Okay, so I narrowed the pairings down to Gaara (with all those votes) and Kiba... (Please don't vote anymore, I have already decided how it's going to end.) Don't worry, there will still be some moments with the other boys, so all of you can be satisfied. And then the other pairings will be InoxShikamaruxTemari, NarutoxHinata(sorry NaruSaku fans! But this was kind of the plan all along...), and maybe... MAYBE(most likely not) TentenxNeji. I don't know. If you want some other pairings (not involving Sakura) then please... write it down into reviews. Okay then, let's read, shall we?
NO OWN NARUTO. (As always)
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Chapter 12: Let Go
Sakura walked back home with her girlfriends. She decided to leave her copy alone with the boys for the night, so she can rest with peace. Plus, she didn't want to see Kiba's face. She stared out into nothing, her face filled with blank expression.
"S-Sakura-chan, a-are you okay?" The shy girl timidly asked as she looked at Sakura with a concerned look.
Sakura snapped back into reality and turned to Hinata with a puzzled smile, "Y-yeah, I'm okay, Hinata-chan. I'm just… uh……… tired, I guess…" She let out a small nervous laugh escape through her lips.
"Awww! And I planned out all these fun games to play for tonight!" Ino sulked and slumped her shoulders, Tenten giggled along with Temari.
"Well, we're all tired, Ino! We DID play all day long you know!" Tenten pointed out.
"We could have had some girl time to ourselves if only forehead girl didn't invite those dopes!" Ino scrunched her face, but Sakura wasn't retorting back and this got Ino's attention, "H-hey, Sakura, are you really okay?" Sakura only nodded and started to walk faster. The others followed with an uneased expression written across their face.
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On the other side of the street, Kiba walked home with his friends back to school with an angry face. He narrowed his eyes every time he thought of Sakura. It just infuriated him each time he remembered what she had said to him.
"Forgiving is all about understanding each other, excusing somebody from their own mistakes! Knowing the other's feelings!"
Kiba growled low enough for Akamaru to hear.
"YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW I'M FEELING!"
The dog nin breathed deeply and tried to let the anger escape with it. At the side, Akamaru whined for his master, worried about the state he was in. Kiba looked down at Akamaru and frowned. He picked his partner up and placed him in his arms since he wasn't wearing his usual jacket.
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Sakura shut the door quietly after her and walked slowly to the radio, turning it on; a song just begun.
You never thought things would turn out like this, did you?
That's when you know time is always changing.
The young kunoichi sat on her bed, and held one of her stuffed animals close to her. She brought her knees up against her chest and sank her pink head into the stuffed animal.
Not being able to forget this state
Not needing to keep it stored away
Even if you understand not breaking in
This feeling, whatever I do, gotta let you know
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Kiba lay down on his bed, petting Akamaru on the pillow. He loved it when someone was petting him, but he noticed Kiba wasn't happy.
It all started with "Hey, how you doing?"
Our eyes met, the start of the story line
Then its like our meeting and parting is set
Kiba buried his face into his pillow, Akamaru placing his little paws on the brunette's head. He mumbled some things into the pillow, but Akamaru couldn't make up what he tried to say.
But if I'm not next door, it's heartache
Just wondering if you feel the same
They say ego is the terror of the heart
Kiba shot his head up and ran out of the room, Akamaru following with confusion. The boy went outside of school and climbed the school gates out into Konoha village. Akamaru barked, trying to go through the gates, Kiba turned blinking at his dog. He only smiled and crouched down to pet his dog, "Wait for me, okay boy?" With that, Kiba ran out to the streets, making Akamaru howl.
Love train… It was a last minute boarding
But waiting wasn't an ideal you'd give me so it was straight no chase
With super speed until reality, run, run, run
The clock's hand that never stops
Magic that can be used only once, the key of fate
Sudden change by love, laughing bruise logic
You gotta hurry, Mr. Heartbreak might stay
Rewind memories played back with faded color
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By the time the song was half way done, Sakura realized that she was crying. She was shocked by her sudden emotion change and wiped the tears away with the back of her hand. Even if she did wipe them away, the tears constantly kept streaming down her now red cheeks. She laughed at herself, how stupid she was at crying over nothing. Suddenly, Inner Sakura spoke, 'Is it stupid…? Is it really nothing?' She asked, watching the droplets of her own tears falling to the ground. Sakura widened her eyes and saw those tears sink into the fabric of the pillow before her. "…What…………?"
Tell me how to be free
Will my heart be free?
So tell me even for a moment
"I don't understand… I don't understand this feeling……" Then an unexpected knock came from beyond her door. Wondering who it was, she lifted herself up from the bed and wiped her remaining tears away and opened the door when she was ready. She broadened her eyes once more when she saw who stood on the other side of door, out of breath. "I… I… I don't understand……" She began, shaking her head from right to left.
"No need to," Kiba leant forward towards Sakura and pressed his lips firmly against hers. Sakura, still recovering from initial shock, started by shutting her eyes tightly and smirked inwardly, "This wasn't how I taught him to kiss a girl..."
Even if I drown in love that doesn't come true, this state
I don't want to wake from the dream, can't let go
It's okay to be selfish
I want love without jolts here
And all through this, the two didn't notice a pair of jade eyes staring at them from out the window. Gaara stood on a tree branch, crossing his arms as always. He narrowed his eyes, now showing emotion for once. Irritated, he left the two alone and disappeared into grains of sand to go back home at school.
A rank that seems broken, only becoming uneasy
Oh, why do you come to want a monopoly?
Without saying anything, I want your love here…
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A/N: Oh wow. Short, I know, but it's worth it, no? Well… for the KibaSaku fans at least… Well, when I was writing the part about Sakura and Kiba, I was totally thinking about the song, Let Go by M-flo & Yoshika, so I just had to write in those song lyrics… Sorry, I just needed to do that… Oh, and Gaara! Gaara saw! OHHHWEEEYAAAAY!
WARNING: OKAY, BIG NEWS! I'm not going to be here starting this Wednesday until next Tuesday, the 22nd. I'm going on my first out of town vacation! YAAAAYY! All those school work just tired me out, I need a vacation. Unfortunately, I can't bring my laptop… so I can't write my stories… But I will be thinking about all the plots and stuff! I'll write it down on a piece of paper so I won't forget every detail of it! So… so… see you next week! (waves) BYEEE!