bathroom, bumping into a few walls on the way "I need coffee"
After the shower
Sakura left the house after finishing her breakfast. She wanted to go to school especially early to avoid the traps that Sasuke may have set for her, and also to made sure that she got a head start in planting her own traps for Sasuke. Sakura slowly walked to school, and as she checked her watch she only started to realize that she still had a lot of time for preparations. She then decided to go the long way through the park to school.
Sakura slowly walked through the park, enjoying the scenery. She could easily smell the scent of the flowers, the sweet smell that she had always loved. At that moment, a petal from a cherry blossom suddenly flew by, and landed on her face. She paused for a minute and she picked it off with her fingers. She stared at the petal and then suddenly realized that aside from having the same name, she had also shared another significant similarity with the pink flower known as the Cherry Blossom. The fragility of the Cherry blossom petal symbolized how fragile Sakura actually was in spirit. Despite her having rage blackouts, she really was sensitive at heart. Sakura softly let go of the small petal and watched as the wind carelessly blew it away, then, continued her walk to school.
Konoha Private College, Classroom 2-4
Sakura took her seat. By the time she arrived at school she was too lazy to prepare some kind of prank for Sasuke - she valued the walk through the park a lot more than humiliating him. She once again dazed at the scenery outside the window. Just as the clouds flowed through the sky, empty thoughts passed through her mind. She started to wonder why she was bullied when she was little, and why she didn't remember what happened before that. It was as if she forced herself to forget "were those experiences really that painful to me? So much that I wanted to forget about it so badly?"
Sakura placed her palm on her face and shook her head a little to try and think about something else. She knew perfectly well that asking herself these questions would get her no where, so she might as well give up and think about something else.
An hour later
Class time had just begun, but Kakashi hadn't shown up yet. People were scattered around the classroom, but the majority of the people were bunched around Sakura's table (most of the guys to be more specific).
Sasuke had just arrived and as he took his seat, he silently folded his arms and shut his eyes, indicating his disinterest for everything else. All the girls had suddenly grouped over Sasuke, and in no time at all the whole class were fixed on Sakura and Sasuke. Sasuke didn't say one thing about last night, Sakura knew well what he had gone through with that white material soaked in medicine wrapped on his wrist, she knew the pain well, 'I guess he doesn't want to show weaknesses in front of his enemy'. As usual, Sasuke just sat there not caring. Sakura also ignored the amount of attention that she received. It became annoying, as her classmates would give her the usual '20 questions'
"So Sakura-chan, where were you yesterday, didn't you get the note about a date with me" One boy asked. It's true, Sakura did receive a note, but she shoved back in her locker afterwards, as she already had plans to go shopping.
"Are you sure about that?" Sakura asked politely and innocently acting as if though she's never seen any notes.
"Maybe she doesn't like you and just ignored your note," another boy barked out.
"Shut up, just because she doesn't notice you" The other boy shot back with a remark.
"Shut up, stay away from Sakura-Chan, she doesn't like you either" Another yelled out.
"Well no one here said that she like you either, so shut up" another voice from the crowd exclaimed.
"Oh Yeah, you wanna start me? Let's take this outside! Winner gets a date with Sakura-chan"
"Fine, let's go" Suddenly, the crowd raced outside to watch what was happening. Sakura just ignored what was happening, even though; unintentionally she had caused the fight in the first place. Sakura and Sasuke just sat quietly as they both stared out the window.
"Idiots" Sakura commented
"Morons" Sasuke added.
"Yeah, fighting over an ugly whore like Sakura… It's just so sad" Out of nowhere, Reyka barked out, as she rudely interrupted their daydream. Sakura was about to fight back when suddenly Kakashi had appeared "Sorry I'm late, a dog was standing in my parking space so I had to wait until it go away to park my car". A few students yelled out "LIAR" and went back to their seats. The crowd slowly dissolved, Kakashi popped his head out of the window and gave the boys who where fighting received an afternoon detention. It didn't take that long for the class to settle down. Even though he didn't look like it, Kakashi was a scary teacher if you made him mad.
"Okay class, today we have a new student with us, you would have been acquainted a lot sooner. I want you all to welcome Yamamoto Misaki" a slim girl with red hair walked in, she had red eyes that matched her hair. Sakura stared at her with familiarity. "Something is odd about her, it seems like I know her from somewhere"
"Yamamoto-San, can you tell us a little about yourself?" Kakashi asked politely.
"Sure, I'm originally from Osaka and I moved here about four years ago, I moved to America at the beginning of last year and I just came back this year." She smiled at the class. Many boys were already drooling over her. Sakura somehow didn't like the smile she gave to the class; there was something odd about it.
"That's great to hear, Sakura there is also from Osaka" Kakashi pointed out to Sakura. Misaki looked towards Sakura's direction and instead of looking at Sakura she straight away noticed Sasuke, who continued to stare out at the window with disinterest.
"SASUKE-KUUUNNNN" Yelled Misaki in a high-pitched tone like how the other girls would in the class. 'Another fan girl' Inner Sakura rudely spurted out.
Sasuke turned around to see who was screaming out his name. He glanced at Misaki for a second then immediately turned his head out the window.
"Seems like you know Sasuke" Kakashi pointed out. The rest of the class paid close attention.
"Yeah, we're childhood friends" Misaki happily answered.
"Okay then, you may take the seat at the back next to Sakura" Kakashi pointed out to the empty seat next to Sakura. Misaki slowly walked towards her seat. Sakura smiled at Misaki, but Misaki just glared at her. Sakura suddenly became confused as she felt that she had done something wrong. Thinking about the glare Misaki gave her sent chills down Sakura's spine. She soon got over it and started to pay attention to her schoolwork.
"Okay class, I have good news for all of you. We're going to have a field trip instead of the normal visit to the theme park every year" The class cheered.
"It's going to be in four months" Kakashi announced in a lazy tone. He was never enthusiastic about explaining things.
"Um sensei how long will this camp be?" asked one girl.
"Two weeks, the whole year is also going. Hmmm, there's nothing else to say about this trip, and I haven't planned a lesson today so you can self-study. There's a brochure about the site so you can read it yourself, I'm, going to prepare for tomorrows quiz, so I suggest that you also prepare for that" Kakashi quickly drew out his Come Come Paradise novel and walked out of the classroom. As Kakashi walked down the corridor he could hear his whole class cheers. He smiled and quietly walked along the hallway while reading his beloved book.
"Sasuke-kun, did you miss me?" Misaki asked in a babyish tone. She walked over to Sakura and Sasuke's table. Sakura remained quiet and continued to read the text on her textbook; she observed the two closely using the corner of her eyes. Something inside her made her so suddenly interested in watching them.
"No" Sasuke answered bluntly. Suddenly, Reyka walked over along with the rest of the class, and once again another huge crowd had formed around Sasuke, Sakura and Misaki.
"Awww, but I missed you" she replied in a babyish whining tone as she pouted with a cute face. Like always, Sasuke would just ignore her. 'That's right bitch, he doesn't like you' Inner Sakura just screamed out in Sakura's mind.
"What ever" Sasuke replied as he averted his gaze. Sakura just sat there silently as she watched them so intently. 'Something about that girl really ticks me off' Inner Sakura thought out loud.
"You, over there with the pink hair and the big forehead!" Misaki called out to Sakura.
"M-Me?" Sakura pointed at herself as she looked at Misaki. The look on Misaki's changed from a pout to a cold and scary look.
"Yeah you, you stay away from Sasuke-kun or else …" Misaki threatened Sakura. Sakura fumed, she was about to snap just like her first day at school, but she didn't want to cause trouble with Misaki on her first day of school.
"Shut up, She didn't do anything, its not like I'm married to you, just leave me alone" said Sasuke, as he ignored the expression on Misaki's face. There was a sudden moment of silence. The whole class had also kept quiet. Sakura used this chance to speak her mind; she hated it when people like Sasuke would be the one to defend her.
"I assure you Yamamoto-san, I won't lay a finger on this jerk, since we don't have any other class until the end of recess please excuse me. I do not want to stay here any longer." Sakura got out of her chair, placed it under the table and walked slowly towards the door. Naruto had also gotten out of his chair to follow her.
"Sakura-Chan I'm coming with you" Naruto yelled out and ran towards Sakura, who was waiting at the door.
School's roof top
"Sakura-chan what's wrong? You seem different, is it because of Yamamoto? " Naruto stood next to Sakura, as they both stared at the blue sky. A plane flew by making a loud noise. Sakura kept quiet until the plane flew past; and then answered.
"Well yes, sort of…that girl, she reminded me of someone" Sakura's voice sounded bitter. There was a sudden moment of silence again. Naruto now fixed his gaze on Sakura.
"Who is she?" Naruto asked curiously. He wanted to know; he was so fixed into getting to know everything about Sakura. He had felt a connection with Sakura. Somehow Naruto had a feeling that they were similar in a way.
"I've forgotten, an incident, a painful one. I forced myself to forget about it. It was crazy but I went through drastic measure to forget. I can't remember anything that happened before I was ten" Sakura didn't know why she answered Naruto, but she can somehow felt that she could trust him. He seemed like someone that she could rely on. She placed her hands on the hard metal fence that surrounded the rooftop. The metal was cold. Her gaze was then fixed on the empty soccer field.
"I see, I guess in a way we shared the same feeling, I've never had a friend before, the kids at school always leaved me out" Naruto's voice and smile was bitter.
"My parents died in a car accident when I was little, I could only remember a very blurry image of my father" Naruto stopped, he tried to remember his father's face, the only thing that he could picture was this man with blonde hair and blue eyes. All of a sudden, Naruto didn't feel like talking anymore. He never told anyone about his parents before. There was something about Sakura that could make him feel welcome.
"So Sakura-Chan, what are your parents like?" Naruto asked, trying to change the subject.
"My parents, I don't know, they're alright I guess, I haven't seen mine since Christmas. We're not that much of a family. Most of the time it's just either me and my mom or me and my dad, the three of us are hardly together" She paused "They're really busy". Her eyes saddened.
"So you live alone? You know, in a way we're alike Sakura-Chan" Naruto added. He gave a bitter smile, not towards Sakura but towards the clear blue sky.
"Yeah"
Silence once again dominated the rooftop. There was a sudden silence between them, and once or twice a plane would fly by filling the rooftop the loud sound of the engines. Neither of them minded the noise, as they were too preoccupied in their thoughts to notice the sound. They were so deep in thought that they didn't realize that Sasuke stood behind the door that led to the rooftop. This whole time, Sasuke listened to Sakura and Naruto talk, every single word was heard. He decided to leave them in their daydream, as he walked back to class.
P.E Class
Sakura changed into her uniform, she hasn't talked to any one yet, not even Ino. She had made an attempt but she was ignored. A large crowd of boys stood waiting for Sakura at the girl's change room door. As she came out, she simply ignored them and walked towards the rest of the class in the gym.
"Okay class, May I have your attention, instead of the usual 100 laps around the school, you're all playing volley ball today." There was suddenly a huge cheer. Gai then let out a fake cough so that he could continue talking.
"The girls will be split in two groups and we'll have an actual game, and boys, you will do the same thing but you will just watch for the time being until your turn. Actually no… instead you can all do 100 push up!" CRAP!
All the boys groaned and start doing their push ups, while all the girls split up into their teams. Sakura also randomly walked over to one group. As soon as she got on the court she realized that all the biggest Sasuke-fan-freak is bunched up together, and to her suprise Ino is also there.
Gai blew the whistle signaling the start of the game. Ino's team was serving, as the ball came over to Sakura's side of the court some random girl hit it back, Sakura was just standing as the game went on. None of the other girls served to her. She thought about why they wouldn't pass the ball to her. Suddenly, the ball crashed into her right cheek at 170/kph.
Sakura crashed into the ground. The class gathered around her. Sakura's vision blurred. She couldn't hear anything clearly. Everything was spinning. Sakura passed out in an instant.
After a few hours, Sakura opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was that of Sasuke and Naruto staring down at her.
"Sakura-chan are you okay?" Asked Naruto, his electric blue eyes stared at her, his eyebrow were fused together forming a frown.
"Yeah, I'm okay, what happened to me?" Asked Sakura, her eyes glanced at Sasuke, as usual his face was blank like a white piece of paper.
"You were hit by a volleyball, spiked by Ino" Sasuke's voice was as blank as usual. 'no doubt that ball was aimed on purpose' added Sasuke in his thoughts.
"Oh I see" Sakura looked down sadly, she knew what Sasuke said mentally, the tone and that he used proved it.
"Sakura-chan what's wrong?" Again Naruto's face was frowning, 'I made him worried' thought Sakura.
"Nothing, let's get back to class"
Lunchtime, classroom 2-4
Sakura made her way out of the classroom; she walked as fast as she could towards the rooftop before any of her crazy fan boys can stalk her for dates. Her head turned back and forth to see any signs of fan boys.
"Sakura-chan" a voice came from behind rang through Sakura's ears, it was a female voice, and Sakura turned around to see Ino.
"What's up Ino-chan?"
"Hey can we talk?" Sakura can hear the loud earthquakening noise coming towards their way.
"Yeah, let's get out of here quick"
"This way Sakura-chan" Ino grabbed Sakura's wrist and made a run towards a passageway leading to the outside.
They both kept running. Ino was awfully quiet; Sakura had a strange feeling about it all. Ino finally stopped running when they reached the back of the school. There were many trees surrounding the place, it was a peaceful place with a bench and a pond nearby. "Wonderful"
"So Ino-chan, what do you want to talk about?" Sakura wanted to get the whole thing over and done with. To her, the rooftop is the safest place to hide from fan boys.
"Oh, about this morning I just want to apologize, are you okay Sakura-chan?" There was something different in Ino's tone that Sakura couldn't exactly pint point out.
"I'm okay, it was an accident right Ino-chan, no need to apologize" Sakura ignored the weird feeling and continued to act friendly.
"It wasn't an accident" The smile on Sakura's face faded off, it changed into a small frown.
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked slowly.
"I see you and Sasuke-kun is pretty close now" Sakura straight away know where this conversation is leading; she knew very well that Ino really likes Sasuke.
"What do you mean?" Once again Sakura spoke slowly and clearly.
"I think he likes you" Ino's voice sounded pained, Sakura felt bad, she doesn't know why, but she felt bad. Even though it wasn't her problem that Sasuke like her or not, she still feel bad, somehow she felt it was wrong for her to be in the school, she realized that from the beginning, that she doesn't belong in the school.
"He doesn't" Sakura knows well that Sasuke doesn't, does he?
"He has always pushed many girls away from him, why isn't he pushing you away." Ino's eyes turned watery. Sakura felt even worse. But she still thinks it's a stupid reason for her to cry over.
"I don't know, Ino, what do you mean the spike wasn't an accident?" Asked Sakura, she tried to change the subject, but Ino didn't fall for her mind trick.
"Sasuke-kun sure paid a lot of attention to you" Ino paused then continued.
"Sakura can you just stay away from him, can you just not talk to him?" her voice was weak, Sakura knew well from the beginning what Ino is going to say, but she still asked.
"Ino, where are you taking this conversation to? Just answer me"
"Just stay away from Sasuke-kun, or else I cant help myself but to hurt you like this morning" a teardrop fell down Ino's cheek. To Sakura, that's a really stupid reason to hurt a friend, or someone you hardly even knew, 'and why the hell is she crying, can't she control herself?'
"You…really like him ay, you know what I think" Sakura paused; Ino lifted her head up to see what Sakura is going to say.
"I think that you should just give up on him" more tears came pouring out of Ino's eyes.
"I …just…cant, I was the first one to like him, ever since I was little, what do you know about how much I like him" Ino's voice was weak, she struggled to let out that whole sentence.
"Sakura, just stay away from him, I don't want him to like you, not you" a few drops of rain made its way to Sakura's face, followed by a thousand other drops of rain, once again Sakura's uniform was soaked wet and see through. She was disgusted to hear that from Ino, she was disgusted to know that Ino is so crazy about a guy that doesn't even look at her. Sakura was thinking to snap once more, this is just too stupid, sure she knows that Ino likes Sasuke, but what's with her being so addicted to him that she would rather lose a friend then control herself from hating a new friend.
Sakura smiled bitterly, 'Alright Ino, if you want it this way then'
Sakura moved closer towards Ino…
To be continued…
I'M SO SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE. And that's right I'm still alive. You see there was tones of problems occurring like my computer stuffing up, then my net, then I have to move house, then I have a billion of exam to study for and a tones of assignments. There were no time to spare you see. I'm so sorry; really sorry for this cliffy, but it has to be done, gomen. Anyways, hope you all enjoy this. I love you all for reviewing and keep reviewing, those things keeps me alive. I so happy to announce that this is the beginning of the changing point. So just wait after two chapters you'll all can have a little bit more fluff. , see yah all, I'm in a hurry.
P.S – Misaki is based on Meiling from Cardcaptor
Chapter preview:
This conversation between Ino and Sakura is starting to heat up as tension rise between the two girls, violence hits in as well as breakdowns, relationships grow closer as well as new bond. But first of all, what can the red eye demon be? Find out next chapter.
