A/N-Thanks to those who reviewed chapter 8-Kagime and the Owl and Emily-The-Elemental. Also thanks to Emily-The-Elemental who reviewed the first one-shot in 'Pieces of an Alternate Reality', a story called Kekki Genkai. Which is posted, for fans of this story who would like to read it. It's about Mika having a conversation with her father and finding out exactly why he's having such a hard time accepting the fact that she has a bloodline trait. Anyways, R&R as is custom
Disclaimer-I don't own...own Mika.
Chapter 9
Mika dragged her eyes open. The sun penetrated through the closed blinds, blinding her but driving the restfulness from her eyes. She rolled her head over so she could see her clock and noted that it was around 6 o'clock PM on Thursday-the same day she had saved Violet and Mercy. Just beyond that, leaning against her closet, she could see Sasuke. Even as she looked at him, she got an odd gritty taste in her mouth.
Sitting up, she rubbed the last bit of sleep away from her eyes. But that's not all she rubbed away. As she steadied herself against the mattress with her hand, she looked around the room and realized just what that odd taste was. Her room was filled with sand. Tones and tones of sand. Over everything. A spark of anger began to smolder in her gut. Sasuke hastily raised a hand to keep her from yelling and causing a scene. "Mika…"
While his efforts were admirable, it didn't work, as her temper (which didn't explode very often) came to a boiling point. "GAARA! GET YOUR BUTT IN HERE!" She yelled furiously.
Some of the sand that was scattered on her dresser, bed, bedside table and the like lifted up and sped into the center of the room until enough accumulated so that it could fall away and a certain red-haired tattooed Shinobi stood in the middle of the room, facing a furious Kunoichi. His back was to the closet so he hadn't seen Sasuke….yet. "What." He said in an icy tone.
"Gaara. Clean. Up. This. Mess. If you're going to lose your temper…DON'T DO IT IN MY ROOM!" She said, temper growing with each syllable. He seemed distracted though and not inclined to listen to her angry words. Her eyes widened as she remembered that Gaara was excellent at sensing chakra patterns. He made one small move, to glance behind him. His eyes hardened the instant he saw the Uchiha. Turning around to face her again, this stoic ninja just stared at her, making no move to clean up the mess around the room. Hazel eyes narrowed and she said, in a warning voice "Gaara…"
What she didn't know was in the time he was just staring at her he was fighting to control his temper. Upon hearing her voice, still very aware of the ninja behind him, his anger exploded.
The sand in the room rushed off of whatever it was on-every last grain. Her room looked a lot cleaner. However…all of that sand rushed Sasuke with a tremendous amount of force. Gaara's eyes never left Mika's as the sand gathered Sasuke in the Desert coffin and whisked the two of them out of her room, the breeze from the sand disturbing her hair.
She didn't, while it was happening, have time to scream. She did this now, in abundance.
As she did this, three ninja appeared before her. "Sakura…Kakashi…Naruto." She said, tears starting to make their way to her eyes. Sakura sat down and rubbed her back. "Calm down. What's wrong.". Mika's eyes were widened as she looked at them. "He has him. He has him." "Who has who?" "Gaara…has Sasuke." A pin being dropped could've been heard in that room.
"What's going on?" "Sasuke was watching me sleep." Sakura sucked in her breath softly, thinking 'Is he suicidal?' but Mika didn't notice any of this."Gaara must've lost his temper in my room about something…can't think about what though-but my room was covered in sand." The truth was, she knew why he was losing his temper. It was her fault. She shouldn't have tried to toy with him.
"I called for him to come and clean it. When he came, he saw Sasuke and he lost it even more…the sand gathered around Sasuke…and they were gone. And I screamed."
As soon as she was finished talking, Sakura, Naruto and Kakashi were gone, looking for Gaara and Sasuke. Mika got up and, closing her eyes, searched for their chakra. She found them-the back porch.
She made her way down there, passing her mother who was in the middle of cooking dinner. "Ignore us mom. We have a little…drama going on right now." She walked through the kitchen door that lead out into the back yard.
She decided, as she walked past the barbeque that she didn't want anyone to see her, rather, she wanted to hear the conversation that was going on at that moment.
"Gaara…." Said Kakashi in a serious voice. From the sound of his voice it sounded like he was extremely close to unsheathing a kunai and aiming it at Gaara. "Let him go." Mika could hear Sasuke grunting in pain. Sakura added her pleas to Kakashi's. "Shut up you stupid girl. Do you not know what he's doing to you? Or are you just to glad to have him that you don't care?" When he said 'care' Sakura was launched via sand into Mika's line of vision. She crashed into the fence and slumped to the ground. "SAKURA!" yelled Sasuke, through the pain. "I want to kill you Uchiha. So I suggest you stop fueling that anger. Shut up. You're leading her on." "Why do you care Sabaku?" She heard Gaara growl at this.
Mika clasped a hand over her mouth. What? It seemed she was not the only one who was pulling off a plan against Gaara. But what wasSasuke'sreasoning for doing it? And Sasuke was right…she wanted to hear Gaara answer that-why did he care in the first place?
"Why is none of your business Uchiha. But I want you to, before everyone here today, to admit the truth. Shukaku told me-he got his information from Kyuubi-that you are actually in love with someone else. Therefore tell everyone what you are doing to Yourusashi. Do that and I'll let you go."
"Fine." Came Sasuke's voice. "I don't care about Mika as anything more than a teammate. I love, with all my heart, my girlfriend, Sakura." Sakura sat up from where she had been thrown and smiled softly at Sasuke.
Mika's heart was in her throat. She felt like crying but no tears would come because of the anger simmering in her gut. First off, she was angry at what a bastard Sasuke for leading her on while he had a girlfriend. Her sadness and some of her anger was, however, directed at herself.
What had she done, and what must Sakura think of her now?
She heard something drop to the ground like a sack of potatoes and a hissing sound. That must be Gaara dropping Sasuke and the sand retuning to the gourd. She picked up her other hand and muffled a sob.
This movement and, even the muffled sound, must've been what attracted Sakura's attention. She looked over and she saw Mika on the ground, hands covering her mouth, bangs covering her eyes. The pink-haired Kunoichi's heart went out to the girl. She must've heard every word.
Almost as if she sensed Sakura's eyes on her, she looked up. Hazel clashed with emerald. Before Sakura could blink however, Mika was gone into the kitchen and back up to her room. After telling Sasuke that she would be right back, Sakura put chakra into her feet and followed the black haired Kunoichi.
She found Mika sprawled across her bed, sobbing into the pillow. Walking slowly across the darkening room, she sat on the edge of the bed and lay a hand on the distraught girl's back.
Mika was, to say the least, caught off-guard by this. She whirled around and, upon seeing Sakura she flushed and looked away. "Mika-chan…" Said Sakura softly. Mika tried to get further away from Sakura, still unable to look at her. "Why…are you here. How can you be so friendly with me after I…." She couldn't even say it. "After you what?"
Mika's face flushed once again as she whispered "After I threw myself at your boyfriend." Sakura smiled sadly. "You didn't know. How could've you? We were trying to keep it as secret as possible. And plus, didn't you hear? He was doing it on purpose. And for the reason it was for, I don't mind. I know he loves me."
"Why though? What was that reason? I have a guess but…" "Why do you think?" "It had something to do with Gaara. He would only ever act like that when Gaara was around." Sakura lowered her head in a nod. "Technically, the reasoning's not mine to give to you but…I think that since you figured it out I can tell you. He was trying to drive Gaara to acknowledge his feelings for you."
Mika gave a little semi snort. "Not that it worked that well. I think, personally, Gaara got Sasuke to confess because…he likes me miserable. In any case…someone who can sense chakra like he can…would've known I was there. Right? If he didn't want to see me hurt he would've not drove Sasuke to confess.
"I don't think he likes seeing you in misery Mika. May I remind you of the whole Salve of the Sand Aloe thing?" Mika smiled at this. "Maybe you're right Sakura."
Mika shook her head and chuckled. This was exactly like one of the soap opera's her mother watched sometimes. Drawing her knees up to her chest she rested her chin on her arms, which encircled her knees.
"You know…I was doing the thing with Sasuke to make someone jealous as well?" Said Mika randomly.
"Who were you trying to make jealous?" Questioned Sakura…but she thought she already knew the answer.
Mika raised her head at this point and looked over. "See that's the thing. It worked…I think. But just talking to you now…made me realize that, while my plan worked, we could never work…I need someone who is not afraid to tell me he loves me when I really need it. He could never do that…he can love, I know it but it takes him to long to figure it out. And I can't deal with that. If he loves me, I want him to act on it, not be unsure of his feelings."
Mika smiled somewhat bitterly. "You remember, today when Mercy whispered to me?" Sakura nodded. "She told me that Gaara looks like a panda." Sakura muffled laughter. "But she was right…about what she said after…"
"I like the one who looks like a panda. No…not just like…"
"I'm in love with Gaara."
A/N-There you go...:) read and review...and read Pieces of an Alternate Reality. Just so my reviewers know... I have Chapter 10 typed out...(smirks evily) so if you want to read it tonight...REVIEW!
