Summary: Ok the previous summary sucked. Here comes a new one. There was once a diary which held the life of Hinata and her true love Naruto. Now, Sakura finds it and wishes to find her own true love. But it's hard when she is to marry someone else…
Author's Note: This chapter is definitely longer than the prologue. Heheh. Spent 2 hours typing this. Phew. Besides that, for those who don't really like SasuIno, join the club. I personally don't really like them but for this story, they need to be together. I'm so sorry . But don't worry…Sasuke gets paired with someone much more better later in the story…wink wink And for those who do like SasuIno, well, there'll be some of the two in this story. Quite a bit. So ya. Overall, enjoy this much better chapter than the prologue.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. But if I say I own Naruto in this story, would anyone arrest me? After all, there's no police in this story :-P
-----: A different scene/meanwhile
A Cherry Blossom Diary
Chapter 1: A Pet Cemetery
A lone truck drove through the fields of agriculture. The scenery was a nice green as luscious plants grew on wide fields. The man driving the truck looked around him, his expression slightly unreadable but a frown marred his perfect features as if he was in deep thought. The door window was wide open as he sped through the fields, his dark spiky hair blowing in the wind and his raven bangs whipping against his face. Sasuke glanced at the truck's clock and groaned. He was late.
"Yes. There are vacant spots for you and you family. Yes. I'm certain. Yes. We have valets who will make sure that you car is fine…" A man with small black glasses and a black bandana walked to and fro, his mind fixed on his business. "Yes, definitely. There is… Argh!"
The man tripped over his feet as the truck came through the driveway and almost hit him. The man took the phone away from his ear, muttering curses and ignoring the voices of concern and fear on the other. The man proceeded to stand and shout at the driver.
"Can you please be a lot more careful! Go back out! Delivery trucks go to the back! Go!"
"I'm here to pick up my girlfriend." Sasuke glared at the man for mistaking him as a delivery truck driver.
"I don't care. Besides, you're too low to have a girlfriend who lives in this grand hotel. Now, move!"
The man made big arm movements in a motion for the raven to move out. Sasuke gave his infamous death glare and drove backwards out of the driveway. The man satisfied that the truck won't hit him again, put the phone back to his ear and resumed his business with the client on the phone.
Sasuke looked out of his door into the entrance of the hotel impatiently. He glanced around the place and noted the gold handles of the glass doors and the expensive chandelier in the hallway of the reception area. Sasuke grumbled and looked away from the things of the hotel that would make his truck and clothes inferior to it. Then he heard her voice, obviously talking on the phone. He immediately ignited the car and proceeded to drive into the pick-up driveway, this time effectively driving into the man and knocking him off his feet and breaking his ultra-cool sunglasses.
Sasuke smirked at his revenge and looked out the front window, looking for the familiar face of his girlfriend. His heart almost jolted when he saw her. Her pale blonde hair was let down to flow with the minerals of expensive shampoo and her left bang covered her pale blue eye. She noticed Sasuke, gave him a warm smile, waved at him and strode towards him.
"Sasuke-kun!"
Ino was glad that Sasuke was here to pick her up and was in fact early. Well, actually, she herself was late. She said goodbye to the person she was talking to, flipped closed her phone, put it in the pocket of her comfortable light blue jacket and hugged him. Instinctively, Sasuke hugged her back and they pulled away, not letting their hands off the other. Ino stood on her toes and kissed Sasuke and Sasuke kissed her back, both having forgotten the man still on the floor.
"Ahem"
Ino and Sasuke broke away reluctantly and looked at the sitting man, his puny eyes now exposed from the lack of his sunglasses.
"Uh…why are you on the floor?" Ino asked, wondering why this particular worker of the grand hotel was just sitting there.
"Well, it was because your boyfriend here…" The man swallowed audibly; completely aghast that such a beautiful rich girl was with a…well…handsome poor guy.
"… Pushed me over with that truck of his."
Ino felt Sasuke's arms unwound themselves from her waist and proceed to pick up her luggage and load it into the back of the truck. Ino wondered what this man could possibly have done to make Sasuke do such an action.
"Why did you do that?" she asked carefully, scared that the bomb in Sasuke's temper was going to tick off.
"Because he was an asshole."
Ino sighed. Sometimes, Sasuke really didn't have manners.
"You don't do that Sasuke. You tell the manager that this man had made you angry and that he has bad hospitality."
The man immediately stood up on this.
"Uhh, madam. I did not give bad hospitality. I just thought he was a delivery truck driver. People make mistakes once in a while…right?" The man gave his best smile and held his head high with importance. Sasuke just snorted at this comment and got into the driver seat. Ino shook her head and took out her wallet.
"Here's money to pay back for your glasses…"
And she got into the passenger seat.
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Sasuke and Ino sat silently during the trip to the airport. Ino looked out of the window and stared at the green fields that went by while Sasuke kept his eyes on the road. The silence was common between the two when Sasuke was giving off the aura of annoyance and Ino knew how to keep away from his temper.
Ino jumped when she heard the loud ring of Sasuke's phone. Sasuke grumbled in further annoyance and pulled it out of his jacket.
"Hello?"
"Yo Sasuke! How's it going?"
Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the road as he heard the voice of the man who he didn't want to hear for now.
"Kakashi. Aren't you supposed to be holding the funeral?"
"Well, yeah…Heheh."
Sasuke frowned into the phone as he heard the cheeky chuckle of his friend. He listened more closely to the phone and heard the angry voices of people. Especially his client, Inuzuka Kiba. Sasuke sighed.
"You're planning to start the funeral late again aren't you Kakashi?"
"Well, we can't start it without you…"
"Kakashi, just start it without me. You know where the Bible is. You know how the funeral goes. Get Kurenai or Anko to help you!"
Sasuke's temper was flaring again and Ino cringed a bit. Then to her relief, her phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Oh, Hey Ino…It's me…"
"JESUS CHRIST KAKASHI! JUST START THE DAMN FUNERAL!"
Ino plugged her finger into her ear as she tried to listen to the person on the other line of her phone.
"Sasuke, you have to help. Please…"
"Kurenai, get Kakashi back on the phone"
"We can't, Kakashi's fending them off for us"
"What do you mean, "fending"!"
"They're attacking us Sasuke! Help!"
Sasuke winced as Anko's loud voice erupted into the phone. Sasuke sighed as he heard plates and china smash and someone yelp.
"Ok, I'll be there as soon as I can. After I drop Ino off."
"Oh, thank you so much Sasuke."
The raven rolled his eyes at the 'meek' reply from Anko and cut off the line. He proceeded to drive a bit faster to the airport, listening to Ino's much more quiet conversation on her mobile.
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"Thanks honey."
Sasuke stopped taking the luggage off as Ino pecked him on the cheek. He watched her lithe figure walked across the road and talk to another guy. He shook his head out of his daze. He unloaded her last baggage and walked across the road to her, putting it down gently for the workers to load onto the private plane that she would be taking.
"So, when are you going to be back from Japan?"
Ino smiled and took his hand and squeezed it. She leaned into his ear and breathed against his neck
"Before you know I'm gone"
She winked at him sexually as she pulled away. Then she left as abruptly as the touch had happened and walked into the station, her voice giving out orders to people with her luggage. Sasuke stayed and watched as the small plane left, his heart beating slightly faster than usual. He sighed and knew he would miss her for the next few weeks. Then, Sasuke's phone rang again and he groaned. He needed to get back to the motel…
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"ARGH!"
Kakashi flew over the table as plates soared at him. He covered his head protectively and closed his eyes in mock terror. Mock terror because this was too much fun. Even though Kiba was giving off the aura of murderous intent. He chuckled at his musings.
"Kakashi, behind you!"
Kakashi turned around at Anko's voice and his eyes widen in horror. Even though he was behind the black clothed table, Kiba had somewhat crawled under it to attack him from the behind. Kakashi immediately leaped up onto the table and was met with food being thrown at his face. Kakashi was glad he wore a mask and had spares underneath his bed. He grabbed the handful of food on his mask and threw it back. Then, he dived underneath the table, only to meet the snarling Kiba again.
Kurenai snapped her phone close when Sasuke didn't pick up for the fifth time and shook her head. She was in a safe spot behind the mural wall and glanced out at the fray that was happening. Even though Kakashi had the look of fear in his eyes, she knew he was having fun. He was too much like a child yet mature at the same time. Well, not really.
"DUCK!"
Kurenai felt her dark curls yanked down with great force and she felt herself falling. The red-eyed woman yelped and pulled her long hair away from Anko's grasp, glaring at her at the same time. Then she sweat dropped as she heard the thud of a knife, its sharp point at the place where her head was seconds ago. She silently thanked Anko's harsh tactics.
"JUMP!"
Kurenai felt her hair being yanked again, this time, up ways. She yelped louder this time as she felt many strands pulls from their roots. This time, she also felt her legs in the air and wondered what happened to the floor as her feet were also in thin air. She recognised Anko's arm and knew that she was pulling her hair again! But she immediately pulled her knee up to her chest as she heard another thud, a new sharper looking knife in the mural wall, seconds where her feet were. Soon, the two females were dodging knives that were being thrown at them from Kiba's angry henchmen, Anko shouting commands at Kurenai, the last one being "RUN!"
Kurenai ran and she put her hands over her head as more knives were thrown at them. She figured they must've raided Sasuke's kitchen for this many sharp looking objects. And Sasuke was not going to like it. Speaking of the raven…
"STOP! STOP!"
Sasuke's voice raised several octaves at the second command. Everyone simply froze at the look of this intimidating young man, their attacks in mid air. The last couple of knives made a soft thud as they hit the ground. Sasuke looked around at everyone, daring them to make a move. When he spotted Kakashi in a headlock from Kiba, he gave his best glare. Kakashi gulped audibly and Kiba gave one last punch to Kakashi's poor head. And with that punch, everything started again. Food was thrown, knives where chucked and many yelps followed. Sasuke rubbed his temples as the fray moved again around him. He watched with an annoyed look and inwardly smirked as Kakashi received his punishment from the dog-lover. Then a knife came whizzing past, almost getting Sasuke's nose, aimed at Anko. Sasuke growled when he found his knives at use by people other than him and proceeded to break up the fight with his bare fists, his mind hoping to at least give a few bruises of his own.
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All was quiet. The waves of the sea crashed softly against the sand of the beach, not breaking the quiet. A few birds chirped and trees rustled in the wind. And Sasuke stood in the middle of it all. In front of him stood the dog-lover and his henchmen, their backs to the sea. Behind him was the knife covered mural wall, a black clothed table with some food stains, white flowers, a basket with a white dog with brown ears rested comfortably along the white cushions and his friends, Kakashi, Kurenai and Anko. Sasuke opened his closed eyes and gave a calm, sympathetic look at the dog-lover who was close to tears.
"We will now begin the ritual," Sasuke said monotonously and put his hands together and started reciting the Bible. After that was done, Kiba went to take Sasuke's spot and started giving a message.
"Akamaru…was a good dog. He…he was someone I could talk to when I was sad. He has been with me since I was 12. And now 10 years later, he had died an honourable death. He…"
Kiba broke down crying. Some of his henchmen had also started sniffling and Sasuke felt a lump in his throat. Sasuke understood how the dog-lover felt. He used to have a dog that died too. But then, the raven now has another dog. Called Kitsune. Sasuke shook his head at his thoughts and watched as Kiba attempted to make his speech through his tears. Sasuke felt the formality of the funeral slipping away as all his henchmen gathered around the brunette. Sasuke walked away, unable to watch someone cry so much about his dog.
He sat down on the side of the funeral mural, looking out at the sea sparkling with the bright sun. He felt his eyes close and thought of his old dog and what joys it had brought to him. Shaking his head again to clear happy childhood memories, he looked back out to the beach again and…INO!
Sasuke immediately stood up from his sitting position and ran towards her as she switched her eyes from the sea to him. Sasuke stopped in front of her, his heart swelling into happiness.
"Why are you here? I thought you left…"
Sasuke noted her luggage and looked back at her. She smiled and pulled out a pout.
"I wanted to stay with you…"
Sasuke smiled and look down and took her hand into his. He looked back into her pale blue eyes and was drawn into them. Then, he leaned in and kissed her. She let go of his hands and wound her arms around his neck, kissing him back with great passion. The two began to make out there on the beach, his hands roaming around her back and down her waist…
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"Uh…Sasuke?"
Kurenai poked and prodded Sasuke with a stick. The raven still didn't notice them. Anko sniggered behind her hand as she tried to keep herself quiet. Kakashi had his eyebrows into a highly amused fashion and even Kurenai had to smile and laugh inwardly at what the 24 year old was doing. Whoever knew what the cold brooding raven could do…
Sasuke continued kissing the Border terrier at the neck, his pink tongue flicking out here and then. Sasuke had his eyes closed and continued grabbing the dog, moving his hands up and down the dog's back. Sasuke moaned and Kurenai decided that this was the last straw. She went into the kitchen, grabbed a bucket, filled it with cold water and dumped it on Sasuke. Now that woke him up…
"Wha...what!"
Sasuke looked up at the three adult looming behind him. Anko let out her laugh, Kakashi started to chuckle and even Kurenai had to snigger a bit. Sasuke frowned then notice his saliva marks on the terrier's back. Sasuke's dark eyes widened at what happened and he let go of the dog, muttering a small apology. He was dreaming about Ino. Avoiding the others' eyes, he stood up and brushed the sand away from his black jeans.
"Well…where's everyone?"
"Well, they all left while you were making out…"
Kurenai and Anko burst out laughing as they heard Kakashi's reply. And all three of them knew about the raven's relationship with Ino and called his girlfriend "Princess" all the time. Sasuke grumbled and strode away; embarrassed that he was caught by them doing that. Sasuke fought down the blush and kept his face impassive as he walked to the cemetery where fresh damp sand and a tombstone symbolized the place where Akamaru was freshly buried. He looked around at the other tombstones and walked over to the one which was only a memorial of his old dog. He stood there for a bit and after a while, Kitsune came up and rubbed her nose against Sasuke's leg. Sasuke bent down and scratched her ear. He stood up and went back to his motel where the Kakashi trio have resided to. He went to his kitchen and started making food for himself and the guests that have decided to stay there.
While making his own unique fish ramen, Sasuke thought about his life. His parents had died when he was 7, leaving a 12 year old Itachi to look after him. Then, Itachi took over the family business at the young age of 13 and bought Sasuke a dog so that the little brother won't be lonely when Itachi was away at business trips. Then, Itachi sold the business to someone else by the name of Orochimaru and started a new business called Akatsuki. From then on, Itachi cut off his brother from his life and forgot about him. And Sasuke was put into an orphanage at the age of 10.
Sasuke was whipped out of his thoughts when Anko called out to him, telling him that some mattresses in some of the rooms needed changing. Sasuke grumbled and turned off the fire and proceeded to walk across the beach to where the rooms were aligned.
Author's Notes: Woot! Finished. Much better aye? And the part where he saw Ino at the beach was a dream. There funeral wasn't a dream. Thought I'd put away some confusion since you'd probably don't know when the dream started. Anyways, next chapter features Sakura! Yay! And the story goes on. And would you rather the parts of the diary in italics or bold? Cause I figured the bold hurts my eyes XD But maybe I have eye problems XP