Summary: Sakura has a secret that few to none know. But when the new guy at school finds out, will Sakura be blackmailed or have deal with his arrogance?
Disclaimer: I do Not Own the Naruto characters
Parings: SasukexSakura,NarutoxHinata, ShikamaruxIno
Warnings: Language…Itachi OOC ( He'll be kind of brotherly…ya I know…awkward…)
Cliché? Then Leave It.
:----:Chapter Three:----:
The bus ride towards her house was something she enjoyed whole heartedly. Anything that didn't involve Sasuke Uchiha was fine with her. In fact it was so good she thought about writing a song about the way Sasuke made her feel...pissed off.
Getting home, she noticed that her mother was asleep on the couch and headed to her room to get ready.
She pulled out a red tank top and a pair of jeans, everyday casual clothes. Pulling her hair back into a pony tail she left two strands to frame her face before making sure she had her keys and her purse. Glancing one last time at her mother she began her short walk towards Ino's.
Ino must've been planning to have a party for quite some time because you could hear the music half way down the street and the cars were packed along the side walk.
Opening the door Sakura walked in pushing her way through the crowd to try and find someone she knew really well.
Finally spotting one person with blonde hair and another with brown hair she smiled.
"Naruto-kun! Shikamaru-kun!"
The two turned and smiled at her as she made her way towards them.
"Sakura-chan! You finally came!"
"Ya sorry, I was busy at the office and then I had to stop at home and check on mom, you know that kind of stuff."
Naruto nodded and soon the hostess was standing by them, already some what drunk, and the party had only started a half hour ago.
"Saku-chan! You finally made it!" She yelled, through the music.
"Ya sorry, I was busy..."
That was when Filth in the Beauty began to play as Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Seriously do we have to listen to this here? I've heard it all week on the radio-"
"Arisa Fujikawa is amazing!" Ino shouted as cheers rang out through the house.
"Thanks," she muttered and as sudden as cheers rang they all stopped when the front door opened.
In walked...you guessed it...raven himself.
"SASUKE UCHIHA!"
Soon the fan girls surrounded him leaving their dates speechless on the side as Sakura rolled her eyes and Shikamaru and Naruto shook their heads.
"Ino...why did you invite him?"
Ino looked with puppy-dog eyes at Sakura, but they were no match for the pink haired girls' glare.
"Ino-"
"Well-"
"Let me guess you needed chicken head himself to attract more people to your party right?"
Ino just scowled as Shikamaru and Naruto chuckled.
"Sakura, do you really think my party wouldn't be popular without Sasuke-kun?"
"Ya, pretty much."
Getting over Ino's shocked look, Sakura wanted to gag at the way the girls were hanging off of Sasuke like he was the forbidden fruit and they were Eve.
"Some people..."
The party was going well and Naruto was grateful that the fangirls were leaving him alone to go after Sasuke, who, on the other hand, didn't look pleased.
Ino was practically so drunk she could barely walk and it was only ten o'clock. Naruto and Shikamaru were drunk enough and Sakura was completely sober.
The party was starting to quiet down as the early drinkers began to pass out but the music itself was still going strong.
Feeling the vibration of her phone Sakura sighed and let it ring. Lately she had been recieving a lot of calls from people saying that they wanted Arisa to appear on certain talk shows and such, but she wouldn't go for it, which in turn caused more people to ask her, apparentely they all wanted to be first.
Sakura took an open seat on the couch laughing at how, even when they're drunk, Shikamaru can still beat Naruto at GO no problem. Taking a sip of her coke she almost growled when somebody joined her on the couch.
"So, what are you drinking?"
Seriously, he needed to take communication lessons.
"Coke."
"So, you don't drink huh?"
"Nope."
If she was short and concise he was sure to leave her alone.
"Why?"
Damn.
"Because-"
"Because why?"
"Because drinking killed my father ok!"
There, she snapped and told him, so he had better fucking leave her alone.
"Oh..."
Gah. She tells him that her father died and all he can say is oh. Sure she wasn't looking for sympathy, but from him, she wanted at least a little more of a reaction.
"Ya..."
Sakura stood up about to walk away when Sasuke smirked.
"If it's any consolation both my parent's are dead as well."
She wanted a reaction, and there it was.
"I am sorry to hear that."
She looked down at the ground as Sasuke shrugged it off.
"Died a few years back, my brother started a band, we got famous and here I am talking with you bubble-gum hair..."
Sakura rolled her eyes as she walked towards Naruto and peered over to see who was winning the fifteenth match of the night.
"I won!" Naruto stated as Shikamaru shook his head.
"Look again dobe," Sasuke stated from the couch.
"What the- Damn. You beat me again Shik."
Shikamaru smirked as he turned to Naruto.
"You can never surpass the master young grasshopper."
"Huh grasshoppers? What does that have to do with GO?"
Sakura let out a laugh as Shikamaru hit Naruto upside the head for being such a dunce, even if he was drunk.
Sakura noticed Ino passed out on the floor and sighed.
"Hey Shi-kun, you might want to carry your passed out girlfriend to her room, I'll try and clean up a bit, but don't try anything on her or else I'll beat your face in."
Sakura gave him such a sweet smile that Shikamaru's blood ran cold as he went to fetch his girlfriend.
"Say Saku-chan, I miss Hinata..." Naruto stated as Sakura smirked.
"Don't worry Naruto when Hinata get's back you can hug her, hold her, kiss her..."
"Ya that sounds- Hey wait a minute..."
Sakura laughed as once again the phone in her pocket went off. Fed up with the caller she didn't even look at the number before she answered.
"Hello?!"
"Sis!"
Kanaye was calling? Weird...
"Ya what's up you sound upset-"
"Where are you?"
"Ino's but wh-"
"Mom's in the hospital, I am coming to get you."
"Huh? Hospital? Wh-"
Before she could finish Kanaye hung up as Sakura's face went pale.
"Uh, Saku-chan? Something wrong-"
"Mom, she's in the hospital..."
"Huh Aunt Misaki? What's wrong?"
Naruto's concern had caused him to sober up slightly.
"I...I don't know..." she muttered as knocking was heard on the door.
Sakura opened it to see her brother with a look of fear on his face.
"Kanaye...what's wrong with mom.?"
"We need to go Sakura...I'll explain later..."
"Okay."
Her voice was quiet as she noticed the look on everyone's faces except for Sasuke. He was as emotionless as ever.
Climbing into the car they began to drive towards the hospital. Sakura turned to Kanaye, and failing to notice his white knuckles clenched onto the stearing wheel, began to speak.
"Kanaye, please, tell me what's wrong."
Kanaye turned and noticed the tears in his sister's eyes.
"I'll tell you what's wrong, I have been trying to get a hold of you for over two hours and you never answer your god damn phone. I had no idea where you were and so I couldn't even come get you!"
His voice was strong and demeaning as Sakura winced.
"I am sorry, I just assumed that you were an agent or something..."
"See you assumed Sakura. You should've checked the ID!"
"I am sorry!" Sakura yelled as Kanaye turned his focus back to the road.
"Mom's in a coma...they don't know if she'll make it through the night..."
Sakura's eyes widened.
"A coma? But I saw her three hours ago, she was asleep on the couch..."
"That's what I thought...but her breathing was extremely shallow...they're not sure if she'll make it through the night..."
Sakura felt her heart break. Her mom was dying.The only person beside's her brother that she could call family. Her mother was always there after her father's death and after hearing about her own cancer feared that her children wouldn't be left with anything.
She gave Kanaye the company and Sakura had her singing that was the way her mom had wanted it.
But had the tumor around her optic nerve gotten that bad so fast?
"Kanaye...did they say there was any chance of survival..."
Kanaye shook his head.
"At this stage, she'll only be able to live with assisstance..."
Sakura could feel the tears running down her cheeks. Her mother had a do not resuscitate order
Pulling into the parking lot Sakura practically ran after her brother as he searched for the doctor in charge of her mom.
"Kanaye, and Sakura..."
"Where's mom?" Sakura asked as he shook his head.
"I am afraid to tell you she didn't make it."
Cliché of the worst kind.
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A/N: My cousin had a tumor around his optic nerve, and fortunetely he survived. But please review to this chapter! Thanks!