Previously on "The Happiness & Sorrows of a Cherry Blossom"...

'Sasuke, what's wrong?' The velvet voice asked, this time, it wasn't much of a child's voice, but now, Sasuke was even more annoyed.

'Who are you?' He asked in a low tone now, he figured, that maybe if he asked nicely, the voice wouldn't go away.

The reply was a giggle.

'I can't believe you've already forgotten me Sasu-kun.' She said after a pause.

C H A P T E R 7 : T H O U G H T S

I liked the idea of having to sit down on the grass and relax. It's been a while since I actually had some free time. After I met up with the rest of the gang, I decided to roam around campus. It was a hard time getting rid of Naruto though, eventually I made Hinata sit beside him and talk.

It really was big, and it definitely lived up to the name "Konoha University". I was sure I was going to like it here, excluding the fact that I'll be living with the Uchiha, but I'll find ways to get a different room. I always do.

I looked around me. All I saw in view was more green grass and lots of trees. I thought it was really pretty; it would probably make a good scene for painting. I'll make note on that later.

I sat down under the tree nearest to me. The breeze felt really good as it touched my skin. Just then I realized I was still in my pajamas. I am so glad I didn't decide to wear something for bearing for bed clothes.

Hmm, I guess it wouldn't be so bad if I just took a little nap. I closed my eyes and leaned against the tree a little bit more. I closed my eyes until I drifted into a relaxing sleep, the breeze still blowing, and the light disappearing as I went into my own little world.

Laughter of children ringed in my ears.

"Sakura-Chan! Tag! You're it!" A blonde little boy laughed playfully as he touched my shoulder and ran away from me.

"What?" Dang, that didn't sound like me. I said a couple more random words. "Ahem. Bubbles. Ahem." I stood where I was, and tried to regain MY voice. I grunted. "The hell…"

Someone gasped behind me. I turned around, only to see a little blonde girl.

"Sakura-Chan… you said the "h" word!" The little girl exclaimed as she just stood there, looking quite surprised.

"Huh?" I was dumbfounded. Where the hell was I?

BANG!

A painful shot ran through my head. I rubbed the back of my head softly. I grimaced and closed my eyes. It hurt, a lot.

I opened my eyes again, the little children were gone, and a Frisbee was in my lap.

"Sorry!" Some student yelled from across the field as he waved his hands back in forth, most likely asking me to pass the Frisbee back to the.

"Stupid friggin idiot and your stupid Frisbee." I muttered under my breath as I took hold of the Frisbee and threw it as hard as I could.

"Thanks!" They yelled back at me.

I yelled a "no problem" and decided that I should probably start walking.

"Ino!" Tenten yelled as she caught up with her blonde friend.

"What?" Ino glanced at Tenten as she stopped walking.

"Look over there." She pointed.

"Hmmm…" Ino had to squint both her eyes to see and realize what Tenten was pointing at.

Tenten slapped her forehead. 'Idiot.'

"It's Sasuke and Neji!" Tenten blurted out. Due to the uncountable years that she had known Ino, she probably realized by now that it would have taken Ino a good 10 minutes to actually realize what was going on.

"Oh!" Ino exclaimed as she was just about to run towards them, but then Tenten grabbed hold of her shoulders and pulled her back.

"Idiot! You don't just do that! That's the Uchiha we're talking about!" The brunette wailed as she shook Ino back and forth, her hair flying every.

"So? We've known him for our whole life…" Just then something hit her.

"What's that look for?" Tenten asked suspiciously as she looked closely at Ino's flawless face.

"I just got an idea!" Ino sang as her eyes formed into stars.

"Great…" Tenten said sarcastically. "What is it?"

"Well, I don't really know what it is fully yet. By the way, who's he dating?" Ino asked with a curious look on her face.

"How the hell am I supposed to know?"

"Well, find out or something. It'll help form my plan."

"And what the hell is you're plan?" Tenten asked, getting impatient from the wait.

"I told you I don't know yet!"

"Well why don't you actually FORM a plan next time before you actually tell me you have one, idiot!" Tenten said, clearly annoyed.

"FINE!" Ino yelled.

"Crap! Don't yell!" Tenten said in a hushed aggressive voice.

The two boys ahead of them looked back. This earned Ino a hit on the back of her head by Tenten.

"Don't hit me!" Ino whined.

"Whatever." Tenten said annoyed.

"Oh well, we might as well go and make conversation now." Ino stated happily as she began to skip towards they're two childhood friends. Tenten followed.

"Hey!" The happy go lucky girl said as she waved her hands to Sasuke and Neji.

"Yo." Neji greeted calmly. Sasuke only raised his head to her.

Tenten waved calmly.

"Long time no see." Tenten stated, she smiled brightly at Neji.

"It really has been a long time." He smiled.

Ino noticed Tenten blush, so she started to make conversation to keep it cool.

The three were talking non-stop, and apparently they didn't notice Sasuke walk away.

'Heh, I haven't heard Neji talk so much in years. Must be that Tenten girl.' He smirked.

He walked away, looking for somewhere quiet to spend his remaining time.

He remembered a place he used to be able to think. The roof. He only went there twice so far, and he liked it. It was one place where he had some time to himself, a place where he could just get away, and a place where he could recollect his thoughts.

It was on the far side of the campus building, he climbed up the stairs that led him to the roof. Once he got there, he walked to the roofs edge and rested his arms on the bars. He closed his eyes slightly as he let the wind blow gently against his bare skin.

'Sasuke.' The velvet voice sang his name. He kind of liked it right about now. It had changed from the annoying childlike voice to a magnificent sound that he enjoyed.

'What are you doing?' The girl asked. He could hear a smile form on her lips as she asked.

'I'm relaxing.' He replied, he thought he might as well answer.

'Heh, you finally decide to respond, eh?' She giggled.

'I decided I might as well, you're probably not going to go away.' He admitted. Although he couldn't help find it a bit disturbing that he was talking to a voice inside his head.

'I can hear you're thoughts you know.' The mysterious girl grinned.

'Whatever.'

'Mou!' She pouted. 'You decide to talk back, yet you don't even talk in long sentences!" She whined.

Sasuke opened his eyes and smirked.

He saw green. Green trees. Green grass. Just green.

He closed his eyes again, the green just got to him.

'It's so green.' She admitted, trying to make conversation.

"Idiot." He muttered.

"Who's an idiot?" Someone behind him asked.

Sasuke's eyes burst open, kind of startled, but he won't ever admit it.

"You are." Sasuke said, successfully hiding his startled features from his best friend.

"Teme."

"Dope."

"I thought I was the idiot, not the dope…" Naruto said as he walked over beside Sasuke and placed his hands on the roof bars like Sasuke did.

"You can be both." He closed his eyes once more. Hoping the voice would come back.

'What? So now you want to talk?' The melodic voice teased.

Sasuke's right eye twitched.

'Tough luck for you buddy. I'm out of here, for now.'

He heard giggles. Then a sigh from Naruto.

"You know if anyone finds us up here while there's a fire alarm, we'll get in shit, right?" Naruto stated as he tilted his head to look at Sasuke's reaction.

"Hn."

"Yeah, okay."

"Hn."

"Dude, make conversation." Naruto said in annoyance.

Sasuke tilted his eyebrows in a way that said, 'Aren't I already making conversation?' And since Naruto was his best friend, he was familiar with Sasuke's facial expressions.

"No man, you're not. All you're doing is making those "Hn" sounds. That's not conversation."

"Whatever."

Naruto narrowed his eyes. "What's bothering you?" He asked in concern.

"You are." Sasuke retorted.

"I'm being serious."

"Well that's a first."

"Teme."

"Dope."

"Bastard."

"Hn."

"See! You just ruined another conversation." Naruto whined.

"Fuck you."

A phone rang. "I like to MOO MOO. I like to MOO MOO…"

"Naruto, what the fuck?" Sasuke said, utterly disturbed.

"What? I like the ring tone…" Naruto stated in defense.

Sasuke shook his head in disapproval.

Naruto picked up is cell, and started talking.

"Hey!… Yeah… His right here… Now?… If he comes… NO!… I won't… I already used the washroom… The monkey?… Yeah I got the protection… Nah, I already picked up the crap, Fine yeah, we'll be there. Bye."

Sasuke was staring at Naruto blankly.

"That was Shikamaru…What?" Naruto asked, bewildered by the weird expression on Sasuke's face.

"What you said on the phone did not make sense at all." The raven head said. He honestly didn't know how he and Naruto had become best friends, they were total opposites.

"Oh, well, I met up with the girl's today in the field, and the guys and then just made plans, so now you and I are off to the mall."

"And what does the monkey have to with all this?" Sasuke asked, dumbfounded for once.

"Well… One time I forgot to use the washroom before I went to the mall-" Naruto was interrupted by Sasuke.

"What are you, a little kid?" Sasuke teased.

"Fuck you, let me finish! So when we got to the mall, I ran to the washroom as fast as I could, and the washroom was right beside the animal store. And so I saw a monkey through the window and it was just calling me! So I bought it. But then it crapped everywhere, and I needed some protection to shield me when it was throwing crap everywhere."

"What the fuck…"

"Anyways! Let's go!"

And with that, Naruto grabbed Sasuke's wrist and dragged him to wherever.