Chapter 5: Discovery

Author's Note: Thanks again to Gir101, who clarified that it is Gir101 not Girl101. Anyway, thanks for the suggestion. You'll be seeing it shortly. Yeah, it's pretty cruel, but I love cruelty, and I hate Naruto as a character. He's the only main character that doesn't mature. Anyway, thanks to ppeach2 for constant reviews. Also, next time someone reviews, please give me a suggestion on an anime to write a fanfic on. I'm tired of writing only Naruto and Bleach. I watch or have watched Hell Girl, Naruto, Bleach, Death Note, Fairy Tail, One Piece [Stopped watching/reading. Got bored], School Days, Shakugan No Shana [Got bored after 1 episode], Blood +, Ikkitousen, and other stuff that I can't think of right now. Give suggestions! Also, I plan to start D-Gray Man in a week or so. On with the story.

Naruto:

Naruto was lying on his bed, his eyes half lowered. The blue eyes that he had were filled with emptiness, depression. Sakura had given him a note, but then kissed Lee in front of him. It wasn't something he'd wanted to see, or even imagine. It wasn't even something he'd believed her cruel enough to do. I should have picked Hinata. She'd never hurt me like that. But, she's Sasuke's now. Naruto was utterly depressed by this. But, he decided that it was no good to mope for the moment. Maybe ramen would cheer him up. He got up, got dressed in his orange and black jumpsuit, put on his headband, and left. He didn't want to dress in a t-shirt and pants as he would on a casual day, because he was also going to train later.

He walked out of the house, looking around. He couldn't quite shake the empty look that he had, but he tried to look his usual, cheery self. Otherwise the old man would interrogate him while he was slurping ramen. Or worse, Kakashi would take him out to eat vegetables if he ran into him. As Naruto progressed through the village, someone tapped him on the shoulder. Naruto glanced back, seeing that it was Sakura. Something inside of Naruto quickly materialized a heated rage that he could not contain. He whirled around.
"YOU!" Naruto roared. "YOU STILL HAVE THE NERVE TO COME UP TO ME, SAKURA-CHAN?"
Sakura looked taken aback.
"W…what?" she staggered.
"Don't what me!" Naruto exclaimed. "You know what I'm talking about…"
"N…no..I don't Naruto…"
"GET AWAY FROM ME! I DON'T EVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN! GET LOST! GO! I HATE YOU!"

Sakura looked incredibly hurt. Naruto felt satisfaction, but many pangs of guilt. She had seemed sincere. But, she was a trickster. He wasn't about to go after her as, tears in her eyes, she turned, running away. Her short pink hair flowed in the wind, making Naruto realize that she was beautiful, and he regretted causing the hurt that contorted her visage.

Sakura:

Sakura didn't know why Naruto had yelled at her. What had she done? It was ludicrous that she should do something to upset Naruto like that. Naruto had never been enraged at her, he'd never once said anything negative to her. Naruto always tried to appear his best in front of Sakura. But now, he was different. Sakura didn't exactly know why, but it made her feel something akin to emptiness. Perhaps she could visit Sasuke.

Sakura walked into the Uchiha District, which, after all these years, was still up. Sasuke still lived in it, and he kept it in perfect order. Sakura was rather surprised that he did this. She walked in, wandering around the Uchiha streets. It had once housed the clan, and so it was enormous. But, at last, Sakura found what she perceived to be Sasuke's house. The lights were on, so there was no doubt in her mind that Sasuke was there. But, as she approached, she spotted a window. And through the window, she spotted Sasuke. It wasn't just Sasuke, but Hinata as well. The two of them were kissing, and kissing fiercely. A knot welled up in Sakura's throat. Before, she had been comforted because Sasuke not only ignored her advances, but the advances of every other girl that tried to flirt with him. But now, he had found interest in someone else. A girl that was so timid as to have never flirted with Sasuke, and whom Sakura had previously believed to like Naruto. As pain welled up inside Sakura, she took off, running away from what she saw.

Sasuke:

Sasuke pulled away from Hinata, looking up at her.
"You're beautiful." He informed her as he looked into her pale lavender eyes, admiring her looks.
She was flawless in every way. But, though they had been kissing, he had been the one giving the passion. Sasuke did not feel much passion from Hinata. And, she looked spaced out at this very moment.

Hinata tried to smile, but Sasuke could tell that it was false. Something was wrong here.
"What's the matter?" Sasuke asked. He felt a vague, and very grim feeling in his gut. It wasn't something that he was enjoying feeling. But, at last, Hinata looked into Sasuke's eyes very seriously.
"Sasuke-Kun.." she said. "We haven't known each other long…and..I think my emotions got the best of me these last few days.."
"What are you saying?" Sasuke asked, confused, but also with a vague feeling of pain welling up in him.
Hinata inhaled before speaking. "I don't think I love you…" she whispered.

Author's Note: Sorry this was so short. School work and other things are starting to pile up on me. But, it's fine. I can still write some chapters. As you can see, we've reached a problem. Next chapter should be nice. I'm sensing lots and lots of pain. Any suggestions for how Sasuke can try to woe Hinata?