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 Four:----:
Sakura stood in shock. She couldn't even cry as the words left the doctors mouth. Why did this have to happen now? Why did her mom, her best friend, have to die? Never letting a tear fall Sakura turned her gaze to the cold hospital floor.
Kanaye had the lining of tears of his eyelids, he turned to his little sister and noticed that her gaze was casted to the floor.
"We should probably discuss what you plan to do for a funeral Kanaye."
The older man could only nod as he turned to his baby sister and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Kura-chan, do you want to go home? Or do you want to wait for me to-"
"I'll go home..." Sakura muttered so quiet Kanaye barely heard her.
Worried for her Kanaye asked if he should call someone to give her a ride, but seeing Sakura shake her head he decided that she could handle this.
Sakura began her walk home. It wasn't extremely far from the hosiptal, but tonight, it felt as though she was walking to a whole other country. She pulled out her cell phone and checked the missed calls. Three from Naruto, Six from Shikamaru -even though that was probably Naruto as well-. She closed her phone as she saw her house come into view.
Her house was strange as she walked inside. Normally she would come in, and her mom would scold her for not answering her phone, and now, it just felt...empty. She trudged along to her moms room as she locked the door and sat on the bed.
"Why...?"
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Okay he was getting pissed.
It had been five days since Sakura had shown up for rehersal and frankly, if this is why he left his band, he'd rather be back with them.
He sighed as he made his way to talk with Tsunade when a man with short red like hair brushed past him.
Raising an eyebrow Sasuke noticed he was heading in the same direction as Tsunade's office.
"Tsunade-sama," he stated forgetting to shut the door.
"Kanaye...what brings you here?"
"I don't know what to do with Sakura-"
"Sakura? She's still in that room?" Tsunade asked concerned as Kanaye nodded.
Sasuke just sat there with a confused look on his face.
"She claims she's trying to understand something...but she won't tell anyone any-"
"I know, Naruto stated that even he tried and failed."
"I am at the point of breaking down the door! Mother's...Mom's funerals' tomorow and I am afraid that Sakura needs to understand we're worried about her..." Kanaye stated hesistating on the mention of the funeral.
"She's a strong girl, she'll pull through."
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Five days she had sat in this room trying to understand what was going on. Was this how every kid felt after they lost a parent. Was this how Sasuke felt?
Sakura sighed as she heard a knock on the door.
"Sakura Haruno I swear if you don't come out of that room I'll-"
"Ino, like that's going to get her to come out, how troublesome."
"Shut up you two! Saku-chan please come out we're all worried about you..."
"Naruto..."
Sakura's eyes widened at the sound of that voice.
"Huh? Teme? What are you doing here?"
"So she's in that room huh?"
"Y-Ya..."
Sakura could tell just from her words that Ino was probably drooling all over that asshole.
"So this is how you deal with your problems huh?" Sasuke asked from outside the door as Sakura growled.
"Fuck off! Just be happy I don't charge all your asses with breaking and entering!"
They all looked at Sasuke in awe. He was the only one able to draw some sort of reaction from Sakura in the past five days.
"You know if your going this far why not finish it huh?"
"Hey teme what the hell do you think your doing?"
Sasuke just smirked.
"What makes you think I want to end my life? I am only trying to understand that's all!" Sakura shouted.
"Sakura-chan, we're all trying to help you, but even we can't help you understand if your going to be like this!" Ino shouted as Sasuke began to walk away.
"Hey wait wh-"
"You can tell her to thank me later..."
Sasuke walked from the house as the three teens stood there shaking their heads. However their jaws dropped in surprise when Sakura opened the door.
She looked sick. Dark circles under eyes, and she was weak from lack of eating, not to mention she really needed a shower.
"I-I just wanted to understand," she stated before she fell to her knees and began to cry.
Ino just sighed in relief seeing her friend let go of some of that pent up emotion.
"Naruto, Shikamaru, why don't you go and try to make her some food."
They both nodded.
"Sakura...I think we need to get you cleaned up..."
Sakura nodded as she headed to the washroom.
Ino made sure she was okay on her own before heading towards the kitchen to check on the progress of Shikamaru and Naruto.
"Huh Kanaye? When did you get home?" Ino asked as she joined her three male companions.
Kanaye sipped his tea as he looked at the clock.
"About three minutes ago..."
"Oh."
"So hows my little sister?"
Ino let out a bit of a smile as she poured herself some tea.
"Ironically, the one person she said she hates, broke her out of her mind-set enough to let her emotions out with a good old fashioned cry..."
"Who's this person?"
"Uchiha Sasuke..."
"You mean that guitar player from that one band-"
"Akatsuki," Ino stated as they rolled their eyes. "And yes that's who I mean.Apparentely, Tsunade had some new idea for a new album with Sasuke so he and Sakura have to work together."
"Knowing how stubborn my little sister is, he must've done quite the job..."
Everyone stopped talking when Sakura entered the room.
"You know if you guy's are going to be weird around me then this isn't going to make my life any easier."
"Ya, but after not seeing you for five days what can you expect Kura-chan."
Sakura smiled a little at her brother's nickname.
"Listen I know I freaked everyone out-"
"I think 'freaked' is a little bit of an understatement," Naruto muttered.
"However, I think I am understanding everything. Besides, mom wouldn't want me to mope around..."
Kanaye ruffled her hair and pulled her into a hug.
"Ah, Onii-san get off," She stated as Ino sighed.
"Well, at least we know we've got Sakura back. We know this is going to take a while to get over, but if you need us we're here," Shikamaru stated as Sakura nodded.
"Thank's guys."
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The funeral was a sad time for everyone.
All the members of Cherry Blossom Industries who were good friends to the Haruno's had shown up. Not to mention Tsunade, the friends from the music industry, her friends from other bands and of course her best friends from school.
The ceremony finished nicely as Sakura hugged another person who wanted to give her sympathy, but she refused to look at the situation like that. She turned towards the trees before a certain chicken-butt hair style caught her attention.
Why didn't she notice the fact he had shown up for her mother's funeral no less...
"Uchiha?"
"Hn."
"I just wanted to thank you for yesturday."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow as Sakura sighed.
"I guess, I kind of owe you one."
"You could say that."
Sakura smirked as something came to her mind.
"Come to think of it, how did you know that I was going crazy?"
"I may have overheard that guy with red hair and Tsunade talking."
"Eavesdropper much?"
"Aa."
"Well thanks anyways. Oh, and don't think this makes us friends..."
"I wouldn't dream of it, bubble-gum hair."
Sakura growled as Sasuke walked away smirking with satisfaction.
"Uh Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked.
"That bastard!" she muttered before walking back towards the hoards of people.
Heading home that night Sakura and Kanaye were sad yes, but they both knew they would have to move on, and there was no way in heaven or hell that their mother would want them to mope.
"Kura-chan, are you sure your up for going to school tomorow?" Kanaye asked for the umpteenth time.
"Yes I am. I need to get out of the house and what better way than a fully supervised day at school with my friends."
"All right."
Kanaye wasn't sure how to take Sakura's sudden change in attitude towards the situation, but as long as she wasn't locking herself in rooms, he was okay with it.
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Sakura took her normal walk to school and knew that Naruto would probably take the limo, because, even though he had a girlfriend, and even though Sasuke had stolen most of the fangirls, there was still a few who hadn't gotten the memo of leave him alone.
Walking into school she could feel the instant feeling of 'oh-my-god-her-parents-died-let's-watch-her-and-make-her-feel-awkward-' going through the hallways.
"Sakura-chan!" Sakura smiled as she recognized that voice.
"Hinata-chan! How was your trip?"
"My trip was fine, but what about you! Naruto told me what happened last night. I am so sorry Misaki-sama died, and I am sorry I couldn't be there..."
Hinata was the most sympathetic person Sakura had ever met and she smiled softly as she hugged her.
"I am okay Hinata...besides I have to learn to live on my own anyway right?"
"Aren't I the one supposed to be comforting you Sakura?"
They both laughed a little as the three other members of there group walked in.
Naruto snaked his arms around Hinata who blushed.
"Well, here we are another day at school."
Leave it to Shikamaru.
Suddenly one man walked in followed by most of the female population.
"Who's that?" Hinata asked.
"Hinata-chan,did you ever miss alot..."
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A/N: Man this chapter was a sad chapter. And was more of a filler for the plot. Guess what? Next chapter the band akatsuki and it's members come in ! Hooray.