Chapter nine
A three in one special chapter
Edited by Innelle
Act one: The teddy bear
The next morning ended up quite awkward, Sakura quickly slipped herself out of the bed before her 'friend' realized anything. Thanking God so much that it was Sunday, Sakura was glad that she overslept on the right day. 'The fan girls would run me down for a picture of this' thought Sakura as she stared down at the sleeping Sasuke. The thought gave her another idea. She grinned evilly and rummaged through her drawers to find a camera. Taking as many shots as her camera could handle Sakura quickly slipped it into her drawer without Sasuke realizing a thing.
She smiled longingly, if only she had the photos where they were still at war. She would have posted them all over the school making the population of fan girls double. Sasuke hugging her teddy bear was a picture that he would burn to crisp once he saw, not to mention that he would bury the ashes 100 feet underground. And make sure that she experienced hell at least a billion times. It was dangerous, yet at the same time…fun. (A/N – some of the content in this paragraph was extracted from a friend, 'he would burn to crisp once he saw, not to mention that he would bury the ashes 100 feet underground' originally belongs to Konoha Gaurdian, it was rephrased)
It wasn't until hours later that Sasuke woke up. Without saying much he left in rush, knowing him it wasn't a curfew problem. Perhaps the awkwardness that encountered him first thing in the morning drove him away from her apartment. Who knows, the mind of Uchiha Sasuke is complicated. It's either that or he's weird.
Her empty apartment once again echoed the sound of silence, suddenly the room felt big. A vast space for a small person like her. Sakura slowly dropped onto her sofa and mindlessly turned on the TV, starring blankly into the box she zoned out as her mind wandered into the blanks. The home phone ringing made Sakura jump in shock; she quickly dashed towards the phone. No one other then her parents knew her phone number; hope filled her mind with each step she took.
'Hello?'
'Sakura, it mom, I just need to tell you that there's a person coming to your apartment today, she is going to be your new manager and-'
'I see'
'Honey your father and I want you to take this career of yours more seriousl-'
'Yes mother'
'I need to go now; I'll call you when I have time, bye'
'As if you ever will'
She told the phone in disappointment. Slowly hanging up the phone Sakura went to her room to get changed. Every single phone call they made always ended within two minutes or so. The last time that they stayed on the phone with her for over five minutes was when she had a special play held at school. She played the main role, she was the star, yet her parents chose a meeting over her hard work for months. She resorted in giving up after they comforted her for half an hour over the phone.
The next day, she received a large teddy bear at her door step signed from them. Disappointedly Sakura locked up the teddy bear in a storeroom and haven't touched it since. Not that she didn't like the teddy bear, she loved it, yet something inside her made her never want to see the teddy bear again. And locked up as it was, the teddy bear slept in her storeroom for the past four years.
Act two: The manager
'Nice to meet you, my name is Tsunade, I'm sure that you were aware of my arrival yes?' Sakura blinked, maybe this was a joke set up by her parents? But she knew well that they were serious people. Her principal standing at her door step posing as her manager. Maybe the woman saw her manager and used her oversized breasts to manipulate him and posed as her manager just to surprise her. Shocked at how random her imagination could get Sakura ask eyeing Tsunade sharply.
'Tsunade-sensei, what is going on?'
'Well, out of special reasons I was pulled back into the modeling industry by an old friend'
Tsunade cheerfully smiled, she was dressed in her usual black business suit which made her figure looked like a famous star. There was an elegancy in her looks that told Sakura the woman wasn't playing a joke, and that Sakura's imagination was wrong.
'You were once in the modeling industry?' asked Sakura in disbelief, she was partially shocked, but the other part of her didn't find it too surprising. The lady does have the figure of a model. The oversized large chest was a good start. How the hell did she get it that big anyways? Milk? Inner Sakura once again rudely wondered; Sakura once again kicked her inner self. (A/N – I heard that milk makes your ahem bigger, not only that they make your bones stronger too, drink milk its good for ya! Make you drink at least 250ml per day, I did that, and I grew 1cm in only one week)
'Yes, are we going to talk here, or are we coming in?' it was then that Sakura realized she had forgotten all her manners. 'Maybe listening to my Inner self wasn't such a good idea.' She thought.
'Ah, gomen, please come in' the two headed towards the living room and settled there.
'So sensei, what made you quit the modeling industry?'
Sakura was curious to know; when Sakura first saw Tsunade she straight away noticed that the older woman has a model-like figure. Not many people in their 30s (or looked 30) retained their youthful figure. An image of Gai-sensei flashed as an example, it gave her the creeps. Somehow Kakashi was an exception, his hair and his clothes covered his face, Sakura gave no judgment to the man. But she did hear a rumor, saying that Kakashi was the best looking man alive when his face is shown. If he was then how come he's still single? She found herself asking, maybe the fact that he was a pervert kept him from getting married. Her inner self once again answered. This time Sakura agreed and praised the inner Sakura.
'Well, I got bored of it, and it was better off that I became a high school principal. It's always been my ideal life.'
Tsunade glanced over to Sakura and knew what the girl was going to say next. It was the typical questions, not many models are smart enough to get a carrier other then modeling. Some even whore themselves out just to retain their job.
'And you're going to ask me why I came back into the modeling industry right?'
It was spot on, Sakura was about to ask her, but all the thoughts inside her head were slowing her down a little. Ever since Sakura was able to remember, which was six years ago, she had always had an inner self, talking to her. She became so close to that inner self that sometimes Sakura get too caught up. There was once a time where she was running from fan boys, while arguing with her inner self she lost a sense of direction and got herself lost, not to mention bumping hard against a wall with the many fan boys watching.
'Like I said before, it was a special case, my friend asked me to come back. I need something to do anyways, there isn't that much work as a principal and I have a lot of time on my hands'
Sakura slowly understood what the woman was talking about, Sakura heard rumors about the principal slacking off on work making some of the new teachers do it all for her. Mainly that teacher with the toothpick in his mouth, if she recalled correctly his name was Genma. Not to mention her own homeroom teacher.
'Would you like some thing to drink?' offered Sakura, the woman nodded.
'Tea would be fine'
Thus began a long afternoon of ear piercing explaining about the world of modeling.
Act three: Bonding
Konoha Private College
Sakura walked into the school grounds, as usual all eyes would follow her as she moved past. People were still talking about her and Ino, the fight that they had seamed to be exaggerated. Sakura heard something about Ino getting beat up; they were just as nosy with her life as usual. Just a few days ago a sempai, Tenten was her name, came up to Sakura and asked for the details. The girl was a nice person, yet Sakura had a strange feeling of where the information was going to. Tenten later revealed to her that she was just curious and so was the rest of her crew of friends. According to Naruto, the 'crew of friends' that Tenten was referring to was one of the group that has power in the school just like Sasuke, if Sakura remembered correctly she was introduced to them on her second day of school.
'Sakura-chan!' Naruto's voice echoed from the distance behind her. Sakura turned around to see the blonde boy dashing towards her. She smiled and greeted him. He was always hyped up, energetic, happy; she was the complete opposite with her and her fake smiles and façades.
'Morning' Naruto grinned.
'Morning Sakura-chan, are you free today?' the two strolled down the hallway, with many eyes watching them and many ears listening, Sakura felt bad for answering.
'Sorry, I have a photo shoot' Naruto blinked.
'Photo shoots?'
'Aa, I went back to modeling' with the sudden silence in the room it was obvious that people were interested in what she was going to do after school. Her fan boys still stalked her like normal, but Sakura learned and usually hid inside the school until every one was gone and then went home safely. Sometimes she even got rides from Naruto who always offered.
'I see, when will you finish?' asked Naruto.
'Eight' answered Sakura. Naruto drew out his phone and checked his schedule.
'That's great, you want to go for some ramen, we didn't exactly get a chance last time' Sakura knew he was getting to that, she wouldn't mind, but her diet, she couldn't eat anything that wasn't healthy and ramen was a major thing.
'Sure, meet me at Ichiraku's at 8:30; you know where that is right?'
Naruto almost jumped up and down, Sakura was finally able to hang out with him, he was sure that all the fan boys listening to him were really jealous. Who wouldn't, its Sakura that he's hanging out with! And the fact that he didn't give up when she told him she was busy was already planned, he already had a back up plan incase of a rejection.
'Aa'
Act four: Evil fan girls' return
Lunch Time, the rooftop
'WHAT?'
'Sasuke and I are friends now' repeated Sakura, Naruto sure didn't find the news convincing, his jaw was dropped to the ground while his eyes showed pure disbelief.
'But you guys hated each other a few weeks ago, what happened?'
'Well, let just say he's not as bad a people think he is' answered Sakura, she didn't want to tell Naruto the details about Saturday night. His first reaction would be to blow up, followed by a kettle like sound from his ears along with intentions of killing Uchiha Sasuke out of jealousy. She remembered how they did that glaring contest just a few days ago in front of her desk; neither would give up until Kakashi broke up the two boys.
'But he's a –
'A what?' Sasuke closed the door behind him, looking straight at Naruto's face he was obviously asking for an answer. His eyes, facial features even the way he walked gave no emotions. Sometimes Sakura wanted to cut his head open to see if there was any brain inside, he has no sense of emotions. Maybe his brain got frozen that's why he's a total ice cube. Her inner self once again appeared, she was about to reply to her inner self to her dismay, Naruto's loud voice woke her up to reality.
'A bastard'
'Takes one to know one, Dobe'
Sakura giggled to Sasuke's childishness, only a ten years old kid would say that. Naruto sure took it badly though, they're both kids. Or maybe it's the fact that girls matured faster then boys that made it seem as if though they were kids to her.
'Shut up bastard'
'Make me!' Sasuke glared straight into Naruto's eyes. It didn't take too long for the two boys to start a staring contest, but soon it got out of hand, so Sakura decided to break it up.
'You wouldn't want him to, Sasuke' laughed Sakura, it would be a funny scene, although freaky, Naruto kissing Sasuke to make him shut up. Eww.
'Just what are you thinking Sakura?' Sasuke diverted his attention over to Sakura who looked a little bit pale. Her brain over-did an over-kill in imagining weird stuff.
'Uh, nothing!' She was still disgusted with her thoughts; sometimes it's not that good to have a high creativity level. And she's been doing that lately, what was wrong with her? A sempai once told her that too much creativity could cause mental disorder; she didn't believe him at the time because she thought that he was weird for always making up weird stuff. (A/N – that part just then was extracted from a realistic event, a sempai once told me that, and I just laughed)
'Tell us already Sakura-chan, whatever it is, it's not that bad, is it?' Naruto had no idea what he wanted to hear. Sakura knew well that the two boys would never stop interrogating her if she didn't tell. Sakura sighed and answered them, might as well see the expressions on their faces.
'If Naruto tried to make Sasuke shut up then he can't do it in anyways other then…' Sakura just couldn't say it; it'll prove how wrong her mind can go. But the looks on their faces told her that the boys got her message, both of their faces paled, not that Sasuke's was already reaching its extreme limit. There were silences among the three until Naruto spoke changing the subject completely. (A/N – don't ask me to tell you what it is, I had enough trouble with the 'shut up' and the 'make me' seriously its wrong if you get what I mean. I think only one of you do, so don't worry about it)
'Sakura-chan, I don't see anything good in this guy and I don't see why you should be friends with this bastard'
It wasn't necessary for Naruto to tell her that, but he probably did it to piss Sasuke off in any way that was possible. Maybe it was the fact that every single person in the school would choose to turn their attention to Sasuke other then Naruto when they have to pick. And Sakura couldn't see why people would have something against Naruto; he was good looking, nice, friendly, she didn't see why people would give him the cold look.
'Naruto, he's not as bad as you think, anyways, he's harmless when you know how to deal with him'
Sasuke sent Sakura a glare; he knew what she was thinking about. Naruto just stared at Sakura thinking with all the funny expressions on her face, one minute it would be a cared one, the next would be an evil smile. Just like what his grandfather always told him, too much creativity can cause mental disorder. Not that he was saying that Sakura was crazy; she just had a large amount of mental power that's it.
'What do you mean Sakura-chan?' asked Naruto.
'Why don't you try asking Sasuke over there' her eyes glanced over to receive a deadly glare from Sasuke. Naruto turned around to ask, but before he was able to let out even a word, Sasuke already spoke.
'Ask and I'll make sure you die before you get downstairs' Sasuke's eyes were gleaming with a death ray message telling him that he was serious. Naruto gulped and turned around to Sakura.
'I don't want to die early'
Sakura was too lazy to say anything, and Sasuke could do anything if he was pissed off. Even run after a teacher with a katana in his hands. All she needed to do was to push the right buttons. Inner Sakura would be the mastermind of all that, there was absolutely no way that she could take credit for something as evil as that.
'I'll find out somehow' Naruto took a seat on the roof top floor, thinking of ways to find out, what ever it was, he has to know.
'Try all you want Dobe'
'I'll tell you once you experience it' joked Sakura; an evil smirk grew on Sasuke's face. Straight away Sakura knew what he was thinking about. If Sakura was going to treat Naruto for an injury then what he needed first was an injury, that's where Sasuke comes in.
'NO'
Sakura's voice made Sasuke feel as if though she was reading his mind. Blame it on Sakura for even inventing that stupid medicine. He sighed and took a seat on the roof top floor. For a moment there the cool spring breeze flew by sending thousand petals of Sakura onto the rooftop. It was a moment of heaven followed by an eternity of hell.
'SASUKE-KUUNN'
The sound of Misaki's and Reyka's fan voice tones made Naruto and Sasuke pale. He quickly got up and managed to dodge the two bone breaking hugs but then, two arms suddenly wrapped around his neck, his eyes diverted to the direction where the two fan girls were to realize, that they were there in their old position. His eyes slowly turned around to see blonde hair, blue eyes, Yamanaka Ino who hasn't done that in a long time. Sakura wasn't surprised, she was shocked, and when did Ino start doing the typical fan girl hug? Wait was she even a fan girl?
'Ino' said Sakura out of the blue, she thought that all the things she told Ino the other day would have sunk into Ino a little bit, but it made Ino even more blind.
'Get off me Yamanaka' Sasuke's voice was aggressive; it was as if though he was talking to Naruto. Ino bit her bottom lip and frowned a little, she grudgingly let go of Sasuke. But as soon as she let go, Misaki and Reyka jumped onto the boy, who looked as if though he was going to blow up any second now. Sasuke was sandwiched under two layers of fan-girls.
'What the hell are you two doing here?' asked Naruto, he was probably the only boy in the entire school that wasn't scared of fan girls or maybe the fact that there's only three of them around took away Naruto's fear of fan girls. From what Sakura heard, Shikamaru and Chouji had an extreme fear for fan girls since their young age and still haven't gotten over it. (E/N stands for editor's note - We can call it fangirls-o-phobia!)
'To see Sasuke-kun of course, loser, don't talk to me without, manners!' the annoying tone, the fan girl-ish face, Sakura despised Reyka for being the bitch she naturally was. Although she hardly knew the crazy fan girl, she still hated her for some strange reason. There seamed to be a natural vibe in that hate, unlike Misaki who hated Sakura for her guts, Reyka was merely jealous and being her usual fan girl self. There was a difference in the level of danger between the two.
'So this is where forehead girl go to, to bag Sasuke-kun all to herself, I knew something was strange when I talk to you on the first day' Ino's cold voice made Sakura flinched, she was nothing like the innocent girl Sakura knew a few weeks ago, she was Ino the fan girl, not Yamanaka Ino. Sakura tried imagining herself as a fan girl, but the best she could imagine was her inner self running down the Uchiha Sasuke with knives.
'What do you mean by bagging him to myself? Naruto's here too isn't he?'
Sakura answered innocently stating the obvious. Ino who was defeated, silenced herself and didn't say anything. The other two fan girls were busy harassing the Uchiha Sasuke to realize anything. He looked worse then that night when she was putting medicine on him. His eyes held a kind of hatred which was familiar. That night, his eyes held amusement along with pain. Those were two different things and Sakura could identify them clearly. Uchiha Sasuke was a blank page, yet he was easy to read.
'Oi oi oi, I think its time you let go of him, he doesn't look too good' The two girls' eyes diverted towards Sasuke's face, they grudgingly let go after noticing how angry he looked and the murderous aura around him. Without speaking much every one on the rooftop could almost hear him talk in a dark voice cursing them, saying unpleasant things that he would never need to say.
'I'm getting outa here' Sasuke turned around and headed to the stairs. Naruto also turned around.
'I'm leaving too, Sakura-chan are you coming?'
'Haruno, can I have a minute with you?' Ino spoke; Sakura could taste the trouble coming. Naruto sent her a troubled look, he was worried, he knew the fan girls were no good, Sakura was a fragile girl. His concern was not that of a fan boy but as a friend. Sakura sighed, she knew what was running through his head, guessing that he was deciding whether to stay or not, Sakura spoke.
'Naruto you go on ahead, I'll be there in a few secs.' Naruto nodded and headed down. He took one last worried glance and ran down the stairs.
Act five: The puppy dog
'Let's have a little chat shall we?' Naruto could slightly hear Misaki's dangerous tone through the wooden door, he knew it was trouble. Sakura told him to go on ahead, yet his curiosity made him stay behind the door. Making sure that he won't blow his cover, Naruto silently moved his ears closer to the wooden door.
'Just say what you need to say, I don't have much spare time for the likes of you' Sakura's voice answered confidently right back. Without thinking twice and listening to more of the conversation Naruto rushed down the stairs. He may be overreacting, but his Sakura-chan always comes first, something was going to happen and he won't like it.
'Oi bastard!' Naruto's voice echoed in the empty corridor. Sasuke turned around, his eyebrow raised to see the blonde who rarely talked to him whenever Sakura was not around. To Sasuke, Naruto was merely a dog, following Sakura around. And he hated that dog, wanting to kill it every single second it's in his sight. Sending as many insults as possible.
'What do you want Dobe?'
'Those fan girls of yours, they're alone with Sakura-chan right now' Sasuke gave Naruto a blank look. He knew that, but he also knew Sakura's strength. She was one of the first women who terrified Uchiha Sasuke. Haruno Sakura wasn't normal.
'So?'
'What do you mean so? That means trouble idiot!' yelled Naruto. Sasuke looked at him in idiocy, like looking at a pathetic little dog, even though Naruto was around the same height as Sasuke he could see clearly that he was being looked down upon. He despised that look; he would have punched Sasuke in the face if the matter at hand wasn't important.
'Why don't you just leave this to Sakura, she can handle it' Sasuke turned around and continued walking down the corridor, that's when a fist landed on his face. Naruto let his emotions take over, his control vanished as his voice raised, yelling at its might.
'But what if she gets hurt! That'll be your fault! You're the only one who can control those fan girls! You're her friend aren't you?' Naruto thought back at the rooftop, how Sakura told him Uchiha Sasuke was now her friend, the news shocked him, yet at the same time he felt happiness for her.
'It's already my fault. Even if I stop them today, they won't stop harassing her'
Sasuke spoke in the midst of silence, Naruto's eyes diverted to Sasuke's fist, he was grasping it hard. The fist didn't seem to do any damage to him. His knuckles were almost white. What Sasuke said was true, they won't stop hating her, they won't stop picking on her, but at least she won't get hurt for the time being. His logic was different to the normal person; Uzumaki Naruto was hated for his uniqueness.
'But at least she won't get hurt!' Naruto's orbs gleamed at Sasuke's, it somehow showed a puppy dog like image that made Sasuke want to punch the puppy dog. He bit the side of his inner cheeks and sighed. Sasuke headed back to the roof top, Naruto followed him. Understanding for a matter of fact that Naruto was no longer a dog, but a true friend to her. In a way he felt happy, at the same time…sad.
Act six: Bitchyness'You and Sasuke-kun are friends, is that true?'
Sakura lifted her eyebrow, and blinked 'news sure travel fast around here'. Thought Inner Sakura. She had only told Naruto and that was it, maybe it was the interaction between her and Sasuke in class. But if she recalled, they barely even talked. Merely a few whispers and that was it. Sakura answered in a cool tone, her eyes was placed upon them sharply. Slowly collecting her thoughts, she prepared for the worst. Nothing good comes from talks with fan girls.
'Yeah, it's true'
'Why the sudden change of enemy to friends?' Reyka asked, sharply, her face held a typical fan girl expression; the cold look filled with hatred was what Sakura grew used to. She sighed and answered the obvious.
'I got sick of playing pranks; I get bored of things easily'
'What did you say to Sasuke-kun after I saw you at the park?' it almost sounded as if though they were interrogating her, suspicions of where the conversation was leading to grew inside her. Her mind imagined the outcome, her inner self fumed flames and the fan girls burning under inner Sakura's wrath. Realizing how she had just zoned out, Sakura snappily answered.
'I told him that I want it to end'
'And let me guess, you whored yourself out to make him tell me off?' now that was out of the blue. She frowned she almost thought that Sasuke was gay due to the fact that he wasn't interested in any girls, and right now she still thought that he was gay, why would I go and whore myself to a gay guy? Biting her lower lip Sakura got off from the wall and approached Misaki.
'What are you talking about? Why would Sasuke tell you off?'
'Because you whored yourself to him' answered Misaki bluntly, did something happen behind my back that I didn't know about? Refusing to trust her inner thoughts she once again countered the girls.
'Oh, I don't recall myself opening my legs to any-'
'What exactly did you tell him Haruno?' Sakura was cut off, the question sharply came directly from the fan girl leader herself; Yamamoto Misaki held a strange tone that told Sakura to be prepared for the worst. What's the worst that can happen? Or them attacking me with their nails?
'I didn't tell him anything, what happened between you and him?' her curiosity drained her patience. They were being slightly more annoying then usual.
'Ino, tell her!' throwing Sakura a strange look Ino proceeded with her fan girl work, standing in front of Sakura she retold the story.
'Sasuke-kun told Misaki-san that if she ever did what was over the line then he would make sure that she got hurt. I was there when he told her' Sakura was a little shocked to know that he did that, they weren't even friends then. Maybe there were much more to 'Mr. Almost Perfect if he didn't have the ice walls' that she didn't know about. Maybe what he was holding up right now was just a façade. Awww, how sweet. Okay I take that thing back about him being gay.
'That is still not my problem. I simply didn't say anything to him' she stopped, but quickly added 'or whore myself or anything that is related to it'
'He's never told me off before, no matter what I did, before you came along in the picture that is'
Sakura became perplexed, the looks Misaki gave were always confusing, there were so many things held in there that Sakura just wanted to know. A part of herself told her that she didn't while the other part was curious. The eyes of the demon were unpredictable.
'He only told you off once and you got all crazy about it, geez I was starting to think that you fan girls only have air in your heads…I'm out of here' wanting to end the conversation as soon as possible, Sakura headed to the door so that once they're done she could just make a quick run. But no matter how stupid they were, the fan girls were already on to what she tried to do. They cornered her to a wall nearby.
'We're not finish yet' Reyka looked down at her, she was a tall girl. Someone of her caliber would have been good as a model. But someone like Reyka becoming a model was a bit hard to imagine. She wouldn't last one day of professional modeling. There were more to perfections then what meets the eyes. Looking at them with no interest, Sakura stared at them waiting for them to give her access out of the hellish rooftop that was once the heart of the comfort zone in school. None of them budged; Ino frowned, and then spoke.
'Haruno, the closer you get to Sasuke-kun, the more enemies you make. I suggest you take my advice and stay away from him'
Sakura chuckled, childish, they're all childish. That childishness angered her. They were making empty threats, threats that raised her temper, threats that could released her inner demon. Grinning Sakura responded provoking the blonde girl who threw away her dignity and her brain to become what was now known as 'airhead'.
'Sure, I'll stay away from him, but now that we're friends I can't guarantee you that he won't come to me'
'You're so full of yourself aren't you?' Misaki sent her hand straight at Sakura's face but missed; Sakura took hold of her fist and sent a punch straight at Misaki's tummy, its wasn't a vital spot, but it was enough to hurt the frail girl. Her working out at the gym four times per week really helped.
'You should watch where that hand is going' Sakura tightened her grip on Misaki's hand making her yelp in pain. Her inner self took control over her, Sakura turned around to the other two.
'Do anything weird and I'll make sure you end up worse then this bitch'
Misaki cried louder as Sakura crushed her hand harder; the other two just stared in horror.
'That's enough Sakura'
Sasuke's voice came from behind the rooftop door. Slowly the door opened revealing Naruto and Sasuke, the dark look on her face disappeared. Sakura finally let go and walked over to Sasuke and Naruto leaving Misaki there crying in pain, Ino and Reyka rushed over to her. The feeling she had a while ago urging her to beat up the girls disappeared. She turned to Sasuke, wanting to say something that was itching her mind; she stopped after remembering what the girls said.
'Sasuke…Never mind, let's go'
Sasuke didn't respond; he turned around and headed down with Sakura. Naruto just stood there. He wasn't sure what was going on but the look that Sakura had earlier wasn't normal, she looked dangerous. He thought back to how he always thought that Sakura was a sweet and innocent person. It wasn't an emotion that he had seen before, painted on her face was the happy colors of the rainbow, just then it was a color which he could not see. A barrier, a façade, and the only person that was able to see it was his rival. There was a thin line, connected to them two, he was merely the observer.
Naruto was starting to feel as if though he was left out. There was such a large gap between him and Sakura. Sasuke seemed so much closer to her although they hardly talked. Naruto shook off all the thoughts in his mind and followed the other two. No matter how big the gap was, he still has all the time in the world to fill that gap. And he will never give up until it was fully filled. It was not in his nature to give up.
The boring-est author's note you will ever read.
Hi ya all, I'm still alive! Hope you all like that chap. And yes I finally got a new beta. I need the betaring, no more independent Shiro anymore. Hope you all like the chapter. Okay my reason for the late update? Hmmm, let just say I had a creativity block. And I started other fics which will be posted up soon…not sure when, but soon. And the school holiday had come to an end for me…and now I'M OFFICIALY IN 10TH GRADE! Okay I don't know if that's a good thing or not. But yeah.
As you all can see this chapter was pretty random. Hehehehe, blame it on the creativity block. But this is where it changes, remember how many, actually most of you said that this is A LOT like Once Upon a September? Well this is the big changing point. From now on instead of chapters I'm going to write in acts. Its better that way. Seriously I hate creating those stupid lines where you have to go to the edit page on the site just to put them. But they do look good on the chapters. I try to avoid them.
Also for the ones that are interested I've just posted up a new fic called Mistaken Identity. It's a SasuSaku. Check it out on my profile if you're interested
I'm still in the planning process for this fic. So hang in there (don't fall) for a while until I figure out an appropriate ending. Around two of you will notice some of the stuff mentioned in the fic was let just say 'modified' from real life. Hehe, its still recognizable. Here's a sneak peak at the next chap
Preview for next chapter: Hokage publisher (the heart of the Icha Icha Series)
'OH MY GOD' yelled Naruto, his office seamed as if though it's just been exploded. His employees rushed into the office smashing down the door just to see what had happened. No matter how stupid and hypo the boy acts they've never seen him yelling that loud before.
'What's wrong Naruto-sama?' asked Ayame his assistant. The stupefied expression on his face stared at the pictures lay out on his large office table. His jaw almost reached the ground as his eyes were almost white. For a moment there Ayame thought that her boss had fainted from shock and died. It took a while for them to realize that he was still alive due to the fact that his nose flung out blood violently as he dropped onto the ground.
See you all soon! – Shiro waves –
