Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto :(
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(Remember when I told you that I was really smart and aced all my classes? Well, my smarts caused something terrible to happen! SASUKE IS IN ALMOST ALL MY CLASSES! GAHHHH!! All because of freaking honors classes! Even though he's in my regular classes like gym class, math class, and piano but that's beside the point! That makes him in... -counts with fingers- 5 OF MY FREAKING CLASSES! My whole plan was to just avoid him at all costs, and everything would be easier, and now this! I mean, come on, could this possibly get any worse?!)
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True Love Never Dies
By x iR0Ck
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C H A P T E R T W O
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"I still remember the
first time I fell for you.
I haven't gotten up since.."
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"Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura, you two are partners for your duets."
Sakura looked around to check if anyone was looking. When the coast was clear, she slapped her hands onto her face, put her head down, shook her head over and over again, screaming lowly. Nobody noticed, except for Hyuuga Hinata who was sitting beside her.
"I-I'm sure everything w-will be ok, Sakura-chan." Hinata put her hand on Sakura's shoulder, while glancing over at Sasuke.
Sasuke was apathetic, as usual. He was sitting across the room from Sakura and Hinata, next to Hyuuga Neji, Hinata's cousin. Sasuke had his elbows propped up on the desk, his fingers were intertwined, and he rested his chin on his hand. He wasn't even phased when he was announced to be Sakura's partner, didn't even move, nothing.
Sakura just groaned in response. She removed her hands from her face and sat up straight. "Maybe you're right." Sakura tried to reassure herself.
"I hope you all know," Iruka-sensei, the piano teacher, said. "You're going to have to practice outside of school as well as here."
Sakura slammed her face right into her desk.
"y.o.u. m.e.a.n. s.o. m.u.c.h. t.o. m.e."
"Thank you, Shizune!" Sakura smiled as she placed the ice pack onto her (large) forehead.
Shizune, the school nurse, smiled back. "No problem, Sakura."
Sakura walked out of the nurses office, and met Ino and Hinata. "Let's go to lunch, I'm starving!"
They continued to walk down the hall towards the cafeteria. "Honestly Sakura, never do something so stupid and injure yourself over Sasuke!" Ino said his name with total disgust.
Sakura rolled her eyes. "Yeah, sure Ino, I'll keep that in mind." She said sarcastically. Jeeze, when Ino said to "remove Sasuke completely from your life" she meant it! She doesn't want me to have any little tiny winy thing to do with him!
Inner Sakura: So you want something to do with him, huh? (nudge nudge)
Ha! Don't make me laugh!
Inner Sakura: Clearly, I just did.
Shhhhhhhhhh.
Inner Sakura: (smirks)
Well, Ino's just being a good friend.
They arrived in the cafeteria, sat at a table, and pulled out their lunches.(school lunch is gross.) "Hi!" Tenten plopped down at a seat and waved to everyone and everyone greeted her back.
"So how's your day so far guys?" Ino asked after swallowing a bite of her sandwich.
Sakura was about to drop her head onto the table, on her food. But half way there, Tenten, who was sitting to her right, put her hand on Sakura's forehead and lifted her head back up. "Thank you." Sakura mumbled.
"You've been doing that all day!" Tenten bit into her sandwich.
Sakura pouted. "I can't help it."
"I-it'll be o-ok." Hinata reassured.
Then all of a sudden Tenten, Ino, and Hinata froze, looking behind Sakura. Sakura whipped around. Standing there was Sasuke.
Man, was a slap in the face!
He was looking down at her with emotionless eyes.
She felt her heart rate pick up, but still kept her cool. Sakura lifted a pink eyebrow. "Yeah?"
Sasuke averted his eyes from her. "My house after school for piano."
Sakura knew Sasuke, and that wasn't a question or suggestion, that was a demand. "Are you ordering me?"
He looked at her. "Sakura, stop making things complicated, just come to my house."
Sakura turned back around. "Sure, why not?" She said dryly.
"Hn." With that, Sasuke turned around and went to his table.
"He's such a jerk," Ino finished her can of soda. "Man, can looks be deceiving!"
Tenten laughed. "That's true, he's good looking with a rotten personality."
"He's not as bad as you think he is!" Sakura said. "You just gotta get to know him."
Ino eyed Sakura suspiciously. "Are you defending him, Sakura?"
Sakura put her hands up defensively. "No, no!" She shook her head. "I'm just stating facts!
"Mhm." Ino said.
Lunch ended and everyone headed back to their classes.
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Sakura closed her locker and sighed. It was going to be a long day. She thought for a second. Wait, where am I supposed to meet him? He never even told me! Ugh. Now I have to wander around looking for him.
She walked down the long hall for a bit. "If I was Sasuke, where would I be?"She thought out loud, looking up and the ceiling.
Inner Sakura: In a dark corner, pondering about my emotionless, lifeless life.
Sakura smiled and snapped her fingers. "Bingo!"
And so she checked every corner around.
"Mmkay, this is too much work." She said while plopping down on the floor.
Inner Sakura: -.- You sound like Shikamaru.
Sakura ignored her. "Now what?" She asked nobody in particular. A long pause took place, and then suddenly. "Ah ha!" Sakura jumped up and ran down the hall, well many halls actually, and then out the side entrance of the school. She looked straight ahead, she found what she was looking for.
Next to the school was a small foresty area. There were a few Cherry Blossom trees in the center, which made them stand out from the rest.
Sakura walked casually into the forest patch. She spotted a familiar cherry blossom tree. She walked up to the tree.
"It's about time."
Sakura looked up. In the cherry blossom Sasuke was sitting on a tree branch with his back against the tree, one leg up to his chest, and the other dangling. He didn't even look at Sakura. Her stomach fluttered a bit.
"Well you could've told me you wanted to meet here." She rolled her eyes. Ha, I played that off. She mentally smirked.
"We always meet here."
"Correction: met."
Sasuke shifted his eyes toward her. Sakura stared back in mock innocence.
Inner Sakura: Someone's feeling a little insulted, mwahahaha!
He averted his eyes from Sakura's emerald ones. "Tch. Whatever."
Sakura put her hand on her hip in impatience. "Its nice having this small chat with you and all Sasuke dearest-" There was sarcasm dripping from her voice. "-But we really need to go and start practice."
Sasuke jumped down from the tree and walked past Sakura. "Hn."
She spun around to face his retreating back. She made a childish face behind his back before following him.
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The walk to Sasuke's house had been nothing special. Just silence. Awkward silence. Well except for Sakura's humming. But they finally arrived at Sasuke's house.
They were standing on the sidewalk just in front of Sasuke's house, when they noticed someone sitting on Sasuke's front steps. Well, it wasn't just someone. It was Karin.
Sasuke's number one fan.
Sakura rolled her eyes as Karin flipped her long black hair over her shoulder, chewing gum loudly. "Hi, Sasuke-kun!" She narrowed her eyes at Sakura. "Sakura." Disgust dripped in her voice as she spoke her name. Sakura glared. Karin turned her attention back to Sasuke. "Sasuke-kun, you're going back out with this freak?"
Sasuke gave her a blank stare. "No."
Inner Sakura: HE DIDN'T EVEN DEFEND YOU?!
I don't need him to!
Sakura let out a dry laugh. "I'm a freak? Well it's better than being a whore, waiting at Sasuke's door step. You're pathetic."
Before Karin could retort back, a voice from inside spoke. "Sakura? Is that really you? Come inside."
Sakura's face lit up and ran into Sasuke's house (mansion) practically trampling Karin.
She ran in with open arms. "Itachi!!"
Said boy just walked into the room when Sakura flew into his arms. "Hello, Sakura-chan. Long time no see." A small smile formed onto his face.
"I know!" Sakura let go and smiled brightly.
Itachi hadn't changed much since the last time Sakura saw him. Same onyx eyes as Sasuke's except his seemed less emptier & held more emotion. His long black hair was tied back in a pony tail, with his bangs cupping his face.
"What brings you here?" He asked.
She scratched the back of her head. "Uh, well, your brother."
His smile grew a little. "Ah. You guys are back together?"
Sakura waved her hands. "No, no, no!" She laughed a bit. "We're partners for our duet in piano class."
"I see." He said while looking behind Sakura as his little brother walked into the house (mansion).
Sasuke walked passed Sakura. "Let's go." He said as he neared the piano room, in his large mansion.
"Don't order me!" She shouted after him. "I'll go when I feel like it! As a matter of fact, I think I feel like going right now!" She stomped towards the music room.
Itachi chuckled as he watched Sakura.
When she (finally) reached the door to the music room, she stopped. "Nice seeing you again, Itachi." She smiled.
"You too. You'll probably be seeing me again soon." He gave her a microscopic grin and made his way up the endless stairs.
"What's that supposed to mean?" She asked lowly to nobody in particular.
"Are you finally done making googly eyes at my brother?"
Sakura whipped around. Sasuke was seated at the grand piano, with his arms crossed, scowling at the poor thing. "I most definitely was not making googly eyes at Itachi!" She glared at him.
"Hn. Whatever."
Sakura rolled her eyes and sat down at the edge of the seat in front of the piano, as far away from Sasuke as possible. "So what song are we doing?"
"You choose."
Sakura was really getting sick of his attitude. She was getting ready to take Sasuke's head and slam it on the piano a coupke times. Taking a deep breath, she calmed down. "I can pick ANY song?"
Sasuke uncrossed his arms and looked at her. "One that we would both agree on."
Sakura placed her index finger on her lip and looked up in thought. "Hmm." Sasuke shifted his eyes to look out the window. After a couple of moments of thinking, an imaginary light bulb went on above Sakura's head. "Aha!"
Sasuke turned his attention back to Sakura. She wore a proud expression on her face. "I thought of a song!"
"Clearly." He looked at her blankly.
She scowled. "Shut up." And her proud smile came back. "We can play the Piano Duet by Danny Elfman!" (1)
Sasuke smirked a bit. "Fine."
"But we need the sheet music."
Sasuke stood up. "I'll go get it off the computer." Sakura nodded as he stuffed his hands in his pockets and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. Sakura watched the door for a couple of minutes before letting out a breath she didn't even know she was holding. She didn't think it would be so hard coming here again, or just being with Sasuke. Every where she looked, there was a memory.
She turned to the piano. She placed her hands onto the keys and began to pour her heart out as she played her favorite tune. The name of the song: Missing You. (2)
She was so into the song that she didn't notice Sasuke walk in the room. He stood at the doorway, watching her play, sheet music in hand.
After the song was done, Sakura sighed and placed her hands on her lap. She felt someone watching her so she turned towards the door and saw Sasuke. His empty onyx eyes were boring into her brilliant emerald eyes. It felt like everything in the whole world stopped at this very moment. Sakura knew Sasuke knew what song it was, she knew that he knew that there was a (HUGE) chance that the song was for him.
The Uchiha prodigy suddenly averted his eyes from her to the floor. "I have the music."
Sakura looked at the piano. "Right, then let's start."
Sasuke walked over and sat down next to Sakura. He placed the sheet on the sheet stand. (3) And they discussed their parts and other matters of their duet.
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(This whole thing is extremely harder than I thought. I thought things were getting better..)
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(1) That's the song from Corpse Bride that Victor and Emily perform.
(2) Missing you is from Kingdom Hearts 2, composed by Yoko Shimomura.
(3) As you could tell, I didn't know the name of the thing where you place your music on a piano.
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A/N: Well, there's chapter two. I hope you enjoyed it. And thanks to everyone who reviewed for the first chapter. Don't forget to tell me what you think and review for this one! :)