Saturday, February 16th, 2013.
Hey, guys! Longer chap today! The chap itself is about 4k words.
My school science fair was yesterday, and I think we (my friend who's name I won't release, and my other [female] friend Jordan; we did a group project) did pretty well, I think. Usually, the kids at school dress up nice up nice for Sci. Fair.
We always have a half day that day, too. It's my first time in the school science fair! Usually, I hope for a B or C for my project and a participants' ribbon. (My overall science grade, no matter, usually remains an A or B)
This time, I think we might get into the regionals! SARSEF! (Southern Arizona Regional Something E-Something F-Something) That's where the money comes in! Yay! Also, I really liked this project.
My feet are killing me, though - 8 hours of wearing flats, where most of the padding is gone, and running in them a couple times, and standing for at least 3 of those hours straight didn't do wonders for my feet. Next time I'm carrying my shoes in my backpack and waiting til after school. Good thing it was a half day...
Anyway, wish me luck!
Birthdays that I'm going to miss (I'm not including some that already passed, since I did that in DoOver since it was a different week:
Suigetsu Hozuki: Feb 18th.
Lal Mirch (KHR), Konan, and Yahiko: Feb 20th. (what a coincidence! Some of my favorite characters and they're all part of a secret organization and are kick-ass!)
Shikaku Nara: Feb 24th. RIP.
My dad: Feb 26th.
Kabuto Yakushi: Feb 29th.
Dedication: My friend that I'm going to call "ZZ" here. If it wasn't for her, we wouldn't have a science fair project, much less one I liked so much and was so awesome. Maybe I'll tell you about it in the next chapter. Oh, she has a TeenInk . com account, and she's yeahthat'sme. She's a 100x better writer than I am.
Disclaimer: Sui's doing it, since I love him so. You've been hilarious in the latest chaps, Sui.
Sui: Thanks! Oh, uh, EOC only owns the plot. Seriously. If she owned Naruto...let's not go there.
Me: Happy early birthday by the way!
Sui: Thanks! Is there a pool nearby?
Me: Yeah, I'll show you. Meanwhile, you guys are to READ!
Don't forget to review!
Chapter 4: Parents, and Bell Tests
Sakura POV
"Damn it! I was hoping something changed in my life changed!" Ino exclaimed.
"That's what you're concerned about?" Tenten asked incredulously.
"At least Matsuri doesn't have to meet Gaara for the first time again with the possibility of him killing her." Hinata commented.
"I expected this much. Now, I just need to find Yamato in the ANBU corps. The sooner we find him, the sooner Naruto can gain more control of Kurama's chakra after he receives the necklace from Tsunade-sama." Sai adds.
Ino nods. "Mmhm! We also need to contact Karin, Matsuri, and Temari soon to see what she knows so far, and strategize."
"Alright." Tenten said. "But for now, we should probably be getting home. It's almost dark and the others will want to know where we were. We need to be more inconspicuous The less people we have suspecting anything the better. I'm going home. I have training with Neji in the morning." She walks out of the clearing toward home.
"Of course," says Sai. "I'll be leaving. See you tomorrow."
Soon, everyone else is gone, while I headed over to my parent's place.
Let's move in into the apartment tomorrow. We'll sleep here tonight.
Sure. But I'm kind of scared to see what our father is really like.
Well here's your chance. He's opening the door.
I looked up, to see my father looming over me, beer bottle in hand and reeking of cigarettes and alcohol.
"Wher' ya' been, bitch?" He slurred.
Seems like the typical type you see in books or something.
Now's not a good time Inner!
Just trying to lighten the mood…
For who?!
Nevermind…
"I was hanging out with friends, Father." I said this cautiously, looking through the memories that this Me had.
So he had beaten me a couple times…but not often. I could deal with that.
"Oh? How do I know if you're lying or not? Get in here, bitch." He even stepped aside to let me in. I walked in. "You dn't get 'ny dinr' tonight. Yer' lucky dat I'm not goin' to beat ya' too bad." He sneered, trapping me between a wall and himself. I didn't see my mother; I guess she was upstairs, unaware.
Or aware and uncaring, according to these new memories.
What should I do, Inner? Fight back? I don't know how to control my strength in this body yet.
Let him. Something in me -or us- just says let him. I don't want to come across as strong yet, give ourselves our own sob story.
…Alrighty, then…it's on your conscience…
I AM your conscious. So it's…ours, really.
Then, my father swung his burly fist at my face.
*15 minutes later, in Sakura's room*
I spent some time fixing up my wounds.
I had a black eye, a cracked wrist bone, 1 fractured rib, a busted lip, and a gash on my leg that he had caused with his empty alcohol bottle that I hadn't noticed earlier after he had broken it.
The dude should lay off the vodka and whiskey.
Shouldn't he?
Yeah. That brand isn't even that good!
…You're hopeless.
I actually didn't really care too much about the beating. It didn't hurt as much as I thought it would. Emotionally, that is.
In the other timeline, Father was never really supportive of me; just indifferent and the occasional scolding. Mom was the one who was "annoying", as my old self would have said. But overall, they were pretty okay parents. Could have been better, but no one's perfect, right?
Let's get the stuff we're taking to the other apartment ready. Then sleep.
Sure.
I spent another hour packing silently, then got ready for bed.
Bell test tomorrow, huh? I somehow have a bad feeling.
Shut up and get to sleep. I'm exhausted.
Grouch, aren't you? Whatever. 'Night.
'Night.
And with that, I feel into the welcoming arms of Hypnos. (1)
Sakura POV
I woke up early to take my things to my new apartment. I had already seen it, so I knew what it looked like. I went to the bedroom, unpacking my things. When I was done, I decided all I need to do in this room was paint and decorate the plain, white, walls, and I'd be just about set.
By now, I had just reached the red bridge, where we had always met. I was the first one there.
I looked up to the sky, a smirk coming to my face. How do you think Father will react to seeing the note we left? I asked my Inner.
I hope our parents won't try pestering the Hokage to tell us where we live. I don't know about Mom, though. She seems indifferent and like she doesn't care about us.
Maybe… But that doesn't matter now. I have other priorities.
Mebuki and Kizashi(2)
I got myself my own apartment, so I won't be living here anymore.
Bye.
-Sakura
Then, I laughed a little, picturing Father's red face of anger, ready to shred the paper. Even angrier that I called them by their names and not by "Kaa-san" and "Tou-san" or similar.
"What's so funny, Sakura-chan?" I turned to see my favorite orange-covered-fashion-monstrosity; Naruto.
I smiled at him. "Nothing, Naruto."
"Hn. Naruto. Sakura. Where's Kakashi?" I found Sasuke walking up to us.
"Hi, Sasuke-kun. I have no idea where Kakashi-sensei is, though. I heard from some jounin that Kakashi is known for being late. Didn't Iruka-sensei say that, too?"
"Fine, then. We'll see." Accepting the answer, he leaned back against the railing, probably thinking.
I, however, lied down and was going to sleep. "What're you doin' Sakura-chan?"
"Sleeping. Did you guys eat?"
Sasuke and Naruto nodded. "Good. Now, I'll wake up when Kakashi-sensei comes. I think I'll be able to hear him or something. Or Naruto's ruckus when he does will do it for him."
Naruto pouted, and Sasuke smirked. After that, I went to sleep on the bridge.
I think you hung out with Shikamaru too much in the future.
Shut up and let me sleep, damn you.
*2 ½ hours later*
I heard a "Yo", waking me up from my slumber.
I stood up, stretching, seeing Kakashi.
"So you're finally here?" I asked him.
"Yeah. Now, come with me."
He first showed us the gravestone (that he always hung out at, as I learned in the future) teaching us that some die in battle valiantly, as well as the cemetery. I kept my face impassive, Sasuke's the same, and Naruto trying but failing pathetically, looking like he was going to cry comically, but genuinely as Kakashi explained why they should be honored. Luckily, he didn't.
Then, he took us to our training ground, explaining the rules of the Bell Test.
"And…go!" The three of us disappeared.
I tried to find Sasuke.
We'll get Naruto after he's caught, but let Sasuke know about the teamwork thing.
Yeah. Let's do this!
After finding him hiding in shrubs on the ground, I bent down next to him, hiding myself and whispering.
"Sasuke-kun!" I whisper-yelled. He turned to me, seemingly annoyed.
"What?"
"I think this test is about teamwork. I mean, we're a team, right? We can't beat him individually so we'll have to work together to get those bells."
He seemed to think about it. "Maybe so. But I won't work with a weakling like you." With that he disappeared, and fired a fireball at Kakashi, who was 30 feet away.
I was too shocked to move. That…that…ASS!
But, what do I do now?
He's already working with Naruto, oddly enough. Looks like we're on our own.
I was upset by his words, but I won't let it get to me. I stood up, ready to make a move.
"Yo - done daydreaming?" Okay, maybe not so ready.
I hardened my expression, and raised my fist, and putting some chakra in it to punch him. That was when I felt like my body was burning and stiffening. Wh-wh-what's happening?
Taking advantage of my hesitation, (as it seems to him) Kakashi kicked my side, sending me to the ground.
What the hell? What's up with me? I struggled to stand, trying to kick him with my own leg to perform a roundhouse kick.
But I was too slow and Kakashi grabbed my leg and flung me into a nearby tree.
"You'll have to try better than that. I thought I said to come at me with killing intent?" That got me going.
I stood back up and flung a few kunai at him, watching him dodge. When he did, I threw a smoke bomb, obscuring his vision. I ran through the smoke, attempting to get closer to him.
The smoke quickly dispersed, and my sensei found himself face-to-face with me. I quickly casted a genjutsu on him, to distract him.
It seemed to work, and as I was inching to get the bells, he swiveled his hips away and grabbed my hand. Woah. Ew. Nasty sentence.
Is this really the time?!
"Not bad, but not good either." He commented, swinging me back to the tree I landed against before.
I ran back at him, sending a flurry of kicks and fists, him blocking all and returning some of his own. Then, I was kicked back again.
I grunted, exhausted. What's wrong with us? Performing that genjutsu nearly drained us of our chakra reserves! And we're so weak; we can hardly move! And we hurt like a bitch!
I tried to stand up. Scratch that. We can't move.
Then, I saw a blur of blue and orange fling themselves at Kakashi. I realized those blurs were Naruto and Sasuke.
Kakashi started backing up to have more room, also holding off Naruto's advances and Sasuke's ninjutsu.
I felt myself blacking out. W-what the…
Ugh…I feel like something decided to use my head as a boxing dummy…
I was waking up. I tried moving but was restricted. Is this…this is rope! But why-
I snapped my eyes open, finding my sensei looking at me and Sasuke and Naruto on either sides of me, eating bento.
I looked at Kakashi's waist, void of 2 silver bells.
So we failed, huh? I guess that's the bad feeling you were having yesterday.
Probably.
"So you're finally up, huh?" I looked back up to my sensei, sensing a lecture coming. This isn't going to be good…
"That, I must say, was pitiful. I'll admit you put up an effort, but it wasn't a great one." He started. He kept my gaze at him, my face impassive, trying not to let his words hurt me. Geez, you don't hold back, do you?
Shut up, Inner.
"What was up your performance, Sakura? How could you hope to become a ninja with skills like that? I'll admit you have some determination, but determination will only take you so far, especially with skills like that. You need to improve your physical attributes. You're smart, but it's not enough to make up for how weak you are." I winced involuntarily. Not the W-word...who knew he could be so cruel…
"Naruto and Sasuke are much farther ahead of you. Naruto isn't very strong but he's stronger than you even, and Sasuke is pretty good for his age. That gap between those two isn't as drastic as the one between you and them." Great. Now you're acknowledging that gap? Does he really have to make a huge speech, too?
"Those two have been through so much, more than you can ever hope to understand, yet they persevered and became stronger from it. You however, are not any stronger. You'd think you'd be stronger, without all those hardships pulling you down, but I guess not. No, I'm not saying that you haven't been through any pain, but none to compare to those two's." I almost looked down, but I kept my gaze at him, hiding my pain so he couldn't see it. At the same time, I was nearly boiling with anger.
"I suppose I thought too much of you. I overestimated you. I should send you back to the academy." My stare never wavered. "But…you did realize the point of this exercise; teamwork, and you attempted it. However, you were rejected and was too late before you can ask your other teammate. And, you also caught on and ate instead of not eating like I told you to. I'll give you props for that, at least. You are also quite intelligent, as far as I can tell. But if those were the only reasons, I'd still fail you."
He paused, looking at all of us now, but I still only looked at him. "'Those that disregard the rules are scum, yes. But those who abandon and disregard their comrades are worse than scum.' If there's one thing I want you all to remember from today, it's that."
He turned to me again. "I'll give you another chance Sakura. You seem to have some potential. But also know that if your teammates have to protect you all the time, you'll bring the team down. You need to become stronger." I nodded to show my understanding.
There was a moment of silence, my poker face never wavered.
I spoke.
"…Is that all?" Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi looked at me. Obviously, they weren't expecting an indifferent reaction and were expecting a waterfall of tears instead.
"If that's all, I understand and would appreciate if you'd untie these ropes. They're getting irritating."
After getting over his shock, Kakashi untied me from the infamous stump. However, Sasuke and Naruto were still staring at me. Sasuke almost warily, and Naruto…I'm not sure, but I'm sensing shock there.
Kakashi then stood up and turned to the trees for some reason. "Hey, you! I know you're there! Show yourself! You've been watching us since we started the test."
I was astonished. How did I not sense anyone?
Maybe it has something to do with our chakra and strength out of whack.
The figure jumped down from the tree and chuckled a little. "I was wondering when you'd call me out Kakashi-sempai(3). May I call you that? And yes; I have been watching since the beginning."
That voice…Wait a minute! That's Sai!
He hadn't changed much. He only looks…well younger. Duh.
I ignored Inner.
I was curious about why Sai was here, and in his ROOT uniform.
But luckily, Kakashi asked for me.
"Why are you here? Did Danzo send you…?"
"Sai. I am Sai. That's my permanent name now." Sai supplied, testing the name on his tongue as if trying to get used to the feeling of having a name to himself. Sometimes, I forget he didn't know what it was like having a name to identify himself before…so sad…
"…Sai. You can may me… 'sempai', but what are you here for?"
Sai's usual fake smile didn't waver. Man, now we have to start over with his emotions training!
"Lord Danzo sent me. He asked me to observe your team to see how they fared against you. I think you know why."
Sasuke glared at Sai, wondering who he was exactly. Naruto was the same.
"What's he planning?" Kakashi questioned cautiously.
"It's nothing terrible by your standards, or bad at all for that matter. Even if I wanted to, I couldn't exactly tell you. But you'll find out soon." Kakashi looked like he was torn between being relieved or suspicious.
"Who are you?" demanded Sasuke. Kakashi and Sai turned to him, like they forgot he was there.
Sai simply answered and sent his fake smile toward him. "My name is Sai. I'm 14, by the way. I presume you're the famous Uchiha Sasuke?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"You don't seem like all that to me. You only seem cocky and arrogant, hardly very strong at all. What do people see in you?"
Sasuke was officially pissed. "What!?"
Sai seemed unperturbed. "I know what I'll call you…"
Pleasedon'tbeTraitor…pleasedon'tbeTraitor…pleasedon'tbeTraitor…
"…Cockatoo. Yes. I like that one. Now – you're Naruto Uzumaki?" He turned to our favorite ramen eater.
OMG! That's kinda funny! And it's about time someone else came up with a new nickname for his hair!
"Yeah…" Now Naruto was preparing himself for some insults. "Hm. I'm a little disappointed. Who wears bright orange with white and blue? You're also a lot shorter than I expected."
Great. He pulled the short card.
That's Sai for you.
"SHUT UP, ASSHOLE! What are you anyway? Why is Kakashi-sensei your sempai? Aren't you a genin like us?"
For a minute, Kakashi, Sasuke and I just stared at him. I wasn't expecting him to brush of the insults that quickly, and by the looks of it, neither were the others. Neither did I expect him to ask such an obvious…he's sharper than I thought he would be in this time.
"Sai…is from a part of ANBU. ROOT, or The Foundation, to be exact." Kakashi explained, over his initial shock.
"ANBU?" Sasuke asked, still angry at Sai, his jealously barely hidden from his voice.
"Those at ROOT are trained from a very young age, and only when we finish the final test do we become official ANBU ROOT members. I passed it already, so I'm an official member." Sai had supplied.
Kakashi was surprised. "Already? Wouldn't that make you the youngest to pass?"
Sai's face was already void of its (fake) smile; void of expression altogether. So painful to look at…that means Shin's-…he must not be taking it very well. "Yes, I guess it does."
"Does that make you ANBU level!?" hollered Naruto, curious.
"Not quite. Though I passed the academy when I was 9 and became a chunin at 10, so I'm above Chunin level. I don't think I can beat Kakashi though, who's a jonin that was formerly in the ANBU Black Ops. There's no way I can beat him. But I can put up a good fight. Does that help?"
I could clearly see the angry jealousy in Sasuke's eyes. He was jealous that someone so close to his age was also someone who was so far ahead of him; who can defeat his brother sooner than he could.
We need to work faster, Outer. He's already sprouting that evil seed. If it continues to let it grow, it'll be like the future. And that seed thing was a metaphor, of course.
For sure. We need to make him not hate us first, though. Also, you sound like some old poet.
Before Inner could reply, Sai acknowledged me. "Hello, Ugly. What is up?"
I chuckled, standing. "It's 'what's up', and I thought I told you not to insult people when you first meet them, Sai-kun?"
He fake smiled again. "Ah, yes. I remember when you hit me." He rubbed his cheek. "I can almost feel it just thinking about it. What was wrong with your performance today? It was positively abysmal."
I think I already know it was awful, Sai-kun. No need to add salt on the wound.
"Er…not sure. So you completed the test?" I saw the look in his eye. Sadness, but relief. The last test would end with his brother sacrificing himself to let Sai pass, since Shin was going to die anyway.
"Yes…"
"Hey, wait a minute!" "You know each other?!" the former was Naruto and the latter was both Sasuke and Kakashi in unison.
I answered their shock. "Yeah. Ran into each other at the library one day. He's my friend."
"Yes. Friend. The Old Hag is my friend." Sai's "smile" was still there.
"Ugly? Old Hag? Are you calling Sakura-chan those things! She's pretty and not an old hag! You're obviously older than her!" I was flattered at Naruto's comment.
Sai still replied, though. "Yes, I am calling her those things. Those are my nicknames for her, and yours is Dickless. Sakura lets me call he those things when she's in a better mood because they're…what's the word? Oh. Endearing, I believe it was."
While Naruto was blowing up at his nickname and protesting that he wasn't in fact "dickless", Sasuke spoke up. "Excuse me, but I don't see how that's 'endearing'." Cue air-quotes.
I answered this time. "Sai is…emotionally stunted to put it nicely, so yes, for him, and to me now, it is sort of endearing for separate reasons. But they still piss me off." They're endearing because it reminds us of the future, and better times…
Distinctly, I heard Naruto mutter something. "…endearing?...the hell...how's that endearing?..."
Sai nodded, then his phone made a dinging sound. A text.
He pulled it out and checked his message, then showed it to me and I nodded. Roger.
Sai turned to me and said, "I'll be going, Sakura. I will see you later."
"Bye, Sai-kun." I offered him a smile and turned to get my ninja pouch from the stump I was tied to when Sai's hand pulled on my wrist, dragging me toward him, and kissed me on the cheek.
I flushed, shocked, then saw an odd glint in his eye, and then got suspicious. After a second, I understood the situation as he disappeared between the trees.
My face didn't go back to my normal complexion, though. He's sly when he wants to be.
Definitely.
"HEY! Get back here, you asshole! Don't you kiss Sakura-chan like that!" When Naruto realized the effort was futile, he turned to me. "What was that, Sakura-chan? Are you over Teme, too, like Ino and are into that guy instead?!"
I tried not to look like that was the stupidest thing he's ever asked me. It wasn't, but it was still ridiculous. "What? No! He was just messing with you! I don't like him like that – at all! He's just a friend!"
The blonde wasn't convinced, looking at me incredulously. "Yeah. You two are real friendly." Sasuke seemed curious, but I couldn't tell what Kakashi was thinking.
I smacked my forehead. Idiot! "I assure you, I have no interest in a romantic relationship with Sai-kun and he would sooner eat an entire bowl of rotten, mushed, fruit and send himself to the emergency room than engage in such a thing with me. Believe me. Besides, I don't have a death wish, nor the heart." I mumbled the last part, thinking of Ino's growing feelings for Sai and her reaction if I liked him, too, as well as the fact that I'm doomed to love only Sasuke for eternity.
I think I'm going to cheer myself up with what would happen if I made a bowl of those medicine balls I made once (4) and Sai ate them all. Just a bite sent him running away. What about a whole bowl? Hmm…
Naruto simply speculated my answer, but I had places to be.
"I'll be seeing you later guys, 'kay? I'll assume we're meeting tomorrow at 9 at the bridge, but if there's any change in plans, let me know."
I pulled out a piece of paper, wrote on it, then gave it to Kakashi. "I moved out of my parent's place and into an apartment. That's my address." He skimmed it and nodded, then put it in his pocket.
"Later, boys." With a wave and a smile, I headed between the trees. Excuse me trees, but I have a meeting to get to.(5)
*To the Boys and Kakashi*
Normal POV
"Hey, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked his sensei.
"Yeah, Naruto?"
"Don't you think you were a little too harsh on Sakura-chan when she was tied to the stump?"
Kakashi didn't seem fazed in the least. "Hardly. She needed to hear it, Naruto. I was surprised that she didn't cry though."
Sasuke nodded his agreement. "Aa. I was expecting her to burst into tears and fangirl over me more. She's been changing lately."
"Yeah!" Naruto agreed.
"A little too fast, though." Sasuke added.
"Maybe you're just paranoid, Teme."
"Maybe, Dobe. But she seems different, it started the day we were assigned teams; yesterday. Her aura seemed…different. And she didn't freak out over me, although she almost hugged me."
"Maybe. But she seems to be changing for the better, bastard. Maybe we can ask her about it?"
"If she's changing like you said, I doubt she'll answer." Kakashi injected.
"How does she know that Sai guy so well?" Sasuke pondered.
"They really could be friends that met in the library, like Sakura said. I don't find anything suspicious about that, except that she seems to know more about him and his organization than she lets on. Secretive, almost. Or it can just be something between them that they keep sacred. You get that don't you?" Kakashi suggested.
"That doesn't explain their closeness, though. How'd we never see him before or know who he is?" Sasuke asked, obviously suspicious.
"Yeah." Naruto agreed. "He's pretty recognizable with that pale-to-the-point-of-white skin and all. And he seems pretty attractive, so you'd think she would've boasted about him before she changed. And how long did she know him?"
"Not sure. We should keep an eye on her, and him especially. She's hiding something from us and I don't trust him." Sasuke decided.
Kakashi looked at him, deadpanning. "Naruto's right. You are paranoid. But maybe we can keep an eye on them; but no spying or anything like that. When she's around us, you can observe her actions, and his. But no eavesdropping or spying, like I said. She might not be hiding anything, you know. We can trust her. But I think you're extra paranoid of Sai because you don't like him. But yeah, it's odd someone who Danzo regards so highly, makes me think that he'll make Sai his right-hand man when he's older, is so close to Sakura. But he doesn't seem like a bad guy. We'll see. Now go. Tomorrow. 9am. Bridge."
And the white haired man 'poofed' away.
Sasuke turns to leave. "Bye, Dobe." He left too.
Naruto groaned, rubbing his tummy. "I need Ichiraku's. I hope I still have some coupons."
With that, he headed off to fulfill his ramen-filled fantasy.
(1): Hypnos is the Greek god of sleep. Morpheus is the god of dreams, btw. I mix the two up often.
(2): Those are the actual names of Sakura's parents. Their names and looks were released when Road to Ninja came out in Japan.
(3): If you didn't know, "sempai"=upperclassman. It doesn't always have to be your literal, school, upperclassman, but someone who's a bit more experience in something than you. Sakura could call Shizune "Shizune-sempai" because Shizune is her senior in Tsunade's apprenticeship. Ino could call Sakura "Sakura-sempai" for the same reason. In Sai and Kakashi's case, Sai calls him "Kakashi-sempai" for the same reason as Yamato - Kakashi is their senior ninja. He is in a higher rank than them, or have been in the same rank longer and first. Naruto and the others (Konoha 12) can't call him that because they're (some of them) his students, and are too many ranks below. Get it?
(4): Remember that episode where Naruto was training with Kakashi to learn the Rasenshuriken and Sakura watches him, makes him medicine balls, and decides to give them to him when he's done training? Sai was there too, and she offered one to him, to see how it tasted, and it was repulsive to him. She tried it next, and nearly puked. It was terrible tasting because, to make it nutritious she put too many healthy ingredients in it, forgetting about taste.
(5): When I first wrote that line, I was thinking of the meeting in the last chapter, forgetting that it already happened. For now, just think of it as a daily report sort of meeting with the others. They won't do it everyday, but just to see what Sakura's bad feeling meant.
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