Haunted, Chapter 6

A/n: I'm being very lazy right now. So lazy, that I forgot to send this to my BETA reader. Please forgive me. I ran 2 - 3 miles on a treadmill and then busted my ass on an eclipse machine for another 2.15 miles. In total, I burned 795 calories. Came home and then stuff my self with some kind of Panini bread sandwich which was about 450 calories, a Dosa which was 140 - 170 calories, and then had a granola bar which was 9-100 calories. Oh and I munched on some buttery popcorn with pepper, cheese, and salt while watching The Devil Wears Prada.

Yes, my resolution this year is to be a size 0 or 00! I'm a size 8 and I weight about 122-130 pounds and I am 5'4. Yes, not the skinniest you can be. But sadly, size 8 is the new size fourteen. Since, companies starting making their pant sizes bigger so American Woman wouldn't feel so bad about their sizes and will feel better knowing there a size 8, when they're really a size 12. But that isn't me. I don't fit in a size 12 any where; I'm pretty sure juniors or women. But of course, I can't find into a girl's size 12. I wish.

I'm a very lazy ass. And I'm quite pissed because I found some very nice polo shirts at Abercrombie a place I never shop at for $15 a piece which was a very good buy, but my mom didn't let me buy even with my own money because she thought the clothes were too tight. Her perspective of too tight is when a shirt actually fits you correctly.

Now, it keeps haunting me in my dreams, even though I tell my self Abercrombie is just some crappy store that has a terrible history of racism, lawsuits, and selling 7 year olds smutty thongs, lawsuits. And yes, Abercrombie use to sell safari equipment or some other kind of shit before selling clothes. Plus, all the clothes are made in China by sweatshop workers for extremely poor pay an hour.

Also, if I ever threw those shirts in the dryer they would probably never ever fit me again.

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Recap:

She took a deep breath.

"Yes. It's true." She said quietly.

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Everyone was silent.

Suddenly, Maya sprung up from her chair and pointed an accusing finger at Sakura.

"Impossible, she's lying. You can't believe her." Maya shrieked.

"Be quiet and sit down and let me think." The principle snapped at her.

And so, Maya shocked that the principle actually yelled at her, quietly took her seat.

Sakura's heart was racing and her palms were sweaty. Is she going to believe Maya and blame us? Of course, Maya is her favorite student. But I really can't afford a detention or suspension, Itachi will kill me. All those other times, I manage to weasel out of it, because of my good grades and my teachers, but I don't know about now. She's seems pretty serious about. Oh god, please don't let me get a detention or a suspension, she prayed.

Gaara clenched his fists tighter. There's no way, she can believe that pathetic whining fool. Besides, if I get a detention or suspension Temari and Kankuro won't let me hear the end of it and will believe I can't live by myself.

The principle massaged her temples with her sausage-like fingers.

"Give us detention and suspension for something we didn't do, and I'll take it to court." Gaara said quietly.

"No one will be going to court! Since this is all unclear, I shall settle this myself and talk to the witness one more time to know what truly happened. For now, Sabaku Gaara and Haruno Sakura will not receive detention and suspension for alleged assault. Now, all of you get out of my office! OUT! "She snarled.

Gaara smirked. He didn't need to be told twice.

He rose out of his seat and left.

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Two hours had passed since the incident in the principle's office. Sakura gave a sigh of relief. God must have heard my prayers.

There was no way in hell would she be prepared to face Itachi's wrath, if she had gotten detention and suspension.

But she really owed it all to Gaara. Because of him, she really doubted that they would have left there with ought suspension and detention.

She was currently in World History with Ms. Mitarashi

"Homework page 541! Questions 1-21 about the Civil War, due tomorrow! I won't take no for answer." Ms. Mitarashi chirped enthusiastically.

The entire class erupted in groans.

Sakura resisted the urge to roll her eyes. Ms. Mitarashi is hyper active; it reminds me of Naruto sometimes.

Her eyes filled with tears.

Naruto... I can't believe I got the chance to actually talk to you. I thought I would never see you again. Itachi ripped up all of my friend's numbers, so I could never call them again; he would never allow me to have any contact with any of my friends.

Today is miracle. I got to talk to Naruto and escaped detention and suspension.

Sakura twirled her lanky, thin, dirty, pink hair with her pencil.

Mhmm... Maybe more good things will happen. Or not.

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Meanwhile, Gaara was science.

"Identify the materials under the microscope, please." Mr. Gekko said, coughing.

Easy. Its Cyan bacteria, primarily found in every habitat.

"Here, you take a look." Gaara muttered, pushing the microscope towards his assigned science partner.

That damned principle and foolish girl, trying to get me in trouble. I certainly, showed them.

And that Haruno girl. Why in the world, didn't she stand up for herself? She didn't say anything except turn pale and started shaking once that principle mentioned suspension and detention. It's like she couldn't bring herself to stand up for herself. That Maya girl must have been bullying her for sometime and she must have been taking the blame for it

But at least she said yes. That was a start. .

This school isn't any better than the one I went to in Japan. Except there I had friends.

Here, I have this Haruno girl, who seems to be the main target of trouble.

Then the bell rang, interrupting Gaara's thoughts.

Finally school's over.

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"Hey, move it!" Someone said, pushing Sakura.

Currently, she was in the middle of the crowd trying to get to their lockers.

I hate this.

Finally, she was free of the crowd and walked over to her locker. Turning and twisting the lock to the right numbers, so that her locker would open.

Sure enough, it popped open.

She started loading the textbooks she would need for homework tonight and her binder.

Slowly, she walked out of the school and started her long walk home.

Please, please don't let Itachi be home tonight.

"Walking home?" Someone said, interrupting her thoughts.

Sakura turned around.

It was Gaara.

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"Yes. Are you walking home too?" She asked him, in a small voice.

"Yeah."

"Thanks for earlier. I mean, thanks for doing all those things for me today." Sakura mumbled.

"... You could easily do those things yourself, if you actually stood up for yourself. So, do you live near by the school?" Gaara asked her.

Sakura smiled sheepishly. "Nah. I live quite far off, actually. The bus does not stop anywhere nearby I live. So do you live anywhere near the school?"

"Yeah. I live in the apartment complex around the apartment complex."

"Cool. I gotta go, the walk home is pretty long and I want to be home before its dark." Sakura said nervously.

"..."

"See you around then." Sakura said, before turning around and starting her long walk back home.

"...Wait. You sure, you are going to safe walking that long by yourself?"

The edges of Sakura's mouth turned up into a smile.

"I'll be fine." She called, waving goodbye to him.

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Gaara watched her go off in the distance. He wasn't so sure she would be safe walking home by herself so far. There was this uneasy feeling in his gut.

Yet, he did nothing except turn around, going a separate way to his apartment complex.

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Sakura looked around warily. What time is it?

The sky was streaked with pink and orange and the sun was setting.

Hmm ... Maybe 4:30 PM or 5:00PM?

It's getting late.

The homeless in the allies were staring at her hungrily like an animal, eyeing her to see if she had any money or food on her, that they could steal like her.

Sakura shot them all a venomous glare, as if telling them don't even dare to think about it.

She turned and walked into another dark alley, which was empty.

But the stench of dead animals hung heavy in the air.

Sakura wrinkled her nose in disgust. I don't want to even know what happened here, no wonder no one's here.

Holding her nose, she ran quickly through the alley and took a right turn, leading into the neighborhood, which she lived in.

Unlike most days, her neighborhood was quit. Usually it was quite noisy with people swarming all over the place doing all sorts of illegal things, since the police didn't even bother to check the neighborhood out.

She walked up the driveway of the house; she lived in and pushed open the old broken metal gate.

Taking a deep breath, she slowly starting walking up the steps to the entrance of the house. She squeezed her eyes shut. Please, please don't let Itachi be home.

Then she reached out to knock on the door, but surprisingly the door creaked open, as if welcoming her inside.

Cautiously, she stepped inside.

"Itachi?" She called out nervously.

No answer.

She sniffed the air. It smelled perfectly fine and not of beer.

She took off her shoes and walked into the living room. No one was there. She went in the dining room and then into the kitchen. No one was home.

Then she discreetly, began to climb up the stairs leading to Itachi's quarters, trying to not make any noise.

"Itachi" She quietly whispered.

No response. Not a sound.

Her heart soared.

Her wish had been granted. Itachi wasn't home.

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END OF CHAPTER 6.

End of chapter, author's ramblings: I'm getting a lot of questions about Sakura's past and Itachi's relationship with her. Have no worry. That's what chapter 7, 8 and most likely 9 is going to be about.