Hey everyone, it's me, Free! Sorry I didn't update over the past few days I was kinda busy and I think (being the most athletic yet, uncoordinated person that I am) I sprained my wrist…But anyway I promised a shout out to the first person to comment on chapter 3!
Shout Out to NinjaDeathKidTwiHostTMI! You always leave me some awesome comments and I really appreciate them!
Again, sorry I took a while to update so here's a longer chapter just for you guys!
Ok, here's the next chapter of From Dark To Light.
*DISCLAIMER* I do NOT own any part of Naruto!
Previously on From Dark To Light:
Finally, I looked up at him. "Sasuke, I like you. I never had a friend that knew I was blind and didn't think of me as a hopeless girl before. Thanks."
"But are you sure you like him as just a friend?"Inner Sakura asked.
"I don't know. Maybe I like him, maybe I don't." I replied.
"Hey Sakura, are you gonna tell me or not?" I heard a now slightly impatient Sasuke ask.
"Well, it all started….."
Sakura's POV:
"Well, it all started when me and my mom were on our way back from eating at a small diner one winter night. I was talking to my mom who was driving down an empty street while it started snowing. It was slippery outside so my mom was driving really slow. 'Mommy?' I asked the beautiful blond women, 'Can you tell me about Daddy?' she didn't say anything for a while until she started saying all these things about him. 'He was a good and strong man. He died saving lives because he was a soldier. He is the bravest man I know. Sweetie, I know he's looking down on you, smiling right now. He's your Guardian Angel, don't ever forget that."
I smiled at the sweet memory before I looked up at Sasuke. I wasn't sure if he had been listening to me the whole time, but I had a feeling he was. If I could see his face, I wasn't sure what I would see in his eyes. Surprise? Pity? Kindness? Compassion? I continued the story.
"Suddenly, it started snowing really hard and she couldn't stop in time. The car went spinning and my mom couldn't stop. The tires screeched and the car kept spinning on a thin, black sheet of glass. I heard her scream my name before we slammed into a giant tree."
Tears threatened to fall from my eyes. I know he can see them because I didn't put my glasses on. Suddenly I felt a hand on my cheek, wiping away the few drops that managed to escape. "Sakura, you don't have to say anything if it hurts you this much." I turned my head to him again.
"That's the thing Sasuke, I think I want you to know. I think I want to know that it's ok to tell people. I think I want to know that people aren't all judgmental and cruel. I Know I want to stop being afraid…." I sat up straight and wiped away the rest of the tears. "I want to tell you the rest later, will you let me?" I felt a heavy gaze on my before hearing "Hm"
I heard the class chattering away. I didn't realize that more people had come into the room.
Sasuke's POV:
I knew it hurt Sakura to talk about her past. I didn't push her to tell me anymore than she could but it ate away at me, the fact that there was more to the story and I had to wait. I was never a patient person.
I watched Sakura as the rest of the class filed in. She was reading a book that I didn't understand. It slightly surprised me that the book was in Braille, I had never seen one before. It slightly amused me when I saw Sakura run her fingers over the small bumps on the page. I stared at her facial features; the way her eyebrows lifted, the small upward tug of her lips. It was breath taking. The one thing that I would have to get used to was how her dull, greenish-gray eyes held no emotion. They were empty, lifeless; they had no light.
I pulled my eyes away from her as the bell rang. Naruto and Hinata had just walked in and Naruto was giving him a questioning gaze. "What happened? You guys didn't come to the spot." Naruto mouthed while motioning toward Sakura. I knew the perfect excuse and it wouldn't be a lie either. "Karin yelled at her." Naruto nodded in understanding.
It happened to everyone at school, even the teachers (who were to afraid of her big shot lawyer of a father). If you as much as looked at Karin the wrong way, you were dead. Another thing was, she was totally obsessed with me. The girls that were in my group of friends were, more often than not, the ones that had worse than anyone else in the school simply because they were close to me. I was kind of worried about what would happen when Karin finds out me and Sakura are friends. I didn't even want to think about it.
Strolling into the classroom about 10 minutes late was Kakashi-sensei. He was the weirdest, most perverted literature teacher you will ever meet.
"Hello HLH's class 4-A. I am Kakashi Hatake and I will be your homeroom teacher for the year…again." A few groans ran through the room as almost everyone was disappointed to have to spend the second year in a row with this perv. "My, my, did you guys get bigger since last year? Hm, no Soji this year to fall asleep during my class? And what is this?" he asked finally seeing Sakura.
I watched as 64 eyes (A/N: To all of you who suck at math like I do, that is 31 students excluding Sasuke and Sakura, and a 32nd pair for Kakashi…..) turned to look at Sakura. She smiled and introduced herself. "Hi, I'm Sakura Haruno. I'm new to this school…..to this city in fact and before you ask, this is my natural hair color." If Sakura could see their faces right now, she would have been laughing. Murmurs ran through the class as students gave their opinions on her while she went back to the book she was reading earlier.
"Wow, she's so cool!" said Naruto
"Look at all that black she's wearing, and her bracelets and earrings too. Is she emo?" some guy asked, "Cause if she is maybe she'll hook up with Gaara."
"Damn, look at her body! I would so tap that." some of the guys were saying. I'm not sure why, but it really irritated me that guys were talking about her like that. I felt my hands clench into fists as my anger grew.
"She seems stuck up, I mean, no one asked her to introduce herself" One of the Barbies, as Naruto called them, said. It fueled my growing fire.
"I saw her with my Sasuke earlier. She is so dead." One of my annoying fan girls stated to the others. Empty threat. I thought.
"I hope she's nice." I heard one of the quiet kids, Gaara, whispered to no one in particular.
I smiled at that. Gaara was a good kid. Yes, he was emo but that didn't matter. He was just really reserved, kind of like me. I turned to look at Sakura. Her fingers stopped going over the bumps in her book and she had a twisted expression on her face. I wonder how much of those conversations she heard. I saw her hands tighten around the pages of the book as some girl said the word emo a little louder than necessary.
"You ok?" I asked Sakura. I'll admit, it was hard being with her because I had to dig deeper into my vocabulary so I could use more words then I usually did. I was used to giving the usual "Hm" and a smirk, shoulder shrug, or a facial expression, but I was trying.
She turned to me and replied, "Mhmm"
I knew she was lying and it hurt for some reason that she didn't want to tell me. I'll get her to talk later." I turned to face Kakashi-sensei and tried to pay attention. Eventually I gave up and let my mind wonder back to her.
Sakura's POV:
After homeroom, which was from 8:30-9:25, we had math with Iruka-sensei from 9:30-10:25, biology with Shizune-sensei from 10:30-11:25, and a free period from 11:30-12:30. During the first 20 minutes of my free period, I was in Tsunade-sensei's office so I could meet with the teachers.
Homeroom: Kakashi-sensei
Math: Iruka-sensei
Biology: Kurenai-sensei
Lit: Kakashi-sensei
Health: Jiraiya-sensei
P.E: Guy-sensei
History: Asuma-sensei
School Nurse: Shizune
School Dean: Anko-sensei
Principal: Tsunade-sensei
They asked many questions such as any special needs or people I would want to sit by to help me. I told them no special needs except a pardon for most gym activities and to not give me any special treatment. I also told them that I had told Sasuke Uchiha the truth under my brother's recommendation, so I would like to stick with him as much as possible. They agreed.
During the rest of free period:
Sasuke was nice enough to walk me to "the spot" as Naruto had referred to it this morning. Apparently, it was just a giant Cherry Blossom tree in the school yard.
"Sakura, take my hand, it'll be easier for you to keep up." I heard Sasuke say. I smiled inwardly at how uncomfortable he sounded. Without saying anything I put my hand out for him to grab. I felt him take it. It felt perfect; my hand in his, our fingers intertwined, and the way we fit together perfectly. It was magical. I felt his grasp tighten and a lot of things started going through my head. Does he feel the same thing I do? Maybe he's just worried that someone might see us and get the wrong idea. Or maybe he feels the same way!
My mind argued with itself until Sasuke stopped walking. The stop was rather sudden so I ended up bumping into him. I heard a snicker.
"Damn that bitch has issues with ramming into people." I recognized the voice belonged to the girl I accidentally bumped into this morning.
"Umm, you're Karin….right?" I asked. She didn't reply. "What the hell are you doing with my Sasuke-kun you little slut?!" She screamed. I guess she had taken notice of our hands.
"Karin! That's enough. I can do whatever I want." Sasuke said without much emotion.
Karin was pissed. "Bitch! Get the Fuck Away From My Boyfriend!" Boyfriend? I felt a hand grab my arm and push my to the ground. I lost my grip on Sasuke and I was left defenseless.
"I'm not your boyfriend Karin, never was and never will be. No one would want someone as heartless as you are. Now I would advise you to walk away before I lose my cool and do something I wouldn't really regret."
Not her Boyfriend
Sasuke? Wow he said more than usual….. I just turned to the direction of his voice. His voice would have scared any other person but I thought it was amazing. It was how I would have said it if I was in his situation, scary calm.
"It's amazing how much you guys have in common." My inner said, suddenly reappearing.
"I realized that to…." I said after a moment
"Maybe that's why you like him." my inner said thoughtfully
"Shut up" I hissed
My inner went away and I felt myself being lifted up. "Are you alright, Sakura?" he asked. I didn't like his tone, it had something in it that put me on edge.
"I'm not helpless." I stated as I turned away from him.
"Sakura, I never said you were. I was genuinely worried. Karin is as bad as they come." he sighed but continued, "She put one of my friends, Ino, in the hospital just because we were friends and she was a girl." I turned back to him and nodded.
We walked for a while longer in a peaceful silence. I liked spending time with Sasuke, a lot more than I would like to admit. Finally we stopped and I could smell the subtle scent of the Cherry Blossoms. I listened but I didn't hear anyone else around.
"Sasuke, I was thinking…" I started, "ever since I was younger I would match songs to certain things that happened during the day…."
I knew he was staring so I finished what I was saying, "I found a song for today."
"That's good, what song?" Sasuke said. I thought about the song that was going through my head.
"It's called So Contagious by this band called Acceptance."
We were silent for a minute. "Sakura, do you play any instruments?"
I nodded. One of the foster families I stayed with taught me some things. "Piano, guitar, and I sing."
"Lucky me. It's only you, me, and this tree, and we have time before the rest of the group gets here. Sing it for me?" He asked with a smug tone in his voice. I admit, I was nervous. We were in school and I had only known the guy for a few hours. But I agreed anyway.
Oh no, this couldn't be more unexpected
And I can tell I've been moving in so slow
Don't let it throw you off too far
Cause I'll be running right behind you
Suddenly, I heard another voice join in. It was Sasuke. He was actually singing along with me.
Could this be out of line?
Could this be out of line?
To say you're the only one breaking me down like this
You're the only one I would take a shot on
Keep me holding on so contagiously
I heard Sasuke chuckle. "You have an amazing voice….And great taste in music if I do say so myself."
I felt myself smile, a real smile. "Thanks Sasuke." Suddenly, I saw a bright flash. It shocked me that I actually saw something other than black. As soon as it appeared, it was gone. I sighed. That was so weird."
Sasuke's POV:
I had just told her that she had an amazing voice and she had amazing taste in music. When something odd happened.
"Thanks Sasuke." she said. And she smiled. It was a warm smile that looked good on her. I loved that smile, but her eyes never had any emotion. That was the odd part. For a brief second, I saw something. I saw the bright emerald her eyes should have been and I loved her eyes as much as her smile. I didn't see the dull greenish-gray that was there earlier.
I saw something in her eyes for only a second, but it felt like an eternity.
I. Saw. Light
So, what did you guys think? This chapter kind of set everything up as far as SasuSaku goes and next I got to get some ideas for Konoha 12! I'm wondering what's gonna happen between them.
Next, the song in the chapter is a really amazing song that I happened to be listening to while putting this chapter together. Listen to it when you have a chance.
Why does Sakura have a thing against the word emo? Will Karin get her ass handed to her in the future chapters? (hehehe *rubs hands together like a super villain*)
Gaara!?
What is going to happen?!
Find out next time on From Dark To Light