Minna-san!
I first want to thank you all for the amazing reviews! I love them so much and that's what got me into writing this chapter so early! And I have an announcement: I got 100 hits! I will give you all something nice if I get 200 hits for this story! EEEK! Ehem— (calms down a bit)—
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...Ya...So um...Basically, I would put up my chapter faster if I get more reviews. Lets say I usually update in a week or so, then I get 5 reviews (XD) and I put it up in less than a week! HOW'S THAT!? So review while ya can! Actually, you can review whenever...BLEEEECH!
Enough said, I have one more thing I need to tell ya:
I'm gonna start another story soon. I got the idea from reading an awesome FanFic called 'Take it or Leave it'. It's about Akatsuki turning into kittens and mailing them off to Sakura-chan! I need your help so I can get a clue about what's going on. Go on my profile if you want and vote! Plz vote on when I should do the story, and what I should name the story. For the first week, its when I should do the story. For the next week, its what I should name the story. Then so on and so forth. So if you want to vote on two different polls than get your schedule right! If I get 5 votes on the same topic then I'll use it...maybe.
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Zetsu: Oreo, YingYang, Mr. Mime
Hidan: Winter, Spirit, Stormfall, Blaze, Toilet Paper
Thx! Okay, now on with the chappie!!
Flashback
Sakura studied her mother. 'Why is she so still? She's still up but something going on.' Sakura wondered to herself. 'Oh my lord!' Sakura figured out what was happening immediately. "Mother! Please! What's happening?! What's going on?!? You shouldn't have diedso fast and so easily! Mother please! Wake up!" She tried to pick up her mother, "I'll take you to the hospital! Don't worry! I can—I can—" Sakura froze. She knew that she had passed away already. It was just too soon.
"Sakura..."
Sakura bursted up in surprise. She placed her deceased mother back on the bed and turned her head around. She gasped. It was—
End of Flashback
"Gaara-san?" Sakura questioned. Right now, Sakura was busy thinking about what her dead mother was saying. 'You know Gaara-sama right? Well, he was chosen to be Suna's Seeker.' Sakura gasped in realization and pondered why was Gaara-san here. And did he know anything about this...Prophecy?
Sakura stared at him in curiosity. While she was doing that, she was looking what Gaara was wearing. It seemed to be the usual attire. Well, besides the Kazekage robe. When she kept checking him out, she realized that she missed something. Gaara appeared to be carrying a ruby talisman around his neck. 'I wonder what that's for.'
Gaara watched Sakura err—check him out—, even though his face wasn't showing it, but he had a tiniest speck of amusement in his mind. Although he didn't realize it, he kinda liked the idea. But Sakura kept staring at him for awhile now and Gaara started to get creeped out. He tried to quickly break the silence in his quiet, husky voice.
"So your mother...passed away?"
Sakura broke out of her trance and sadly nodded. "Ya. I was just g-going to take her to the h-hospital to..." Sakura began to cry again.
Gaara got nervous. He was never in a situation when there was a girl around the same age as him felt depressed and...cried. Yes, he comforted many people before but they were kids—children, that were guys...and did I mention they were kids?
"Erm..." He slowly walked over to Sakura and he desperately tried to move his hand to pat Sakura's shoulder. When he froze in mid air, he even tired to use his sand to force his hand down on Sakura. When he was just about to smash his hand on her shoulder, another person came in. Oh my. No one would expect him.
Sakura looked up and saw a blurry figure throught the tears. When her eyes adjusted and focused on the target, she almost screamed. Sexy figure. White robe. Chicken-Butt hair. And you can't miss the set of Sharingan eyes.
'Holy shit not him. Please tell me this is just a nightmare. Sure I wish he came but...I also at the same time don't want him here! CRAP!' Sakura was in a moment of stress. Gaara on the other hand, was relieved at the fact that the Famous Uchiha interrupted him so he didn't have to comfort Sakura and be scarred for life.
Sasuke shifted his dark gaze towards Sakura. He was deeply taken in by her new appearance. '...She definatly changed...' Sasuke then glared at Gaara. Gaara caught his glare and glared back. For a moment, if you look closely, you could see a tiny spark of lightening that closed the bind of the two glares.
"S-sasu-k-ke..." Muttured the dazed Sakura. Yep, she was dazed alright. Her love of her life, the man whom she loved with all her might, the one that left her with a broken heart, was standing right in front of her.
"Sakura." His eyes glanced at the kunoichi, then back at Gaara. "Gaara." And...they continued to stare.
'Sasuke...Not Sasuke-kun? I wonder what's going on? Does she no longer have anymore feelings for me?' pondered the bewildered, yet angry Sasuke. 'Her of all people! I though she would be screaming my name and acting all Fan-girly by now...But...nothing...'
Sakura noticed the intensity of the atmosphere and decided to break the silence with a question. A question that she was dying to ask just when the love of her life appeared.
"So um...W-why are y-you...h-here?" Sakura tried to speak as if nothing happened to her mother and that she was in a bright, cheery mood in hope that Sasuke wouldn't think she was...annoying. But all that came out was a tiny, scratchy squeak.
"..." There goes his number one quote.
Sakura shook with anger. Why wouldn't Sasuke EVER even try to speak? Why does he always ignore Sakura likeshe's some sort of pest, like she's not even there?!
"I'm here to see you." Sakura gasped and looked into Sasuke's Sharingan eyes. 'S-sasuke...came to see...me?' A small hint of blush appeared on her tearful face. She quickly shook it off. But Gaara didn't miss it. Secretly, without Gaara even knowing it, he was really fond of the pink-haired kunoichi ever since she, Naruto and Kakashi saved him from the Akatsuki which were trying to suck out the Shukaku from his body. Without the help of her healing, he would have died. (A/N: I know that's not what actually happened, but TOO BAD!)
Before they had a chance to think or say anything else, another person came in. It was Tsunade.
"Tsunade-shishou!" Sakura brightened at the interruption of her senseibecause one: She didn't like the tension around them. Two: She needed someone that she knew and was used to to visit her. Three: She wanted to apologize for what happened back in the training grounds. Four: Her mother told her that Tsunade-samaknew something about this. Maybe she could tell her more. And five: Shit! She needed a GIRL nonetheless a WOMEN to speak to.
Tsunade caught the motionless figure lying on the bed, behind Sakura. 'So, it happened huh? Poor Sakura.' But that thought was interrupted by the sudden realization of two other people in Sakura's parents room. 'So this is where Sasuke said he wanted to visit. I guess he do care about Sakura. I wonder what Sakura's feeling about this sudden appearance.'
"Gaara-sama, did you need Sakura for something?"
Gaara shifted his gaze away from the Uchiha and answered, "Yes. I believe she knows about this 'Prophecy'. And I believe my duty is to find and aid her. Is that not correct Tsunade-sama?"
"Tsunade-shishou...So Gaara-san is a Seeker?" Tsunade gave her a surprised look. How did she know that Gaara was one of the Seeker?
Sakura realized the confused look she gave her and she thought back. 'Oh ya! My mom told me about this. Apparently, I'm not suppose to know.'
"She," Sakura pointed back to her mother, "told me. I'm guessing that she was not allowed to."
Tsunade groaned and she clutched her forehead. "No! Damnit!" She gave a desperate look at Sakura. "I guess she told you that because she knew if she told you something she shouldn't, she'll automaticly die. But since she knew that she was already about to die, she just went and told you. Arg!
Sakura was confused, "But doesn't that mean that she played smart and told me something even though she shouldn't and didn't really get punished for it?"
Tsunade gave her a desperate look and sighed, "No. She didn't know that if she betrayed the gods, even when she was about to die, that..." She paused. Then decided to get it over with. "...That someone very dear to you, someone who you love and care for, someone you consider a friend...will... either be turned into an extra pawn for our alternate dimension twins...or...die."
Gaara, Sasuke, and Sakura's eyes widened. Gaara and Sasuke quickly looked at Sakura in worry. They realized that she wasn't all that freaked out. Instead, she hung her head and gave a weak smile. "W-well...I guess I should have e-expected that huh? My life has had nothing but pain, sorrow, and betrayal. I definatly deserve this." With that, she spun around and walked out of the door.
Tsunade squinted her eyes and hung her head. Gaara watched her leave in sadness. He really did feel bad for her. And Sasuke...he got the worst of them all. He knew that the three adjectives used to decribe her life was definatlymostly his fault. Pain. He caused her that when he called her annoying. Sorrow. He caused her that when he rejected her comfort and left Konoha. And lastly, betrayal. He betrayed her when he attacked her and almost endangered her life. Not only her, but his best friend and sensei too.
With Sakura
Sakura started exiting her house and making her way out. Anywhere is fine other than her house. She needed to get away.
Rain started falling little by little and soon, it was pouring. Sakura didn't even worry about the damn rain. She was just to busy thinking about Tsunade-shishou's words. 'Someone very dear to you, someone who you love and care for, someone you consider a friend...will... either be turned into an extra pawn for our alternate dimension twins...or...die.'
She began to quicken her pace into a run. 'Why does all this pressure have to be put on me?! First I'm the 'Prophecy'! Then Sasuke shows up! And now...I just handed over one of my comrades to the evil twins whom all of this is their fault! And worse yet, I have no idea what to do!'
Sakura stopped running and realized where she was. At the old training fields of Team 7. This was the place where all those happy memories were. Sakura remembered everything.
'Our first assignment was taken place here...We were suppose to try to take the bells from Kakashi-sensei. We all failed because we really weren't working as a Team Kakashi-sensei wanted us to. In the end, I thought we all failed and had to go back to Konoha Academy. But in the end, we passed!' Sakura smiled at the cheery thoughts of her past. She walked over to the middle trunk and put a hand on it. 'Ha, I remember when I hated Naruto for always getting in the way of my flirting with Sasuke. Now I find him as the person I care most for. Recently, I think I even started to develop feelings for him...'
Her thoughts were interrupted by the sudden realization that she didn't feel any more rain splattering on her. She looked ahead and realized that everywhere else was still pouring. She looked up and saw an umbrella over her head. She turned around and saw Sasuke holding up the umbrella. (A/N: I really don't like Sasu/Saku much, but Sakura does still have feelings for him and I can't make Sakura so OOC. Later, it's gonna be Saku/Others. But right now, she needs to accept her feelings.)
"You know, it's raining." Sasuke informed.
Sakura's rage came back and with a quick movement, slapped THE Sasuke Uchiha right in the face. A red mark made its way across his delicate features. Sasuke was stunned as he saw that Sakura wasn't flirting with him, she was dead serious.
He tried again. "You're going to catch a cold if you keep getting soaked. You should go home."
Sakura was definatly miffed now. "Holy. Sasuke Uchiha is actually concerned about annoying little hell-hole me! And too top that, you actually spoke more than one word! Are you proud of yourself jack-ass?!" She retorted hotly and crossed her arms.
"I said 'you should go home'." He was really surprised that Sakura was acting like this. Surely she still liked him right? Right?
"Don't talk to me! But fine! I'm pretty sure that you're just saying that because you have a pride to keep. I bet you actually just want me out of here and back home so you can get me out of your sight! So, I will!" With that, she turned around and started to march away.
Sasuke was REALLY stunned now. Truthfully, it actually kind of hurt. To think that Sakura or anybody talked to him like that. He really wasn't expecting this.
Sakura kept walking until she felt something grab her wrist. Gently but tight enough not for her to be able to escape. She gasped in surprise and then turned around.
"I'm sorry Uchiha but I thought you wanted be to leave! How dare you mess around with my fee—mmuph!" She was taken by surprise with a lock to the lips by no other then Sasuke. Sakura let go of her tension in her body and closed her eyes. She started to give into the kiss and began to kiss back after a while. Sasuke broke the kiss when they needed to breath. He looked into Sakura's eyes and Sakura blushed heavily. She was never kissed like that before!
"Sakura...I'm really sorry...Please forgive me..." Sasuke was desperatly trying to get Sakura to forgive him.
Sakura didn't know what to say. She was still in a state of shock. Without saying anything, she brushed past him with a small, sincere smile on her face, and darted off.
Sasuke didn't miss the smile. He was truly grateful that she forgave his so easily after everything that he did to hurt his formal team-mate. With that, he jumped onto a tree and disappeared.
But he wasn't the only one who saw the tiny smile of the bubble-gum haired girl. He was watching everything from a tree that was hidden behind a few other trees. 'Damn that Uchiha! I thought Sakura-chan hated him. How dare he try to steal her away from me. I already got one Sakura. Time to steal the second. No matter what, she'll be mine...with force if nessesary...'
The shadow dissapeared like a flash. The only thing that can be caught with the naked eye was the sudden flash of blue and red light.
How d'you like that my friends?! I kind of went off the story line in the end. The person that was watching Sakura was originally suppose to be Gaara-kun but I realized that Gaara wasn't obsessive about Sakura. He would never do anything to hurt her, only to make her happy. He's just protective of her. So in the end, I tried to think of someone who acts like that, and I got one. A very unique one that if any of you guess right. By that I mean EXACTLY right, will get a story dedicated to you!
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