omg...i think i've fallen back into habit of nto updating soon enough...gomen...-.-;; well, you see, my year 10 graduation dance was on wednesday...and so...i needed ot prepare for it and all...gah...T.T but now..i'm oficially FINISHED SCHOOL FOR THE YEAR! W00t! -dances around- hehe...anywaiz...
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hehe...my mind has just been brimming with ideas for all sorts of fanfics! gawd...i dun even knwo if i'll ever get around to writing them...i posted a few summaries in my authors page under upcoming fanfics...but i dunno yet...gahh...T.T
anywaiz..enough of my babbling! here's chapter nine! It's a bit longer than my last chappie...hope that you'll enjoy!
Happy reading pplz! and please review at the end if you can! n.n arigatou in advance!
"Text" Normal dialogue
"Text" Dialogue on the phone (other line)
'Text' thought/ what the character is thinking
'Text' Inner Sakura
(Text) Authors Notes (A/N)
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters from the anime/manga. Kishimoto-sensei does XD
Recap:
'Did she really mean what she had said? What am I to do now?' With that thought and a heavy heart, he began to wonder down the streets of Konoha, letting his feet take him wherever they may lead to.
Forgotten Love- Chapter Nine
Realizations and Reflections
Sakura knew that Sasuke would've followed her so once she had dashed out that door; she molded her chakra quickly and used a teleportation jutsu to her room. She felt slightly guilty leaving him with the bill but she had let her confused emotions get the best of her and just could not stay at that place with those perverted men any longer. How could he just let her expose her white panties to the whole world? Her face still reddened in embarrassment at the thought.
Well, he did say that he didn't know about it, but Sakura just had to blame it on someone for that incident, and it had to be him.
'He could just be saying that to act innocent!' Inner Sakura retorted.
'That COULD be a possibility…but…he is not the perverted type…is he?'
'What do you think girl? He could've been secretly enjoying the view from where he was at…SHANNARO! That bastard made you look like a slut!'
At that statement Sakura felt a mix of emotions surge through her senses, a mixture of anger, embarrassment and fear.
'That...That's right! That, That…That BASTARD!'
'HMPH!'
'If I end up on the front cover of the next Icha Icha Paradise volume I'll--'
'I'll smash him into tiny miniature pieces and grind him into dust then mix it with water then pour into a bottle and throw him out into the middle of the sea with a piece of meat attached so that sharks will smell it and then eat him up and then--'
'Wait…isn't that a bit too much?'
'…?'
'I mean…was I going too far when I said that I hate him? Was that too much?'
'HE DESERVED IT!'
'Hmm…I guess…'
At that last thought, it was then did her flashback earlier come into mind.
'That…that memory…was it a memory? Or just a dream? H-H-How come I've never remembered that moment before?… I don't recall it happening… yet…it felt so…familiar…'
'What was?'
'That…moment…when he made me feel…needed…that I wasn't left behind…that I had improved in my own way as a shinobi… He made me feel strong…when I felt weak…it felt so…warm-'
'Wait! Wait! You mean that pervert made you feel special sometime in your past?'
'Yeah…I think…'
'Are you sure that you weren't just dreaming? Maybe even hallucinating? Coz you never know what was in that coffee-'
'No! it was not a hallucination. I think…no…I'm sure. It felt too real. You know, come to think of it, there was a time before the chuunin exam that I felt needed and there was this someone who had helped me along when I was in doubt. I just couldn't remember who that person was. Do you think it was him?'
'…'
Her inner mind chose not to answer for she too did not know that answer to that question herself.
Sakura wanted to continue to ponder further but was prevented from doing so when her mobile phone rang.
♪ I believe your promise,
it's too hard to give me courage,
always I feel it the precious time seeing you...♫
She dug through her handbag, pulled out the vibrating flip phone and with out looking at the caller ID she answered it.
"Hello?"
"Moshi Moshi?"
"Er...Who's calling?"
"Its me Sakura."
She recognized the voice immediately, for she remembered it oh so well the way he would say her name.
"Oh! Hi Gaara-kun!"
"Hey Sakura. Umm, do you want to go out tomorrow?"
"Huh? Oh! Are you coming over to Konoha Gaara-kun?"
"Hai. Just stopping over after coming home from a mission. I also have to deliver a message to the Hokage."
"Oh really? Wow! I haven't seen you in a while now! Aww…I missed you…"
"Heh. I missed you too. So anyways, about tomorrow?"
"Huh? Oh yeah! Sure!" She smiled.
"That's good. Oh yeah and we need to plan something for our special day next Tuesday."
"Next Tuesday? What's so special about next Tuesday?"
"Sakura…" He sounded a bit disappointed at her being oblivious to the special day, yet annoyed at the same time.
"What? What's so special about next Tuesday?" She asked again, as she searched her mind to try and remember the date of that day.
"you'll find out soon. Anyways, I'll pick you up at 10.00 tomorrow 'k?"
"Sure!"
"Alright, love you Sakura-chan!"
"…"
"Sakura? Sakura? Hello? Are you there?"
The word 'love' had caught her off guard and this thought of the feeling somehow led back to a certain raven-haired shinobi.
"Err…gomenazai Gaara-kun…must be bad connections…Love…you too…Gaara-kun..."
Gaara on the other line could hear the uncertainty in her tone of voice and wasn't too convinced with her reply. He decided to just make a mental note and worry about it later.
"'k! ja!"
"Ja!" She hung up first and sighed. She made a mental list of the current events and recalled them one by one. Today had been a LONG day for her.
Just because of her ex-team mate's return, she has already had two flashbacks, fainted, revealed her white lacy panties to the whole café, by accident and had told him that she hates him out of embarrassment and anger all in ONE day. Sakura kept trying to think back to those days of team seven. Did he have such an impact on her life back then? Whilst thinking about that, her thoughts trailed back to the 'special event' next Tuesday that Gaara had mentioned. She still couldn't think of it. What was the date of Next Tuesday anyways?
Out of curiosity she got off her bed and went to her study desk where a desktop Calendar was placed. With just one glance at the object her eyes widened in realization.
'OMG! I totally forgot! Next Tuesday is our anniversary! Wow! It's been five years already? Hmm…I wonder what we should plan to do….'
'You're meeting him tomorrow remember?' Inner Sakura decided to butt in.
'Yeah.'
'Then plan it tomorrow with him then!'
'Yeah. this day has been so unexpected. I feel so tired…' She yawned after that comment and was about to flop down onto her welcoming bed when her mobile rang again. She groaned a bit in irritation before flipping it open and answering it.
"Moshi Moshi?"
"Sakura!" Sakura pulled the phone away from her ear slightly at the screech.
"Hi Ino."
"Well?" Slightly confused by this she asked back, "'Well' What?"
"What do you mean 'well what'! What happened between you two?" Thinking that Ino was referring to Gaara, Sakura decided to tell Ino about what next Tuesday was.
"Well, next Tuesday is our anniversary, so we've decided to meet each other tomorrow and plan what we should do."
"What! You and Sasuke have an anniversary now?" Ino questioned back in confusion.
"Huh? Me and Sasuke?" Then something clicked and she realized that Ino had meant to ask about what had happened between her and her ex-teammate after she had left.
"Oh! You mean earlier?"
"What else could I have meant?
"Ahh…Never Mind…"
"So? What had happened after I left Sakura?" Ino asked in a slightly teasing tone and in eagerness to hear in on the gossip.
The embarrassing moment at the café popped back into Sakura's mind. She did not want to relive that moment all over again by retelling it all to her best friend, so she decided to tell a white lie. A white lie is when you tell someone part of the truth but not the entire thing.
"We went to blossoms and had a cup of coffee."
"…And?" Ino asked, eager to hear more than just that statement.
"That's it."
"What do you mean 'that's it'!"
"Nothing else happened." Sakura stated simply. She was a good liar.
"What! I left you two alone and you just had a cup of coffee!"
"Well, what did you expect?"
"Err…Nothing! Okay, Okay, I'll see you around then! Ja!"
Ino hung up before Sakura could pursue her question further. With a frown now present on her face, she closed her flip phone and placed it on her bedside table. There were two photo frames on there also. One consisted of her and Gaara at the Spring Festival last year with Sakura holding stick of cotton candy with a cheerful smile and Gaara had an arm slung around her shoulder. The other photograph was of Team seven, with Sakura in the centre, Naruto and Sasuke both with scowls on their faces and a smiling one-eyed Kakashi.
Upon seeing those photographs, Sakura began to wonder a bit on recent events and also about what she and Gaara should do for their anniversary.
'I wonder what he has in mind…' And with that thought she decided to get changed into something more comfortable for working around the house.
Sasuke's wondering led him to Old Cherry Blossom Park. With his mind still in deep thought, his feet unconsciously lead him though the gates and down the pathway. It was spring and the cherry blossom trees were in full bloom, with every branch full of rose pink petals. Most of them were blown off from their branches and laid scattered across the grassy plains, creating an illusion of pink fields.
Pink.
Cherry Blossoms.
Maybe he had unconsciously walked here because the scene reminded him so much of a certain kunoichi. The one person and reason he had in giving him the strength to complete his ambition. The one person he had loved for so many years. Imagine, that that one person you have cherished in your heart for such a long time, have not seen in years and when you've finally found them again, saw them again only to be devastated when they tell you that he or she hates you.
Hate was such a strong word to a heart that has finally learnt to love.
It used to be a word that easily rolled off his tongue in speech and thought, but when the person he held dear to him had directed the word at him, he was finally able to establish its full meaning.
Love…
And Hate.
The two words that contradict each other, have totally opposite meanings can all be within one soul at the same time. It pained his heart so much with each recalling of her words.
Sasuke sat down on a bench, resting his elbows on his knees and entangling his bangs with his fingers. He shut his eyes and tried to calm his troubled mind by listening to the sounds produced by nature. The soft breeze blew through his loose bangs, gently caressing his cheeks.
'Did she really meant what she had said?' This was the same question that has been in his mind since she had walked out of the café. Her voice and words still lingering around in his head and ringing in his ears.
'… "I HATE YOU!" …'
'What has happened? She has changed…well, she is still her old cheerful self…but…there is like…an emptiness inside her eyes when she looks at me…something is not right…and…' He let out a sigh. 'I don't like it when she calls me "Sasuke-san" or "Uchiha-san"…'
Though he would never admit it out loud, he actually did miss the way she had used to call him 'Sasuke-kun'. Now that he came to think of it, the way she used to say his name had always seemed to lighten up his heart, even though he never showed it.
'What should I do now?' He thought for a moment, then asked himself, Why did he come back?
'Because I wanted to see her…I cane back FOR her…'
Why?
'So I could tell her that…' He loves her.
Sasuke looked up from the ground when thought had finally struck his mind.
'And that's what I should do…I will tell her my feelings tomorrow…it's what I came back to do… and I shall do just that…'
With that final thought, he made his decision to make his confession tomorrow. Sasuke got up from the bench and decided to head towards the Hokage's office. He figured, since he's back, shouldn't he report his return? And hopefully be able to claim his apartment back while he's at it. He needed a place to stay after all right? So, he gathered up chakra into the soles of his feet and in a blink of an eye, leapt into the trees and began heading towards the Hokage's Office building.
TBC...
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anywaiz...this chappie was kinda boring...but it also kinda informs you of the events to come for the next day...LOL...Sakura is going to meet Gaara, and Sasuke plans to confess to her tomorrow. ooOOoo...O.o...but no...Sasuke does not neet Gaara YET in the next chappie...T.T gomen. Sasuke's thoughts might be considered a bit OOC and Gaara is very OOC in this chappie but all will be explained in future chappies! so just bear with me...hehe
Anywaiz, here are the answers to reviews!
oh yeah, this is the last time i'll be doing this since there is this new review reply system that has setted up. I'll reply you guyz' reviews by that way starting from next chappie. Except for anonymous reviewers...XD
Miyuki Tsukada- hi! LOL...omg..i WISH that i got 805 reviews! hehe...but judging by that review...did you umm..kinda posted the wrong review for the wrong fic perhaps? O.o? just asking...but anywaiz...thanx for da review!
saki-kun - hi! I can only tell you so much...sasuke does not see Kakashi or Naruto until a few future chapters ahead...but i'm still not sure about how they would react to Sasuke's return either...XD ttyl! thanx!
sasukerox - yeah i know...he was innocent! LOL..but inner Sakrua sure doesn't think so...hehe...k thanx!
pei-chan - hi! oopz...yeah i meant to say that it was 'Icha Icha Paradise' but i guess while i was typing it up i must've been thinking Make out Violence and Icha Icha Paradise at the same time...XD LOL yeah...i'll fix that up...thanx for pointing it out!
Aya-angel-of-happiness- hi! yeah..Sakura can be a bit harsh...but that's what happens when you wake up from a sudden falshback to find your ex-teammate's lips on yours and your skirt flipped up. Confusion and unable to think before you act. anywaiz...so you think i should write the NejiTen ficcie? i've just been so addicted into reading them lately...sigh...Neji-kun is so kakkoi! hehe...thanx!
heartillyangel- hi! yeah..Sasuke is REALLy OOC in the last chappie...coz he didn't want her think it was his fault! i mean..he cares about what she thinks of him after all! LOL XD but..i think i went too far with the stuttering bit...hehe...anywaiz...thanx!
i-x3-shikamaru - aww! dun be sad...:( I LoVE sasuke-kun too...but dun worri! he'll end up with Sakura somehow...i think...hehe...thanx!
senx2 - oo...so doI...i mean..who wouldn't want to kiss that absolutely hawt and smei Uchiha...-drools- I soooo wanna touch those well-toned abs of his! ;P hehe...
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Thanx for your reviews! i hope that you guyz liked this chappie! though it was kidna boring...T.T anywaiz..thanx again!
Phew! O.O So many reviewers! hehe..but i'll answer reviews by the new review systems next time...unless the same question is asked by many reviewers. anywaiz...
Next Chapter...
Sasuke heads off to the Hokage's office and reports his return.
I hope that the reason and warning he was given was a good enough excuse...hehe
... the next day comes and he is on his way to accomplish his self set mission!
anywaiz...thats it...i still am unsure if i should write a new fanfic or not on Neji and Tenten...oh wellz...
Until Next time...
Ja pplz!
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