Yo once again! How is everybody going? Thanks for reading chapter 5! Hope you enjoyed all my other chapters! I've got a new story up called "The Days of the Uchihas". It's about the Uchiha family, kinda like a sort of sequel to "Us".
Thank you for reading this line! It means you are here to read my story! THANK YOU!
Sakura: Why does our scrip writer have to be so psycho?
FadingCrescent: MUAHAHAHHAHAHA! –scribbles something on paper-
Sasuke: I dunno. –shrugs and gulps down milk-
Tsukemi: Who wants cake?
FadingCrescent: ME! MUAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
Sakura, Sasuke & Tsukemi: -sweatdrop-
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RECAP
They went out to the front gate. All four of the boys were there waiting for them. Then, Sakura saw someone she hadn't seen in a while. There was a red haired boy with aqua eyes.
"GAARA-KUN!"
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"Gaara-kun!" Sakura ran up to the complete stranger. Sasuke stared on, as Sakura headed towards the fire-headed guy. He could feel the flames flicker inside of him with jealousy.
"Sakura!" The aqua eyed teen ran up to Sakura and gave her a large bear hug. She giggled and ruffled his hair.
"Everyone, this is Gaara-kun. He and I are friends; he lives in Sunakagure where I used to live!" Sakura introduced Gaara to her newly found friends. They each shook hands with him and initiated a conversation with him immediately.
"Wow you knew Sakura-chan? Was she nice? Did she make you good ramen?" asked Naruto curiously. Gaara smiled, he had already made new friends.
"She didn't cook much, she always ended up burning everything. Remember you tried to make lunch for Kankuro, Temari and me, Sakura?" Gaara looked at the pinkhaired bubble head. She nodded in agreement. Sasuke looked on with enviously. He was the only one who didn't shake hands with Gaara and participate in the conversations. He just stood there, with a grumpy look on his face.
"Hey Sasuke, do you want to go to the mall later? All of us are going, including Gaara-kun?" asked Sakura, waving her hand in front of his face.
"Damn, I can't let the eye-browless freak have Sakura to himself…" Sasuke nodded and stalked off to his Jaguar.
"Hm, wonder what's up with him?" questioned Neji, tilting his head on an angle.
"Don't worry, he's probably upset that Sakura's boyfriend is here!" Naruto sang. Gaara and Sakura stared at him.
"What? Sakura ain't my girlfriend, she's just my auntie's niece. Which makes her my cousin twice removed," explained Gaara. Sakura nodded once again.
"Wait, what's the twice removed for?" asked Ino, confused.
"Ask Shikamaru, he's the brains," Tenten said, jabbing a thumb in Shikamaru's direction. He opened one eye and sighed.
"I dunno… look in the dictionary or something," He muttered.
"You lazy ass! You gotta get your bum up sometime!" Ino screamed at him, causing everyone around them to stare at them in wonder.
"Tch, then what am I doing now? I'm standing right?" Shikamaru said back at her. Everyone sweatdropped.
"Are they always like this?" whispered Gaara. Sakura nodded wearily. She remembered how in Art class, Ino and Shikamaru were arguing AGAIN, for the fifth time that day. It resulted to flying scissors around the room (thrown by the grand Ino). They both ended up in detention, Ino for throwing scissors around and landing in Sasumi's eye (JUST KIDDING!) and Shikamaru for using the word troublesome too much which annoyed Anko-sensei.
"Ne, Gaara-kun, are you staying anywhere tonight? Or…" Sakura trailed off, drowned by the shrieks of Ino.
"I'm renting a place around here; I thought I'd move since Kankuro and Temari shifted to new schools," answered Gaara, his eyes looking crestfallen. Kankuro and Temari were his older siblings. They cared so much about him, since their parents went insane and commit suicide. That left them in the care of their aunty-in law, Sakura's aunty who was the wife of their true uncle. Ever since then, Sakura always played with them and enjoyed their company.
"Really! You're going to stay in Konoha!" squealed Sakura. She hugged Gaara so tight he began choking.
"Oops. Sorry Gaara-kun!" She let go quickly, allowing him to regain his breath back.
"Well, we better get going, we still gotta go to the mall," said Hinata, who remained quiet throughout the whole process. She grabbed her bag and waved goodbye to her friends.
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Hinata walked home slowly. There would be nothing to wait for her at home anyway. Her parents were always out, trying to make their business better and her sister was practicing her skills out in the back. The only person left was Neji, who was locked up in his room most of the time. Hinata was a lonely person, the one person she cared about gone…
"Sawatura-kun!" A five year old Hinata came bounding to a spiky blonde haired boy with cerulean eyes. He smiled sweetly at her. She loved that smile as much as she loved the boy. She wanted to be with him forever, he was the only one who would keep her company. He was her neighbor, the only one she was ever allowed to talk to in the area. Even though there were many kids around the neighborhood, she was only allowed to talk to Sawatura.
"Ne, Hinata-chan! What's up?" he asked, his voice dripping with care for the pearl eyed girl. She blushed, at the mention of her name.
"SAWATURA! Get back here!" A voice called from the Senshi residence. Sawatura called back, giving Hinata one last smile before heading home. Hinata looked down on the ground, heartbroken. She was about to confess to him, before his mother called him back. She went back to her mansion.
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Hinata knocked on the front door of the Senshi house. It was 8pm, the night sky already down upon earth. It was deathly silent in the house, as she slid the front door open. She paced in, each step taken slowly along the wooden floor. Then she stopped, and screamed. There, on the floor, was Senshi Sawatura, bleeding in a pool of blood. His eyes were bloodshot and wide open. A letter was held in his hand tightly gripping on the paper with spots of blood over it. Hinata reached out, grabbing the paper. She fell beside her first love, tears falling down her cheeks.
Sawatura,
We never told you, but you are adopted. We never loved you and never shall.
You were found outside our house on the night of today.
You can never call us your parents, or your brothers and sisters siblings.
You do not belong in this family.
We will never love you, you are just scum to us.
We are not sorry for killing you. Good bye.
Hinata stared at the piece. Thoughts were racing around in her mind. Adopted? Never LOVED? How could they? How could they not love this amazing person? She thought furiously. If she could avenge him, if she could…
Hinata started sobbing. She cried over her love's body. She was only five for God's sake, and she is now suffering from pain that can never be erased. A memory that can never be washed, a stain that will never disappear, in her life forever…
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"Wow! Isn't this pretty, Gaara-kun?" Sakura swayed in the summer dress, even though it was fall. Sasuke rolled his eyes. He was dead bored and annoyed that Sakura hadn't asked him anything yet. (Keep in mind, that Sasuke doesn't know that Sakura and Gaara are cousins yet).
"Sakura, don't you think you bought too much?" He said wearily. He pointed to the many bags that littered the floor. It was only half an hour after they started shopping. Everyone else had wondered off, Tenten and Neji going to the weapon shop, Ino dragging Shikamaru to another shop while Hinata and Naruto stayed at the smoothie bar where they all met.
"Oh...heheh…" Sakura scratched her head and thought anxiously.
"Tch, I'm going back to the dobe, ja," Sasuke left the store, irritated.
"Hey, does he like you or something?" Gaara asked Sakura. She blushed furiously and answered,
"Of course not! Sasuke and I have a war going on Gaara-kun! Don't be so dense that I could like someone like him!" Gaara smiled. He remembered when he first met Sakura…
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"Hey Gaara, who's the pinky head over there?" Temari pointed to a noticeable girl, crossing the road holding a stack of objects. Gaara, Kankuro and Temari were at the park, sitting on the swings since their aunty needed to help her sister move in.
Abruptly, a car came speeding around the corner. A lady behind the girl, holding a box of clothing, rushed up to the girl to stop her, but was too late. The car had already hit the girl, sending the various items flying in the air. The girl's head was bleeding dangerously and the car had sped off, afraid of what had happened. The driver didn't bother to help, Gaara thought angrily. He ran up to the lady who was holding the pink girl in her arms, sobbing and repeating "Sakura, Sakura, please, please please!" Temari and Kankuro followed him, with Temari screaming after the car with a mixture of swear words.
"Please, let us help…" Gaara said softly. The lady looked up, her eyes puffy red and her nose was blotched. Then, the girl awoke.
"Ne…who am I?" she asked, with confusion. Her words were slurred and her eyes didn't seem to focus properly. The lady gasped, clutching Sakura's head and kissing her forehead.
"Hayaku! We need to get her to a hospital!" Kankuro shouted. He led them towards the nearest house and phoned the ambulance.
Hours later, Sakura sat in a hospital bed, her head bandaged up. She had regained most of her memories, but some were still blurred in her mind.
"Sakura, can you tell me who you promised to marry when you left Konoha?" asked Shiikure, sitting on Sakura's bed. Sakura looked at her with her jade eyes.
"I promised… someone?" She asked quietly, her voice not even above a slight murmur. Shiikure then started crying, sobbing uncontrollably on her hospital sheets.
"Is she alright?" Gaara came into the room, hearing the small conversation. Shiikure nodded sadly. Sakura had fallen asleep immediately.
"But, Sakura, she promised a young boy, that when she grows up, she will marry him. They were childhood friends, but she doesn't remember anything about him. Not one memory…" Shiikure explained. Gaara swallowed this down. She couldn't even remember the boy she will always love.
"But, when she does grow up, I know she will remember. She needs too, for him, and for me…" Shiikure sighed, brushing a stray lock of Sakura's hair from her pale face. Gaara nodded slowly, swearing that he will never tell Sakura anything about her past, for he knows, that she will remember everything single detail of her first and true love…
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Gaara came out of the store, balancing a HUGE pile of shopping bags. He was exhausted. What crazy things he would do for someone he cares about.
Shikamaru only had two bags, dragging back a disgruntled Ino who put on a sulky face. Tenten and Neji had nothing in their arms since the weapons cost a FORTUNE. Naruto was slurping down ramen while Hinata had fallen asleep on the table. Sasuke sat there, with his arms behind his head with a bored expression on his face.
"Everyone's here right?" asked Neji, looking at the small group. Gaara had collapsed on a seat next to Sasuke.
"Ne, Gaara do you want to go back and see aunt Shiikure?" Sakura asked in his direction. Sasuke shot up.
"What? You two are cousins?" he asked suspiciously. Gaara and Sakura sweatdropped and nodded tiredly.
"Yes… that means Sakura is all MINE! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!" Sasuke thought.
HELL YEAH!
Hey! Get back, Inner Sasuke!
Yes sir.
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End of chapter 5
Hope you enjoyed it very much! Sorry for the long update! My net kinda got stuffed up when I tried to upload documents!
Chapter 6 coming up next week!
Ja ne!
FadingCrescent