K.L.K- Fifth chapter WOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!.. I just ate a watermelon Airheads, alright?
TITLE: Heartbreak Follows Her
RATING: T
SUMMARY: Sakura is secretly with Ino. when she decides- right before the Chunin exams- to break up with her, is that it for these two girls?
AUTHOURESS'S NOTE: well, since all of my readers who adore this little fanfic were unanimous in thier wanting of another chapter, here it is. I think I'll skip to the day of the chunin exams, alrighty then? I do it a bit differently, and this is where Sakura's family comes into view, and she's going to positively kill me when she sees what I've done. (smils evilly) and I think most of you will enjoy it. buuuuuut you might hate me for how they act towards her.
Disclaimer- nope. don't own. so don't sue, ya vultures! (no offense to lawyers)
the rosette's eyes snapped open as she clutched the thin sheet of a blanket to her chest, her heat beating a tattoo on the inside of her chest cavity from the adrenaline rushing through her veins from the nightmare. she wiped her sweat-drenched face with her hands, then stood as she flipped on the lightswitch to illuminate the dark- and small- living room.
she stretched, and then looked at a clock, noting that it said six a.m. she sleepily made her way to her shower, and washed her hair and such things with scentless soaps, and then dried herself off quickly with a quick blue hum of chakra. she looked in the mirror, now fully awake, and brushed her teeth as she went into her room, and got dressed. she pulled on her gear and took five minutes just hiding her weapons and even adding more to herself, such as her large-ish Katana, and her summoning scrolls, along with some scrolls that contained the rest of her weapons too.
she shrunk them, and placed them into the pouches hidden in her skirt, as she rimmed her eyes with waterproof eyeliner and mascara, knocwing that it would only come off with her chakra, since she'd made it that way.
she went into her kitchenette, and picked out something to eat- eggs, bacon, and toast. it would fill her up, and keep her going, she supposed. she cooked them, and then ate the plateful slowly, as if savouring it, and then after she had cleaned her plate, packed half of her supply of soldier pills, chakra pills, and other type of pills that helped fevers, and whatever else might happen. she went to her closet and pulled out a tiny scroll that held whatever clothing and other such things she might need.
she pulled her hair into the now customary ponytail she now favoured, and tied on her hitiate as she smoothed out her bangs. she then jumped out of her window after locking it shut with her chakra, and then sped off to where Naruto's chakra signature was coming from, as she had promised to meet him that day. she appeared almost in a 'out-of-thin-air' way, startling the Uzumaki and the munchkins.
"hey, Boss!" Konohamaru said, with a blush on his face, and he held up his pinkie. "Is she your..." he grinned. "girlfriend?"
Naruto grinned and scratched the back of his head. "hey, I didn't know you were so observant, Konohamaru!"
Inner Sakura took control of Sakura's body. "NARUTOOOOOOO!!!" she thundered, then chased the four others down, until Konohamaru bumped into a man in a black body suit, and was picked up.
"hey, look what we have here!" the boy that was about a year older than Sakura grinned. "a little squirt! well, I'll teach him a lesson."
"don't hurt him too much, Kankuro." a girl wth four spiky ponytails in her dirty blonde hair and a giant fan on her back warned.
"no, I'm only gonna ruff him up a bit." he snickered, and went to punch him as his fist was blocked by a paler one, and a nearly blank face with green eyes and pink hair appeared in front of him.
"Tsk, Tsk, you really shoul pick on people your own size Suna-nin." she 'tsk'ed, as she squeezed the boys fist then dropped it after the bones had cracked- well, made a cracking noise.
"why you!" the boy went to lunge at her, but was stopped by a pale hand catching a pebble from right between his eyes.
"Sasuke," she called out. "you need to be a bit more careful. if that had hit he either would have died or even gotten a stroke, and we don't exactly need to do that to the Kazekage's children before the exams even call for it." the boy came out onto the branch.
"fine." he said tonelessly.
"you!...YOU!!" Kankuro made a move to swing at her, but as she caught it, a boy with red hair and cyan eyes stepped out from behind the same tree-trunk, standing upside down on a tree branch.
"Kankuro, that's enough." the boy said.
"G-Gaara! oh, so s-sorry, G-Gaara-s-sama!" the boy said timidly.
Sakura dropped his fist, and looked up at the boy. "Tch. Sabaku no Gaara," she looked to the girl with the fan. "Sabaku no Temari," she looked to the black-body suit wearing boy. "and Sabaku no Kankuro."
she turned. "Sasuke, Naruto, lets go. we want to get to the sign-ins early, otherwise we might have to wait in a line, or something unnessecary." she called out, and Naruto nodded.
"true, Sakura-chan!" he grinned, then went after the girl.
"Hn." Sasuke hopped off the tree and started after the two.
"What is your name?" Gaara asked the girl, immidiately appearing in front of her. "you already know mine, so I am at a disadvantage."
she looked at him. "Haruno Sakura." she stated shortly and tonelessly, then stepped around the boy, and went on her way.
soon they were at thier destination, and they were suprised to see a rather large crowd of genin there. Sakura saw the genjutsu, being good with chakra control and having two half-genjutsu fighters on her team- Kakashi and Sasuke- and chose to keep quiet about it, enjoying the show.
prety soon, Inner broke the silence.
'Outer, when are you going to tell them?' she asked idly.
'hopefully, they'll just find out.' she shrugged inwardly, on the outside she somehow kept her eyes from glazing over.
'really now?' Inner said drolly, but then there was a blob of green in front of Sakura in the physical world, and she looked. black bowlcut, green spandex, orange leg-warmers, and buggy eyes under bushy black eyebrows.
"HELLO!" he cried. "I am Rock Lee, and if you will become my girlfriend, I will protect you with my life!" his teeth pinged.
she twitched in surprise. "no thank you, Lee-san. I have no need for a relationship, as it would hinder my training." she said, trying to get him to understand she didn't like him.
Sasuke sighed. "this is pointless."
"yes, it is Sasuke." she nodded. "that genjutsu is pathetic. let me guess, Izumo-san? Kotetsu-san?" she raised her eyebrow and grinned.
they transformed back. "aww, Dang it Sakura-san." Izumo pouted.
"and this is the wrong floor." she pointed out. then she started to go to the staircase, when a guy with Hyuuga clan eyes and long coffee hair pulled into an extremely loose ponytail stopped her. "what is your name?" he asked the girl.
"it is more polite to give your name before asking anothers." she pointed out.
he realized his mistake. "Aa, that is true. my name is Hyuuga Neji."
"Haruno Sakura." she nodded.
then he looked at her teammate, who he looked more wary of. "and you?" ooh, that made the rosette angry that she wasn't seen as a threat to the Hyuuga, but it would work to her advantage.
"Uchiha Sasuke." he grunted.
"I bet you're dying to know my name!" Naruto grinned.
"no, I don't care." the boy said, then went to his team.
Sakura sighed. "Tch, lets go." pretty soon she was dodging blown kisses from Lee, and Sasuke got his arse beat, and they were signed in, when Kakashi poofed in.
"I'm surprised you three made it this far." he aknowledged. "if one of you didn't come, you wouldn't have been allowed into the Exams."
the other two stiffened.
"Expected." Sakura nodded.
his eye went to the pinkette. "Sakura, I expected you to not come because of the thing with Ino, yet you did. Sasuke, I knew you would come, and Naruto wouldn't resist the chance to prove himself." he sighed, then gave them a eye-crinkle. "be careful!" he warned, then puffed off.
the pinkette Haruno sighed. the three walked to the room where everyone was waiting, and entered.
"I'm UZUMAKI NARUTO AND I'LL DEFEAT YOU ALL!" Naruto grinned as he yelled.
"Urasai, Baka!" Sakura growled.
a three-genin team group of two fifteen-year olds and one thirteen year old came up. "why, hello Sakura-chan." they grinned maliciously.
K.L.K- I'm ending it there... (has tied and gagged Sakura on her couch so she wouldn't kill her) well, I'll tel you who the three are tomorrow, or whenever I update...
Sakura- MMPH! MPH! MPPPPPHHHHHHH!!!
K.L.K- (sweatdrops) can anyone spare a shadow clone to help the authoress?...Onegai?