A/N: Thank you guys so much for the overwhelming amount of reviews! I really didn't expect that many!
Anyways I know it's taking me forever to update, I'm just lazy. I'm so sad school's starting soon so hopefully if I work diligently enough I can get two chapters out before school starts. I'm working on three other stories also so bear with me here.
Again Standard Disclaimer Applies: Anything familiar does not belong to me.
Caught Up In Between
Summary:AU Sasuke and Sakura were inseparable when they were kids. Then Sasuke left with high hopes of becoming famous, leaving little Sakura to fend from the bullies herself. When he comes to town for a visit, can they reconnect, or will Sasuke's dream of being famous keep them apart? Sasusaku.
C . h . a . p . t . e . r . 2 :-: No More Sorrow
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"I'll never let you down, Even if I could, I'd give up everything, If only for your good"
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Finally Haruno Sakura had found happiness. Her best friend was back and he hadn't forgotten her. Not only that, he had promised to never leave her again.
Indeed it was bliss.
Sakura made her way to her next class walking in between Sasuke and Naruto. A bright smile adorning her face. Something people had rarely ever seen. Next to her Naruto looked happy but his eyes showed otherwise. He was worried that now that Sasuke was back, Sakura would forget about him.
Sasuke on the other hand was as happy as he could get. But you couldn't tell. He kept the same emotionless blank look on his face.
He was trying to ignore the giggling and glares from the fangirls that Sakura was getting but she wasn't even paying attention. She was in an ignorant happiness, her child-like naivety returning to her and the hole in heart filled.
She truly believed nothing could bring her down.
She looked over to her right side and glanced at Sasuke. Without warning she threw her arms around him sideways and hugged him tightly at the same time exclaiming,
"Oh I'm just so glad your back, Sasuke-kun!" she smiled beautifully.
Sasuke looked surprised for a second but recovered quickly and shot back an equally happy smile to her and put his left arm around her.
"I'm glad to be back Saki." 'You have no idea how glad.'
They walked into their last class of the day, Math. Sakura made a face as she walked into the classroom.
The teacher also made a face when Sakura and Naruto walked in. She hated the two with a passion.
"Glad you two decided to grace us with your presence today." The teacher snapped sarcastically.
"Don't flatter yourself." Sakura started coldly.
"Yeah, it's a special occasion." Naruto continued (although, he was much more enthusiastic).
"Oh yeah? And what would that be?" She asked suspiciously.
"You have a new student." Sakura pointed to the lone Uchiha up front.
The teacher gasped when she saw who was standing up front. She bowed and stuttered.
"U-Uchiha-sama, W-Welcome to my c-class. Please introduce yourself."
But that was really unnecessary because, who DIDN'T know Uchiha Sasuke?
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I dislike fangirls and my best friends are Haruno Sakura and Uzumaki Naruto." He finished off and walked to the back where his two friends were sitting.
Everyone looked at Sakura in shock and jealously. Watanabe Ami narrowed her eyes.
'This bitch is going down. How dare she steal my Sasuke-kun from me?!!?' she thought furiously.
Sakura heard whispers all around her.
"Slut."
"I bet she sleeps with both Naruto AND Sasuke."
"I know she sleeps with Naruto every night."
"What a whore."
"It's no surprise though. That's what happens when you haven't been raised properly."
"I feel bad for her parents."
"Man her parents must hate her."
"What kind of parents raise a daughter like that?"
Sakura just ignored them with a blank look on her face. Didn't they know? Didn't they know she was an orphan? Did they have no heart? She blinked back the tears and gritted her teeth. How fucking dare they?
'It's ok Sakura, just breathe, that's it. Count to ten before kicking their asses. 1…2…3…4…5…6…' She counted to herself.
The whispers did not go past Sasuke who clenched his fists tightly. 'How can she just sit there like that? I'm so sorry Saku-chan, I never knew you had to go through this.'
He glanced at her with sorrow filled eyes. His eyes lit up with a certain idea.
"Psst, Saki, do you wanna come over after school? I know for sure my mom misses you tons. I think Itachi would want to see you to before he heads off to wherever it is he's going." He whispered to her.
Her eyes widened in shock but soon softened.
"Yeah sure. I would love to see Mikoto-san again." She whispered back.
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Sakura and Sasuke made their way to the Uchiha Manor, with Naruto stuck in detention they decided it was ok that Sakura would visit for awhile and then go home.
Sakura chatted animatedly with Sasuke about her recent life (she left out the part about all the nights she spent crying herself to sleep, of course) and Sasuke told her what it was like to be an actor.
Suddenly Sasuke stopped and grabbed Sakura's wrist. Almost immediately they were bombarded with flashes of lights and paparazzi. Sasuke swore under his breath and pulled Sakura through the crowd.
Sakura, shocked by the sudden bright bursts of light, recovered quickly and put on a blank face. She felt a hard tug on her wrist and was unceremoniously dragged all the way to the Uchiha manor.
They both stopped in front of the main door to catch their breath.
"Are you always bombarded like that?" Sakura asked lightly.
"I'm so sorry you had to go through that. I didn't think they'd follow me to Konoha." He said.
Sakura just raised an eyebrow and Sasuke understood what she meant. "I'll explain later." He told her.
Sasuke opened the door and called out, "I'm home!"
Mikoto rushed into the foyer, "Sasuke-kun! Welcome home! How was your first day?" she asked with a smile.
"It was ok. I brought a friend home." He told her and moved aside to reveal Sakura.
Mikoto gasped and her eyes filled with tears. She reached out and grabbed the girl into a tight hug.
"Oh Sakura-chan it's been so long! We've been so worried about you! How are you holding up, darling?"
Sakura smiled a small smile and replied, "I'm ok, and it's been ten years after all."
Sasuke was the only one who caught the sorrow in her eyes.
His mother didn't look too convinced but decided to let it go.
"Well come into the kitchen kids, I baked cookies!"
She locked arms with Sakura and chatted excitedly to her while Sasuke trudged behind them with a small smile on his face.
Upon entering the kitchen, they saw the two older Uchiha men eating away at the cookies. When they noticed the three standing at the doorway, they look up guiltily.
"Boy's look whose here!" Mikoto broke the silence.
Fugaku and Itachi stared at Sakura with their mouths hung open. Mikoto walked over and snapped their jaws shut.
"Ow! Mom!"
"Mikoto!"
Sakura giggled at the site.
"I thought I taught you two manners! Really boys!" Mikoto reprimanded.
Itachi swallowed his food and got up to hug Sakura.
"Hey Little Sakura, it's been a long time hasn't it?" He smiled down to her.
"Hai it has," she smiled back, "And I'm not little anymore!" she pouted.
Itachi just smirked and ruffled her hair. "You'll always be little to me."
She had remembered to bow in respect to Fugaku, who just nodded his head.
"It's good to see you Sakura." He said.
Sakura just smiled a small smile and turned away.
Mikoto clapped her hands loudly, "Well since it's seems that these two boys have eaten all the cookies, why don't you head up to Sasuke's room and I'll bake some more for you!"
Fugaku was offended that his wife kept calling him a boy. He grumbled quietly in his seat.
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Sasuke had lead Sakura up to his room. When they walked in she noticed that it was the same but messier.
"Sorry about the mess, I haven't had time to unpack properly." Sasuke told her.
She just shrugged her shoulders. "'S ok."
She walked over to his dresser and saw pictures of the two of them when they were little. The corner of her mouth lifted up slightly. She had really missed Sasuke. As she moved along she saw the childhood pictures turn into posters and pictures of Sasuke himself from his movie/television series premiere.
She traced her fingers along the edges of his dresser and looked around for Sasuke. When she didn't see him she walked over and sat on his bed, afraid to touch anything else. The memories that ran through her mind caused her great sadness and she missed the old times terribly.
Sasuke walked out of his closet to see Sakura sitting on his bed, her eyes giving away her distant look.
He sat next to her on his bed and turned to face her.
"Saku?" he whispered.
Sakura broke out of her reverie. "Hm?"
"You wanna change out of those clothes?" he asked her.
"Oh yeah sure." She got up and walked over to the door that connected her room in the Uchiha manor to Sasuke's.
She opened the door, stepped in and shut it behind her. It was the same exact as it was ten years ago. Pink. The flowery bed print looked like it hadn't been used in years. 'Well duh Sakura, you haven't been here in like ten years!' she mentally scolded herself.
She strode over to her walk-in closet that had been so graciously been updated with the top-of-the-line designer clothing. Mikoto had always wanted a daughter so she bought girl clothing that she thought was cute hoping one day Sakura would be able to wear it.
Sakura, finding some of Sasuke's old clothes in the corner, threw on a pair of basketball shorts and a baggy t-shirt with the Uchiha symbol on the back.
She waltzed back into Sasuke's room and proceeded to jump onto his huge bed. Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her.
"I thought my mom filled your closet with girl clothes." He asked.
"She did. They were too girly for my style." She spoke nonchalantly.
"Sakura, I remember everything about you to be girly." Sasuke said playfully.
Her eyes hardened, "Yeah well people change, Sasuke." She told him flatly.
He looked down sadly. "I know." He said softly.
Sakura felt bad. But why should she apologize? She was only telling the truth. She shrugged her shoulders.
"So wacha wanna do?" she asked him. This time is was his turn to shrug his shoulders.
"Fine…how about I beat you at a game of air hockey?!" She pumped her fist into the air.
Sasuke raised his eyebrow, "And may I ask mademoiselle, how do you expect to do that?"
"Simple." She started with a smirk that was frighteningly exactly like Sasuke's, "I. Will. Kick. Your. Sorry. Ass."
"Bring it on."
And with that said the two leapt off his bed and headed to the game room. After about an hour, the game with interrupted a knock on the door.
"Sasuke-kun, telephone." Mikoto came in with the cordless phone in her hand.
Sasuke grabbed the phone. When he found out who was on the other line, his face darkened. He walked out of the room leaving Sakura to fend for her own. She lazed around for 40 minutes. She looked at the time. It was 5:40. 'I guess it's time to head home. Sasuke-kun still hasn't come back. Naruto will probably be home by now. It's his turn to make dinner. Oh wait, that means ramen tonight. Oh great.'
Her thought process was interrupted by the slamming of the game room door. Sasuke walked in with a furious look on his face.
"Sasuke? You all right?" she asked hesitantly. No way was she planning to die. No literally, stop laughing. He looked ready to kill.
He looked up shock for a second but regained his composure.
"It's nothing." He told her.
She didn't look convinced. But if he didn't want to tell her, it was none of her business.
'Right and your just not his best friend right?' the stupid little voice inside her head asked.
'That's not the point, he hasn't seen me in ten years, and he probably still has those trust issues.' She replied back to the voice.
She got up and gave him a hug. He tensed but quickly relaxed and put his arms around her. She hugged him tighter and whispered in his ear. "I hope everything is ok."
She pulled out of the hug and told him it was getting late and she needed to head home. She picked up her backpack from his room and her uniform. She had given a goodbye hug to Mikoto with promises to return.
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They walked back to Sakura's apartment in silence. A comfortable silence mind you. When they had reached the apartment, Sakura had pulled out her keys only to find the door slightly ajar.
'That's strange.' She thought. She gave a sideways glance to Sasuke and pushed open the door.
The apartment's inside was something out of a crime scene.
Sakura's eyes widened in fear and she looked around for Naruto. When she saw him, she froze completely. He was in a corner of the living room, curled up in fetal position, shaking. And when she thought nothing could bring her down today, it happened.
'Oh Kami-sama, why us?'
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"I still remember/The world from the eyes of a child/Slowly those feelings/Were clouded by what I know now."
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A/N: Finally! I've been working on this chapter forever. Sorry if it seems sucky or vague. I wasn't sure how to approach it.
Anyway, who was our mysteriously phone caller? What happened to Naruto and Sakura's apartment? Will Naruto be ok?
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