Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Chapter 2
Forget me not
AN: See my longest rant after this rewritten chapter.
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She's back.
Sasuke entered the Uchiha manor with only a single thing in his mind – the fact that the girl he had saved at the cliff was back. This made him happy yet upset. He could never and will never forget that time in the cliff.
It was, for him, a very important time in his life. It was when his mother's stories had come true.
That is why when he entered his room, he made it a point to set his alarm clock for tomorrow morning – the first day of classes – earlier than the usual time.
He let a small smile show on his lips.
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It was only half past five in the morning but Sakura was already taking a bath at their new house. Personally, she liked the room that her parents have given her. It was simple, yet all the things that she needed were there.
"I still haven't seen him."
When she came to see Ino yesterday, the two of them roamed around Konoha, sightseeing. Ino was too ecstatic when Sakura came back that she wanted to go roaming around Konoha with her all day. And surprisingly, Sakura agreed with her. Normally, Sakura would refuse Ino's offer when she had things to do (like arranging her things since she just got back). But this time she agreed because of a reason she couldn't tell Ino.
She wanted to see the boy that saved her from the cliff – Sasuke.
She closed the tap of the bath tub behind her and got off of it. And after just a few minutes, she was ready to go to school. But before she went out, she glanced quickly at her large mirror and beamed.
She was so sure that this would be her lucky day.
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Sakura was so sure that morning that this day would be a lucky day.
She cursed that damned luck. Well, isn't it quite lucky for her to get lost in her new school?
"Kuso. I'm going to be late for my first class! The school is definitely different from the one seven years ago." Sakura bit her bottom lip as she trudged along the corridors of the third floor of the school's main building. She was looking at her schedule from time to time to check if the classroom number matches the one in her schedule.
"No, not this one."
"Nor this…"
"Ughh… Wrong room!" She was close to banging her head on a wall in frustration. She was so frustrated for not being able to find her room quickly and also embarrassed for barging in wrong classrooms that she seemed to forget to look at her way. And instead of her head banging on a wall (Who knows, this might ease any pent-up emotion one has.), it landed on -
"Eeep!"
…someone's chest.
She shut her eyes in shock.
She was about to fall backwards at the impact had the man not seize her arms, preventing her from falling.
She opened her eyes to look up at the person to whom she had bumped into, and saw black orbs staring intently into her green ones. Her eyes widened in surprise.
Her body stiffened.
"Sasuke-kun!"
They remained at that position for a few seconds, just looking at each other with an expression that was so hard to understand. If Sasuke had not let go of her arms, she would remain frozen at that spot.
"A-Ah… Sorry!" Sakura quickly apologized as she bowed her head a few times. But Sasuke seemed to ignore her. He pocketed his hands and walked away. When she realized that, she hastily turned to call him.
Or at least, attempt to call him. But the words dried up in her throat.
"What will I tell him now that I've seen him? Thank you? Oh, I-I'll ask him to help me find my classroom! He would surely accompany me."
She inhaled deeply, trying not to make her voice waver. But it came out with a squeak, "Sasu- " She abruptly stopped. 'If I called her by his name, he might think I am a stalker or something. I'm not even sure if he remembers me.'
"Uhmm… Mister! Chotto!"
Sasuke made no sign of hearing her.
She ran towards him and got hold of the end of his uniform top.
"Please help me Mister! (She didn't know why she's still calling him that. Well she could just omit the mister part.)"
Sasuke turned and icily looked at her. She blushed under his gaze.
"So handsome… But, is he angry or something?"
"What is it? I'm in a hurry." Hereplied gruffly.
"Uh… Do you know where this room is?" She asked as she was holding her schedule up, pointing somewhere at the said paper.
"Last classroom at the right of this corridor." Sasuke replied wryly without even looking at where she was pointing. With that said, he turned to leave.
Sakura froze at her spot again after hearing him.
"His voice… so odd and- and bitter?" She unconsciously clenched her fists and then, with a heavy heart, she went to the said classroom.
"Are you still… the Sasuke-kun that I've met?"
Her eyes stung at the thought.
With a last glance at him, she sighed heavily, "Sasuke, do you still… remember me?"
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It was very stupid of him.
Sasuke went to school in hopes of having enough time to search her, the girl that had made a huge impact on him because of it. Using his skills, he had discovered that she – Sakura – was actually his classmate. So he was sure that they would meet at last.
But he was impatient, very, very impatient.
He had waited for her inside the classroom. Time flew by and yet, there was still no sign of any pink-haired girl in that vicinity. So, in frustration, he decided to look for her. And he had found her, in the most unexpected way.
They had bumped into each other.
Sasuke cursed his luck. Or rather, he cursed himself for looking at directions other than the front. But his mind changed when he saw that it was Sakura he had bumped into.
"She was still a klutz." He smirked inwardly.
"A-Ah… Sorry!" he heard her apologize. But it was really not a big deal to him. However, seeing that he had no other reason to stay there (His ego was so big that he couldn't bring himself to strike a conversation with her.), he left. However, he hadn't expected one thing.
"Mister! Chotto!" Sakura called out in despair.
"Mister?" He did not turn around. He assumed that she was calling other older people or something. Definitely NOT him.
But with a tug at his gakuran, his doubts were finally confirmed. That mister was certainly him. And she even called him mister twice, much to his chagrin.
In his annoyance, his replies to her were somewhat cold.
And then he left, unwillingly.
But just after several steps away from her, he couldn't resist the urge to look back subtly. Sakura was already heading to their classroom.
He frowned. "Why? Have you already forgotten that time?" And unconsciously, he had clenched his fists.
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AN: I'm sure you're surprised. Who wouldn't be when you received an alert and all about an update then suddenly, you'll see that it's chapter two. To think that I've been unactive for a few months. Sorry, I was graduating at that time so I'm kind of busy.
I've decided to rewrite all the chapters starting from this one. Why? When I read this story a few weeks ago, I was like, 'What the hell is this crap?'. There are random things here and there. So yeah, I kinda edited them. I even planned on changing the treasure hunt thingy but I don't have any better ideas. I don't really like it that much but I have no choice.
I'm really sorry! And now, you've just seen the "critique" side of me. (What with all my criticisms about my story a while ago.)
Questions? Comments? Suggestions?
Sapphire Snowflake
P.S. There'll be changes here and there so be prepared.