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Important Author's Note!
Hey, guys! I've thought about it for a while, and I was wondering - do you want MORE descriptions or LESS? In my coming chapters, there'll be lots of descriptions (not too much, though) due to the fact that in Swedish class we had to read this part of Frankenstein, which totally inspired me to write long descriptions (even though the descriptions in Frankenstein are much more advanced... and IMO, the plot is boring).
So MORE descriptions or LESS? Please include in your review! Thank you so much!
Chapter VIII: Leave Me Alone
I'll kill them all…, his raspy voice whispered maniacally in the telephone. Sakura's hand was shaking, but she was clenching the receiver with all her power, afraid to miss any part of his speech.
It wasn't just something he said, she knew he was capable of doing it, too.
How could somebody who was supposed to take care of her do so much harm? How could he? After all, he was her -
And don't tell that little friend of yours. I'll make sure to kill him too otherwise, give him the most painful death…
Sa -! Sakura stifled a gasp. She could hear his voice calling to her from outside the room. He wanted her to come out. She clasped a hand to her mouth, feeling nauseous as tears trickled down her cheeks in a tormented silence.
Tomorrow, a subordinate of mine will come to you, he announced triumphantly. And then…
… you'll have to become his little doll.
You are beautiful –
- would you give it up for him, for Sa –
- or would you rather see him in pain?
I'd like to see you bleed. It'd be beautiful. Sinfully beautiful.
The voice of the other man, sent shivers down her spine, and she threw up on the floor, even though her other fist was still clamped to the receiver. She could just make out the wicked cackle as she screamed: "LEAVE ME ALONE!"
Then, slowly, painfully… she passed out.
Sakura's eyes snapped open. She was breathing fast – too fast for her own good – and her entire body was covered in sweat.
What was that… a flashback…?
She had never had that kind of experience before. Sure, she had had some glimpses of her past, a couple of voices, rarely even a picture or a whole sentence that made perfect sense or seemed relevant in any way, that just seemed to be in place… but this was just not normal.
No, it was damn downright surreal.
What was that? she asked herself silently in her mind. Whose voice was that? And… and…
Would you give it up for him…
She closed her eyes, trying to calm down. But that feeling only resurfaced.
Nausea, fright, horror, worry, concern…
Wait, concern?
But for who?...
For once, Sakura decided to take the subway. It wasn't just because she didn't feel for driving – no, somehow, just the feeling of being somewhere crammed and hot didn't seem appealing to her right now. The large, free, chilly subway seemed like a nice change.
Even though seeing Sasuke was the last thing she wanted, Sakura knew she had no choice. To call in and say she was a sick was lying, and if there was one thing Sakura hated, it was lies. She only lied if she had to. When she didn't want to make people worrying, for example.
And even though she felt as though she would vomit again anytime, she said it was only a feeling. She WOULDN'T throw up, unless she gave in to the feeling.
And everybody knew how stubborn that girl was.
That dream's still stuck in my mind…
She felt even worse as she recalled it. Then…
"UH!"
A bolt of pain shot rapidly through Sakura's body. Crouching, she felt her entire body scream for her to run for her life as pictures flashed through her mind at an alarming pace; blood, screams, and then she saw a boy crawling on the floor, she saw the knife, she screamed, and her feet finally obeyed her to run, but not away, but towards the knife –
"Shit, Sakura!"
A familiar voice interrupted her thoughts as she was thrown back to reality as somebody pulled her arm and she fell into extended arms that caught her as she was about to fall backwards instead of frontwards.
Sai…
Blinking, she realized that had Sai not caught her, she would've fallen into the gap where the electronic train was supposed to come.
You're there to catch me… catch me when I fall…
You shouldn't. I can… I can take care of myself. Watch me grow, Sa –
NO! LOOK OUT, SA –
Blood splattered everywhere as he screamed in pain. Those crimson eyes were glimmering with malice as he continued to carve the tattoo into the boy's skin. Sakura was watching helplessly, sharing the boy's pain…
"LEAVE ME ALONE!"
Sai blinked, startled. "What?"
Sakura's face was sickly pale as she, with a horrified gaze, stared intently back into his own eyes. Her body was shaking in his grasp, and her eyes petrified; he had only seen that gaze from her once before –
S-Sai…?
Her face expression was undeniably frightened and frightening; never before had he seen her this way, she was usually so cheerful… so… so…
So untainted.
He shook his head. "Are you okay, Sakura?"
"Y-yes…," she muttered, averting her gaze away from him, so that he couldn't see her orbs; her voice was still trembling, but it sounded like she was trying to keep it in control. "It… nothing… nightmares… that's all…"
"Nightmares?" he repeated. He raised an eyebrow. "Sakura, are you having a fever?"
He attempted to put the palm of his hand against her forehead, but Sakura slapped it away, her eyes filled with utmost terror, a terror Sai could not fully comprehend. "No!"
It's like every word… every touch… by any man…
She shivered. Those crimson eyes… his sickening touch… the knife that caused the blood to drop to the floor, loudly, indiscreetly; he loved the sound… he wanted her to cry out of pain…
What would've happened if –
"Sakura-chan, run! He's too strong for you!"
"N… Na…"
"Sa – will help you get out of here! Now get the hell out of here before he catches you!"
She felt the urge to vomit again, and her vision blurred somewhat. Suddenly, a face appeared before her.
Soot-colored hair.
Onyx eyes.
I've got to help him out of his darkness.
Sakura felt her determination defeat her nausea. No matter how bad she felt, she had to go to Sasuke. After all, the call that had woken her up this morning was about him…
Flashback
Sakura was panting heavily and sweating rivers as she with shaking hands picked up the receiver. Her voice sounded unsure and clumsy as she stuttered: "H-Hello?"
"Haruno-san? Good morning. This is Uzumaki Naruto."
"Oh! U-Uzumaki-san… er, how may I h-help you?"
"… It's about Sasuke. His condition… it's worsening."
End Flashback
I want… no, I need to help him.
But, he, too…
She shuddered.
… seems to possess those cold, indifferent crimson eyes…
Sakura felt almost better by the time she had reached Sasuke's cell. The brutal and animalistic yells of those that shared the asylum together with her patient seemed to arouse some life-energy into her.
Inhaling and exhaling calmly three times, her breath only shaking the slightest, she put her trembling hand onto the door-handle, pushed it down firmly and opened it.
"Good morning, Uchiha-sa –"
An immediate pain shot through her veins at the speed of light. Clutching her head, voices and pictures flashed past in her mind, only showing themselves briefly only to disappear completely, not leaving the slightest trace of its contents. She readied herself to meet the icy, hard concrete floor when –
"Watch it."
A pair of strong arms had jerked her up, her face gently smashed into his hard, muscular chest. Memories crept to her mind at an almost frightening slow speed, as though pieces of a puzzle put together at last…
"Do I always have to rescue you?"
She just grinned. "You're my guardian angel!"
Guardian angel. But… I…
I don't want to be protected.
"Who did this to you, Sakura?"
His voice was only trembling with controlled anger. She was shaking. This just wasn't him… those indifferent eyes, now filled with the purest blood-lust…
"TELL ME WHO!" he roared, making her stifle a gasp.
Because when he protects me…
"Don't hurt her. Or I'll kill you."
A soft laugh. "I'd like to see you try."
"DON'T UNDERESTIMATE ME!"
He flung himself at the taller boy. Sakura wanted to shut her eyes, wanted to hide herself from reality; she knew he could never defeat him.
But for her…
'WHO DID THIS TO YOU?'
… he would try.
And he would lose.
"AGH!" Sakura screamed along, joining his painful shriek. No, don't hurt him, don't… not for me… I… oh God, save me… save him…
… he will get hurt.
So please…
Just leave me alone.
Leave me alone, Sa –
She widened her eyes; the throbbing pain in her head became clearer, until they melted together with her loud heartbeats – it was like each heartbeat was a wave that hit her, that sent her reeling…
… or would you like to see him in pain?
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" she screamed ferociously, almost madly – her eyeballs popped dangerously, as though they'd fall out of their sockets, and her nails dug into the skin of her skull as her grip of her head tightened, pulling out a couple of pink strands of hair in the process.
She pushed herself away from Sasuke, unable to push him away – staggering backwards, she only met his gaze briefly, which was filled of shock, before it too widened…
Her eyes filled with tears, and her vision blurred before she lost unconsciousness.
Sasuke stared at the fallen body of the woman before him. He knew he should call the nurses, make them take her to Hinata to be taken care of.
But that sentence…
"Just… just leave me alone, okay?"
"Don't be such a bonehead, Sa -!" He was impatient. She was annoying. Why didn't she just tell him? She knew she could trust him! "You can't go alone! It's dangerous!"
"I'm SEVENTEEN, Sasuke, SEVENTEEN, not SEVEN! You don't have to protect me ALL THE TIME!"
He flinched. No '-kun', the yell, that wild glimmer in her eyes just now…
Her eyes betrayed her emotions. He could see the anxiety hidden beneath the façade.
"Don't be silly," he snapped. "You're weak."
"LEAVE ME ALONE!"
… I've heard it… before… from THAT… that person…
"JUST LEAVE ME ALONE! GO AWAY, SASUKE-KUN… GO AWAY!"
He gritted his teeth. He knew it. He had heard that voice.
Only one person had that voice… and if she was with him…
He could feel his rage blaze, his eyes unconsciously turning crimson as he clenched his fist so hard that his nails dug into the palm of his hand, causing blood to drip from the small injury.
… she was… afraid… and worried. She was always so… worried. About me.
"Don't… leave me, Sasuke-kun…" Her voice was thick, her salty tears were falling fast, onto his face... he could taste them… her arms cradled around him, one of her cold hands resting on the burning pain on his neck…
"… Don't leave me…," she repeated in a mere whisper, her sobs the only sound in the room. "… and I won't leave you…"
You lied… you said you'd never lie to me… you lied and said you'd never leave…
But you did. You left.
You left me, Sa –
"YAAAAAAAAARGH –"
"He kept screaming the words over and over again…"
Hinata frowned worriedly. Bad signs. Oh, Sasuke-san, what torture are you putting yourself through?
"What words?" she asked the nurse, her pearl eyes hinting at her sadness.
"Well…" The nurse seemed hesitant. "He kept screaming… 'you broke your promise'… or something like that… he was rather wild… shaking the bars like crazy… another patient doing that wouldn't have been surprising, but Uchiha-san… I wonder if Haruno-san's condition doesn't have anything to do with him."
"I'd doubt so." Hinata's frown deepened. "Sasuke-san never harms anybody physically." At least, nobody he knows.
"But this psychiatrist seems different," the nurse insisted. "I mean… it seems like he knows her."
Hinata stiffened. "He does?"
"Yeah… the last thing he said before we paralyzed him was 'Sakura'… that's Haruno-san's name, isn't it?"
"Oh…" Hinata's tensed shoulders relaxed just a tiny little bit, and she prevented herself from wincing. They're always so tense nowadays… something's going to happen. "Don't worry, he hasn't harmed her physically. Her body shows no signs either, right?"
"Yeah… but…" The nurse hesitated. "The hypnosis, Hyuuga-san…"
"I know." Hinata's face expression darkened even more. "… I can only hope this psychiatrist will help him."
"Hyuuga-san, I'm afraid I must disagree. She doesn't seem very different from the others."
"That…" The tiniest fragment of a smile appeared on Hinata's lips, making them curl upwards just the slightest. "… we'll have to wait and see."
Huh… where am I?
Sakura's eyelids were heavy as she forced them to lift the slightest, revealing a very dimmed vision of what was supposedly a white ceiling.
White..? But Uchiha-san's room is so dark…
"Awake, Haruno-san?"
Sakura felt a pair of gentle arms helping her up slowly, but with a steady grip, as she sat up in the… bed?
"Ugh… w-where am I…?" she said with an exhausted voice as she rubbed her head.
She could swear whoever the person was, was smiling. "The asylum's little 'hospital', as we prefer to call it. Not that it is that advanced yet."
"H-hospital? I…" Sakura was thrown back to reality as she hurriedly stood up from her bed. "… but Uchiha-san…"
"Don't worry, he's fine. He can skip a psychiatrist's visit for today." The woman smiled at her; she had long, dark hair that had some bluish tone to it, and milk-colored eyes like…
"Are you Neji-san's relative?" she blurted out before she could stop herself.
"Neji-onii-san? You know him?" Somehow, the woman didn't seem surprised. She was dressed in a nurse's outfit – a white jacket on top of a white turtleneck t-shirt, a white skirt that almost reached her knees and a pair of white low-heeled shoes.
"Oh… yes, we're… I mean, we used to be colleagues." She paused. "At Tsunade-sama's." Her emerald eyes were filled to the brim with curiosity she unsuccessfully was trying to hide as she tilted her head, still looking at the nurse. "So… you're his sister?"
A soft, melodic laugh escaped the nurse's lips. "No, I'm not. Neji-onii-san is my cousin; our fathers are twins."
"Okay…" Sakura smiled. "Thanks for taking care of me."
"You're welcome, Haruno-san."
Just then, somebody knocked on the door. "Hinata-chan?" Sakura recognized the voice as the boss'; but how come he was so familiar with the nurse…?
"Come in," Hinata's voice sounded harmonically; the door opened, just as Sakura had predicted, with the blonde Uzumaki standing in the doorway. The soft smile that had adorned his lips as he and Hinata exchanged glances faded away and was replaced by a more businesslike expression as his eyes landed on the pink-head.
"Haruno-san," he said with a serious voice as he walked towards her. "I heard you fainted, are you alright?"
"Yeah, of course I am," she laughed. "I just stayed awake too late last night, that's all."
He raised an eyebrow. "… Really?"
"Yes, I'm fully alright! Why wouldn't I be?"
"I'm quite aware you've heard of the state of the other psychiatrists Uchiha has had before by now -," he began, but was rudely interrupted by Sakura:
"Ah, it has nothing to do with it. I'm not mad yet, you know!" She grinned. His eyebrow just shot up higher.
"… You haven't thought, or seen, any strange things as of lately?"
Nothing other than a raspy voice that keeps saying 'kill', weird flashbacks and feeling totally nauseous! Other than that, perfectly normal! "No," she said with her most convincing happy-go-lucky tone.
He rolled his eyes, and for the first time in her company, seemed to relax. "You're just as stubborn as ever, Sakura-chan. Can't you stop lying and tell me the truth about you and Sasuke?"
Both stiffened; Hinata, whom had been looking through her papers, swiftly turned her head to see the scene. Sakura's eyes widened in astonishment, while the blonde's seem to shift through several emotions before he said with a stony, cold voice:
"I forgot you weren't 'Sakura-chan'. I'm sorry." And with those words, he exited. Hinata watched his back retreat silently, then walked towards the door, but before opening it, smiled sadly at Sakura:
"I'm sorry about Naruto-kun's behavior, Haruno-san. It's just a painful memory for him."
Sakura only stared after them, stunned. A painful memory, huh…?
"Sakura-chan! Let's eat ramen!"
"IDIOT! We've eaten ramen FIVE times this week already… Na -!"
… all memories are painful…
"Are you alright, Sakura-chan?"
"I'm fine, totally fine!" She grinned widely. "That can't be said about you, though… you're so clumsy!"
"But Sakura-chan is clumsier when she's around the bastard! At least I've never tried rollerblading before!"
"… Do you want to die early, Na –"
… for me…
"Tch! He's such an ice cube! You'll become frosty yourself soon, Sakura-chan! Like a snowflake!"
She giggled. "Well then, I'll try to melt him!"
"Sakura-chan, you'll have to use a meteorite-comet-torch-bonfire to melt the bastard!"
"What the hell is a meteorite-comet-torch-bonfire?"
"It's just the dobe acting like a dobe," a familiar bored voice commented. Sakura laughed.
"Hey, Sakura-chan! Why are you listening to Sa –"
"Ugh!" She clutched her head. "What was all that about…?"
"... Naruto-kun?"
Her voice was filled with worry as she neared her husband.
"Hinata-chan…" He turned towards her, looking utterly tired as he smiled. "… hey."
"… Do you want to be… left alone…?" she questioned quietly.
"No, not now, and never again." He kissed her cheek lovingly. "Hinata-chan…"
"You mustn't be so icy towards her, Naruto-kun… it's bad enough as it is…"
"Maybe." His voice became stern, as he grimaced. "I just don't know…"
Hinata made no sound, waiting for him to continue.
"… I really want her to remember. Maybe things could become normal again then, but I don't think they will." He paused, then said gravely: "But I don't want her to remember either, it's so painful, all of it. And the way bastard's become… there's still a rescue, though, but if Sakura-chan can't remember…"
"But if they keep suppressing their memories…," Hinata began in a low voice.
"… they will both become psychotic, yes," Naruto's voice finished heavily.
Waah! I'm so sorry! So sorry! -bows head- It's just that life's been so hectic, it's like I don't know how fast time's passing. When my sis went, 'Geez, time has gone real fast, I was supposed to be in Germany (she's on vacation) one week, I've been here a month!' I was like 'WTF? Has it been one month ALREADY?', and the weekends just fly by before I can say "STOP, PAUSE, REWIND, I WANT TO GO SHOPPING ONE MORE TIME AND THE GIRLS' NIGHT I TALKED ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO STILL HASN'T OCCURED YET!".
So as you can guess, I haven't really had the time to write. I've also lacked major inspiration... maybe because I'm stressing so much. The only times I haven't been stressing the recent weeks have been during the Fridays, when I've been with my sistahs, Cookie, Ash and Panda! (As I call them. Their real names are different, of course, but I come up with weird nicknames for all my friends, much to the dismay of my male ones.) We go out shopping every Friday - amazingly enough the only thing I've bought when with them have been a pair of sandals, but once we sit down to have some McDonalds/Espresso House, we're doomed, we stay there until there're 20 minutes left before the shopping center closes! (Hahah.)
But FINALLY I got some inspiration, so the last week I've finished writing THREE chapters! Whee! Guess why? Well, the Sakura trees in town are in full bloom... :)
Reviews Corner (150 reviews! Please leave as much feedback as possible:D I love reading your reviews!)
honoring death: Hahahah, thanks, and oh my god, I did the same thing too! (But with Contradicted - but it was not about jealousy, it was that he blurted out that he HAD saved her, and - god, can somebody stop me from ranting?) But no, it's okay, I love reading rants, so please keep on ranting if you wish:D
cookiesxnxcream: Update done! What do you think:D
SakuraDouble: Thank you:D Oh yes, I can totally see it in front of me... (Naruto: Bastard! Sasuke: Dobe. Parrot: Dobe. Naruto: Hey, that's two against one!)
Freedomstar999: Those questions shall be answered... later. -evil grin- And here's the update! ;D
-Out-of-Inspiration-: Thanks! Hmm? Dragging it out? Well, I was trying to shorten it as much as possible x.x; That was why I almost completely excluded Sai's and Sakura's date... originally, there was supposed to be more SaiSaku, in order to develop the couple some more.
Kunoichi142: Nauw, really? Well, the only experience I have of a parrot was an entire store staring at me when it started repeating, "HELLO MY NAME IS JACOB" 1000 times when I stood there, waiting for my mother to finish buying her goddamned flowers. XD; Childish? Spirited Away? It's a classic. It's kind of like Totoro; whether or not you're 4 or 14 or 24, if you're Asian and haven't watched it, it's like you've never watched Simpsons in the US, right (I think... at least it's like that in Sweden anyway)? But Sakura's a Spirited Away addict. ;D To be truthful, I only added Spirited Away because I like the name - 'spiriting' somebody away, I've just watched the movie thrice. XDDD And thanks for the review!
pinky101: And I love your reviews:D Please keep on reviewing!
HPBabe91: I KNOW! u.u; I so wanted to kill her back then. Now I want to make her and Sui-chan a couple. :D Wouldn't they be adorable together? Killing each other in the process. Mwahaha. Thanks! And baseball? Cool! We never play (or watch) baseball here. o.x; We've this wannabe-baseball-kind-of-game called brännboll ( literally burnball), but it isn't literally baseball. Oh, you dislike Sai? u.u; You should read Homebound by Gensomaden Saiyuki-san (okay, there's no -san there, I just add it because I admire her writing skills), I love him there. ;D UPDATE HERE:D
Crazy Gal42: 81 and 82, huh? Hahah. Doesn't that mean you're getting close to 108 (soon), the SasuSaku episode:D At least it's better than here... no Naruto at all. o.x; I don't WANT to hear the Swedish dubs anyway, they'd scare the crap out of me. -shivers- And thanks again for the review:D
xx-Tragic-Serenade: -gasp- You must be a relative to Sasuke, then, as a crazy person! We've finally found you, Uchiha (Crazy) Tragic Serenade:D Okay, sorry, I'm acting a bit weird after too much chocolate. x.x; Ugh. Thanks for the review!
frienz4ever: Updated ;) Thanks for the review!
shadowfox908: Here's the next chapter, tell me what you think:) Thanks for the review!
yourdarkdesire: I should be the one thanking you for reviewing:D Here's the next update!
Ai-chan13: Thank you:D
purplecherry5: Thank you! Omelet, huh...? I'll check it out when I've got time. ;) Sounds like cooking? Hey! I was going to use cooking in my SasuSaku crackfic! XDDD ... Oh well. It isn't Sasuke teaching Sakura to cook, right? o.x; (Because that was my idea - I have to think of a new idea if that's the case XD; )
Mimi the Witch: Thank you:D Hahah, same here. If I had a parrot, its favorite words would probably be 'randomness', 'icecream' and 'die, bitch!'... strange combo, and then it'd be so hyper it'd try to escape and then get so emo it would sit there and go all emo-ish. xD
paintupurple: Yes, I know, wouldn't that be lovely? Nauw... poor Sai. :P He's not very liked, it seems! Haha. I've a tendency to make him unhappy in my SasuSaku fics, the poor thing. But you nevre know... ;D And thanks:D
angel2559: Thank you:D
MELCAR17: Thanks ;)
lilxcutexmonstah: Hmm... well... I still find it hard to believe you! It's just like that time one of my friends said he sucked at drawing, and I had to bribe him to show me his drawing in art class, and it was soo beautiful! But anyway, here's the update and thanks for the review:D
LoNeLy-GiRl14: Updated again, what do you think:D
yukibozu: Hahah, my mom does too, but I got it from my dead boyfriend :P From his parents, as a last gift - it was one of his most prized possessions, so she couldn't really say no, I guess :) Which is good, since he loved (loves) KH too. Yes, it is a love triangle indeed :) Even though I focus more on SasuSaku. Suspense? Ah... then you don't have to wait too long. ;) Thanks for the review!
cherry blossom petals: Done:) Thanks for the review!
XXRedWolfXX: I'm glad you do! Thanks:D
Heart's Door: Ah, sorry, sorry. I just haven't had the time to proof-check, and I'm too busy (and lazy x.x; ) to find myself a beta reader. o.x; The repetitive part was caused by dad's computer, tho, I thought it had stopped doing that now, but apparently not... -mutters- But no author's perfect, ne? And the Author's Note - I apologize for that, I've stopped doing that now, I just found it necessary because another reviewer (in another fic) commented on my overusing of Japanese words though there's no need to it, so I just had to write it there as I think not many read my Author's Note after the actual chapter. x.x; Sorry!
Lengthen each scene? Well, I was afraid of making you guys bored... the actual date was supposed to include more conversation and stuff, but I found it pointless because it's just some minor fluff which is merely hinted at, and making more intense SaiSaku was useless as it was supposed to be a surprise that he kissed her forehead, thus emphasizing the change in their platonic relationship, and I also change the scenes rapidly because I often find myself bored when I read a scene for too long a time, changing scenes rapidly makes you wonder what happens next (IMO). And as for the things that COULD have happened, except for the SaiSaku date - do you have any more suggestions? Because I myself couldn't find any, so out of pure curiosity I'm just wondering, because most of the other scenes are supposed to hint the past without having to describe it fully. The past will be a major difference to the current scenes now, though... I was thinking of your request (and then there was that Frankenstein thing too) and made the descriptions a bit longer, I just hope they aren't too long now x.x; Just a warning, though. The longer the scenes/descriptions, the longer it'll take for me to update. xD;
Oops. This review response was VERY long. XDDD
icygirl2: It's okay, I know how it feels - I must apologize for MY late update! x.x; It feels like I hardly have any time to sit down, breathe and take a glass of ice tea or juice, and when I do, I stare at the clock and go "OH SHIT! IT HAS ALREADY BEEN AN HOUR!oneoneeleven!" (okay, not REALLY) and have to run off somewhere again. Thank you and the same to you! ;)
JadeXOnyx-4ever: Thank you :D I'm glad you like it!
shadow angel 101: Thank you:) Haha, it's confusing, I know. Sometimes I get confused myself, because sometimes I change my ideas... I've already changed the plot five times now, and I mean major plot events. Wait... what am I ranting on about? Sorry, I'm so tired I barely know what I'm writing... xD;
Serenity Fey: The names break off because they can't realize who they are yet. :) How do you think Sasuke will react if he remembers it's Sakura? The reason why he doesn't recognize her will be revealed later (here I merely hint at it). But thanks:D
riverbreeze: Thanks! Yes, I do hate her a lot too. :( No, no, don't give up hope yet! Kishi-chan said there'd be more love in Part II, and please, please, PLEASE don't say you think it'll be NaruSaku! What'll happen to poor Hinata-chan? She obviously hasn't gotten over her crush on Naru-chan yet!
PerfectionsInTheEyes: Thank you very much:D I'm glad you love it. I've now updated... what is your opinion? ;)
greenishsunset: Thanks:D
danielie: Thanks:D And don't worry, I love long reviews. Please keep on reviewing:D
XsakuraroxX: Thanks, and hahahah, of course:D As mentioned before: (Naruto: Bastard! Sasuke: Dobe. Parrot: Dobe. Naruto: Hey, that's two against one!) ;D A random comment: I'm so sleepy that I almost thought your name was sakurasux, and I was like WHAT? And then... oh... rox, well that's so much better :D Sorry, just a random comment.
Thanks so much for the reviews... I'm sorry if the replies were weird or something, I'm so sleepy now I could just fall asleep on the spot, which I can't because I still have to study for that goddamned test tomorrow night. x.x; Either way, please leave a review and have a very nice day. Thank you!
Fanfiction Coming Up!
Bittersweet Facade (NaruHina)
In the game, he was a savior, a winner, a hero, and she the gifted warrior singer - in reality, he was the one who needed to be saved, a loser, a nobody, hated for his father, the infamous assassin known by the codename Kyuubi, and she the mute daughter of the president, hated by countless others for the cruel ruler known as her father, including him - but all of that was only a facade.
Inspiration: I was really bored one Saturday evening when one of my friends had cancelled our girls' night. So I sat in front of the TV by myself and flicked through the channels, doomed with boredom, when I saw this interesting program about WoW addicts... I've never played an online RPG myself, but I was suddenly really inspired! So for the first time, I decided to write a NaruHina fic with ONLY SasuSaku HINTS! That's the first time I write a multi-chapter story with SasuSaku as a side-pairing and not the main one. What do you guys think?