Chapter 3

Everyday, they would meet and do their project together. Sometimes, one of them goes home making the project then the next night it would be passed to another member.

It was Wednesday, one fine day. Aside from studying and playing with his PSP, Sasuke also loved to play the guitar. That afternoon, he decided to play his guitar at the music room. He heard someone play the piano so he became curious. He quietly went inside and saw a pink-haired girl playing the piano.

When she felt his presence she stopped and turned around. "Sasuke!" she exclaimed as she saw him standing by the door. "Go on. You're melody lured me to go here." he muttered. Sakura blushed but then continued to play. As Sasuke sat on the couch not far from the piano, he sat down and silently wrote something on a music book.

"She plays the piano very well. Her slender hands move softly as she plays. She plays a beautiful melody." he thought as he looked at her. "Haruno, how long have you been playing the piano?" he asked playing with his pencil. Sakura continued to play but answered his question. "For about ten years."

"You're very interesting Haruno…I like you." he said calmly.

Sakura turned red and said, "I…I have to go." She quickly took her bag and went outside.

"I never thought I would meet a girl whose passion for music is the same as mine." he thought smirking.

The next day, Asuma-sensei decided to have a self-study class. He was going to give a long quiz in preparation for the exams and the class decided to go to the library.

Second year class A was also there for their history class. They have to research on things that were connected to their topic for the day.

"Sasuke-kun?" Sakura thought as she took some books near him. Sasuke didn't bother to look at her. "What's your topic?" she asked. "…" Sasuke didn't give an answer.

"Sasuke doesn't want to be disturbed every time he reads." Ino whispered. "I see." Sakura thought. She smiled at them and continued to search for books.

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"You go ahead Ino, Neji asked me to help him with something." Sasuke said as he let go of Ino's hand. "Oh, is that so? Okay then. Don't forget to bring the photos Lee and you took today." she said and headed home. "Yeah yeah." he said and went to the classroom.

Class 2B had swimming lessons that day so their dismissal was a bit late. It was already 4:00 p.m. and Kurenai-sensei decided to dismiss them. "Let's go home, Sakura-san." Lee said as he took her bag. "Uh, sorry I can't go with you Lee. I have to return my borrowed books today." she said and took her bag from him. "Okay. Take care Sakura-san!" Lee said and waved goodbye.

"Aaarrghh! I forgot that the library closes at 3:45 p.m." Sakura muttered upon arriving at the now closed library. She continued to walk on the hallway, disappointed.

She passed by the 2A classroom and was surprised to see two students. "Sasuke-kun? Hyuuga-san?" she thought. Sasuke was playing his guitar while Neji was writing something. "I was planning to invite Inuzuka. He can be a vocalist since we don't have one yet." Neji said and took his guitar. "Well then, all we need is a drummer and a bassist." Sasuke mumbled. "We still don't have a pianist. It's hard to find one these days. It should be a student from this school." Neji said while fixing the strings of his guitar.

"Yo Haruno, you wanna join us?" Sasuke asked. Sakura was surprised, she had been hiding behind the door but Sasuke still saw her. "Uh…well, if that's okay with you guys." she said scratching her head. "A girl in a band would be great." Neji said. Sakura smiled. "So it's agreed, welcome to the

X-treamz, Haruno." Sasuke said.

It was recess and everybody was having fun. Sasuke was playing with his PSP again while Ino looked at the pictures they took for the past few days. "I'll be doing the designing at home, is that okay with you?" she asked him. "If you think you can do it, then yes." he replied.

"Sasuke-kun, I found a bassist!" Sakura jumped in joy. "Shut up!" Sasuke whispered putting a hand on her mouth. "Follow me." he said and pulled her outside. "When did they get that close?" Ino asked herself.

"The event is still after the National Arts Week. We shouldn't let anyone know about this yet until Kakashi-sensei told us to do so." Sasuke said. "Sorry, I didn't know." she replied childishly. "Who's the bassist?" he asked. "Nara Shikamaru." she answered. "Tell him to bring his guitar tomorrow and meet us at the 2A classroom at 4:00 p.m." he said and left. "Got it." she said happily.

"Hyuuga, the band won't be complete without a drummer. What should we do now?" Sasuke asked. "Let's deal with that later." Sasuke replied.

Finally, the morning classes were over. It was lunch time and everybody was rushing to get vacant seats at the canteen. "There's no drummer in our class. If we hold an audition, it would take time and everybody would know about the band." Neji said. "Hyuuga, Uchiha, it's your lucky day." A familiar voice said from behind. "Haruno? What now?" Sasuke asked. "I found a drummer!" she shouted. "Shhh… who is it?" Neji asked. "Aburame Shino from class D." she answered. "Then, tell him we have to talk to him later." Sasuke said. "Okay."

The class had ended and everybody was already going home. "Sasuke, you're staying again?" Ino asked. "Uh yeah, you know about it right. Promise not to tell anyone." he said and smiled a bit. "Whatever." She replied.

"There's another meteor shower tonight. I hope Sasuke will call me again." Ino said as she looked at the newspaper. She lied on her bed and took a nap.

RING-RING-RING!

Ino got up excitedly. "Sasu-?" She looked disappointed upon seeing it was just her alarm. "It's already 10:00 p.m. what's wrong with him?" she asked herself. "I better go to that place again." she thought.

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"Man, this is awesome." Kiba muttered as the X-treamz lay on the ground looking at the beautiful meteor shower. After the meteor shower, the others decided to go home except for Sakura. "You're staying?" Sasuke asked. "Yeah, I don't have anything to do at home. Besides, mom knows that I'll be with my classmates. Thinking they were all girls." Sakura and Sasuke had a good laugh.

They didn't know that Ino was hiding behind a tree, looking at them. She was forcing herself not to cry and her eyes were getting puffy as she recalled what Sasuke had told him when they both walked home after the meteor shower the other day. "I'll call you when there's a meteor shower again."

She decided to go home trying to forget about what had happened. Sasuke thought Ino didn't know about the meteor shower so he thought it was going to be okay.

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Ino entered the classroom with her usual mood, happy and lively. "Good morning Sasuke-kun!" she greeted. "Hn." Sasuke replied.

Ino knew that the X-treamz was complete but she didn't know that Sakura was in it, until now. Sakura and Sasuke were walking along the hallway as Ino looked at them. "Ino-chan, why is that girl with Sasuke?" Temari asked. "I don't have any idea. What did she do anyway?" Ino replied. "Some kind of voodoo or something, maybe." Temari answered.

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"Sasuke-kun, this Saturday, would you like to go with me to the carnival?" Sakura asked. Sasuke raised his eyebrow. "I'll think about it." He answered. "Whoa, are you Sasuke or what?!" Sakura exclaimed.

After lunch, that was when Ino started to avoid Sasuke. It was unusual for the both of them to be away from each other every lunch time. Sasuke started to wonder why and looked for Ino.

She was in the park, sketching. "Ino!" Sasuke called out. Ino pretended not to hear him. Sasuke sat beside her and looked at her sketch. Ino closed her sketchbook and stood up. "Wait." Sasuke pulled her hand. Ino turned her head. "What's wrong?" he asked. "Nothing. I just want to be alone today." she replied.

"She told you?" he asked.

"Who? What did she tell me?" she replied.

"Sakura. About the meteor shower last night." He answered.

"I saw it too you know. I was surprised you didn't call me. You said you would if there was. I saw you both, smiling and laughing. Both of you were having fun." she said sadly.

"I'm sorry." he apologized.

"I understand. But the most important thing is that I got the chance to see the meteor shower again. I never knew that Sakura was also important to you too." she smiled and left.

That night, Sasuke called Sakura. "Sasuke-kun, it's you! What's up?" she asked happily. "Uh, Haruno, I'd like to go with you to the carnival on Saturday." he said shyly. "That's great. Let's meet at the park on Saturday, 9:00 a.m." she said.

--SATURDAY—

Ino was working on their project at home while Sakura and Sasuke went to the carnival.

"Hmm…what should I put? Two pink butterflies over here, two blue ones and some beads would do." she said and went downstairs. "Mom, I'll go out for a while to buy some things I need for our project!" she said and went out.

"Sasuke-kun, what do you want to do?" Sakura asked. "You're the one who invited me here. You should have planned everything." he mumbled. "Sheesh, whatever." she pulled his hand and they went to buy some cotton candies.

Ino had a hard time looking for the perfect designs of butterflies. "Which one should I choose? This, this or this?" she asked herself as she scratched her head. It was already noon so she decided to buy the butterflies she first saw when she got into the store and bought white colored beads.

When she got out of the store, she was surprised to see Sakura and Sasuke walking together. "Ino?" Sakura exclaimed. "Sakura? Sasuke? It's nice to see you both. You're from the carnival right? I just bought some of the things we need for our project." she said happily. "Well then, Ino, we should go now." Sakura held Sasuke's hand and they both continued on their way. Sasuke didn't even bother to look at Ino.

"Perfect couple. I never knew Sasuke would like a girl like her." Ino mumbled as she took picture of the both of them.