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Here's the 5th chapter of From Dark to Light…enjoy!
*DISCLAIMER* I do NOT own any part of Naruto!
Previously on From Dark To Light:
"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
Sasuke's POV:
Me and Sakura waited around in a comfortable silence and waited for the group. This was going to be interesting…..
I turned to look at Sakura. She had her face up to the sun while leaning against the tree. A peaceful expression was written clearly on her face until the corner of her mouth tugged down and she sighed. I saw her reach towards the side pocket of the backpack that she slung across one shoulder and pulled out some shades. They were the ones that the Sota guy had brought to her earlier. I didn't understand the point of the glasses though. I couldn't think of a reason she would need them.
"They're to protect my eyes from the sun. Even if I can't see it…I can feel it." Sakura said as if she just read my mind. I didn't know what to say so I settled on the only thing I could think, "Oh, that makes sense." I could feel my inner face-palming himself. Smooth Sasuke, smooth.
"Sasuke!" I heard someone shout. I turned and found Naruto and all of our friends walking down the path towards us. I saw Sakura turn towards him and give a short wave in his direction.
"Sakura, he's got all our friends with him so they can meet you." I whispered to her. She nodded slightly before saying "Just have them introduce themselves so I can hear what they sound like. It's how I remember people." I barely got out an audible "Hm" before the gang arrived. I saw the group look her up and down before they smiled and said hi. The whole time, Sakura had grabbed my hand and was slightly hiding herself behind me. She was nervous, and I thought it was cute.
"Guys….." I received a couple of death glares from the girls in the group. I gulped. "…and Girls." they smiled. "This is Sakura. Be nice to her, you hear me?" I didn't really know where I was going with this surprising speech of mine but I did the next best thing. "Introduce yourselves." I stressed yourselves and received questioning looks from my friends.
"Helping out a girl Uchiha? It's not like you, not at all. What do you plan on doing with her?"
Sakura's POV:
"Helping out a girl Uchiha? It's not like you, not at all. What do you plan on doing with her?" some guy snickered before starting to chuckle lightly.
His comment irritated me but I didn't let it show on my face. After a few audible curses from Sasuke, I heard, "You should see the look on your face right now. You took me serious"
I couldn't help laughing a little because I had learned a few hours ago that Sasuke was an extremely serious and easily irritated person. I had to learn that the hard way when I stated the fact that for all I know, he could be really ugly, earning me a few mutters that sounded like "damn girl" and "I'm a sexy beast, damn it!" I couldn't help but laughing at the last comment.
"And she smiles! I thought she was scared of us the way she was hiding behind you, Sasuke." I heard a girl say. I felt him squeeze my hand and replied, "Hmm, this girls tough, just nervous. Now introductions."
"Hey, I'm Neji Hyuga." said the guy that was messing with Sasuke. I stuck my hand out and he shook it. "Anyone that can get under Sasuke's skin is a friend of mine." I said while smiling
"Hi! I'm Tenten. Neji's girlfriend. It's nice to meet you." the girl from earlier said. "It's nice to meet you too." I said with a smile.
"Well, you already know us, Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga, who is my girlfriend and Neji's cousin." Naruto said. I nodded. "Sakura, sorry I couldn't show you around." Hinata said in a quiet voice. "It's fine Hinata, Sasuke helped me around." a assured her. I gave Sasuke's hand a slight squeeze when I said his name and them let his hand go. I heard him sigh slightly. I surprised me that it sounded like a sigh of disappointment.
"Ok guys, move it along." another girl said, " Hi, I'm Ino Yamanaka. I'm sure we'll be great friends…want to go shopping sometime?" I sighed inwardly. This girl was Sota in a woman's body. I smiled and said, "Yeah, I would like that."
"I'm Kiba Inuzuka, and this is Akamaru, my dog." I heard a bark and a nudge at my leg. I smiled, knelt down, and petted the dog. I was surprised that he was allowed in school. And he was hard to miss considering the fact that he felt as big as Light in height. "Good Akamaru. You're such a good dog. Do you smell Light on me? Light's a good dog, too. He would like a friend." I stayed beside the dog until I heard Kiba say, "Wow, he likes you! He usually hates new people." I just smiled. I was good with dogs because they could sense things, or that's what my doctor told me. They knew that something was different about me and that made them protective over people with disabilities. I never really believed it.
I stood up. "Hello, I'm Shino Aburame."
"I'm Rock Lee! And may I just say that you are beautiful! The pink really gives you a youthful look!" I said thanks. He was a little….odd.
"I'm Choji Akimichi! Nice to meet you Sakura!" I heard a crunch of a chip.
"Shikamaru Nara." I nodded. It was another reserved one.
"I'm Sai! The gay one of the group." I smiled at him. He's proud of it, just like Sota is. Sai had to be 17 and Sota turned 18 at the beginning of the summer. I smiled inwardly.
Sota dropped out of school last year to work full time as a mechanic. He had been interested in cars and was always learning new things at the local car shop since he was about 10 and worked part-time since he was 16. On the day of his birthday, he dropped out of school, packed, adopted me, bought a small house for us with the money he made at the mechanic shop and other jobs, and that was how I landed here at HLH. They were so going to be introduced. I smiled deviously.
"It's nice to meet all of you." I said. Suddenly I was bombarded with questions:
Tenten: Do you play any sports?
Saku: No but I do a lot of training, lots of martial arts.
Neji: You're not some crazy Sasuke fan girl are you?
Saku: No, why would I be this weirdo's fan girl?
Sasu: audibly grumbles a thanks and tugs on my hair.
Ino: I like your shades.
Saku: Hm, thanks.
Naru: Are you emo?
Saku: unnoticed flinch at the use of the "e-word" I don't like being labeled, I'm just me.
After talking to them for a little while, I realized that I really liked all of them. I learned an interesting thing, too. This was my first time making friends. I never had such a large number of people to meet at once and I would have to remember what they sounded so that I would know who they were. It was gonna be a long day.
I was later introduced to a guy named Gaara. He seemed shy but I liked talking to him. He was interesting. Our conversation was fun
Flashback
Sasuke had said he had to do something so he left me next to the kid he called Gaara.
Saku: Hi
Gaara: Hey
Saku: You're Gaara right?
Gaara: Yeah, and you're Sakura?
Saku: Yeah
-phone ringtone goes off-
Gaara: Rejects the call. Sorry bout that, my brother keeps calling me to tell me random things.
Saku: It's ok, and was that ringtone Escape The Fate? …. Err…what is it called? Hold on, I know it…Gorgeous Nightmare? Right?
Gaara: Yeah, you know them?
Saku: I love them, I'm into all that rock, punk, emo, and everything within the genre.
Gaara: Cool! Usually, it's only me and Sasuke that are into that.
The rest of the conversation was about lots of different bands and random topics
End Flashback
After school was finished, Sasuke walked me to the parking lot. We waited with me until Sota arrived. "Bye Sasuke! See you tomorrow!" I yelled once I was in the car. I heard him say, "Before you go, let me see your phone." I handed it to him. Sota remained silent the whole time. "Their, that's my number. Call me if you need anything or just want to talk. Bye Sakura." he handed me my phone and I heard his footsteps retreat.
"Sota! Save his number to speed-dial number 2!" I heard him chuckle as he took the phone out of my hand. "First day of school and you already have a nice piece of meat in your hand. I shook my head. That proved it. Sasuke hadn't been lying when he said he was a "sexy beast". I laughed out loud as Sota drove me home.
"So how was your first day of school?" Sota said as I rolled down my window to feel the cool, late-August breeze on my face. I thought for a couple of seconds. How was my day?
I turned to face Sota who, I would hope, had his eyes on the road.
"My day? It was good." I said as I thought about Sasuke's deep, dark, amazing voice. "It was really good." I said with a grin plastered on my face.
"That's good. There's a traffic jam so this might turn into a 30 minute car ride, want to listen to some music?" Sota asked.
"Do you even have to ask?" Sota laughed. He didn't have to ask. He usually laughed at me and called my a music junkie, it's true. "Have any requests Cherry?" I said the song that felt perfect at the moment.
"If I'm James Dean You're Audrey Hepburn by Sleeping with Sirens but make it the acoustic version. You know, the one on the 'If You Were A Movie, This Would Be Your Soundtrack' album" I said. I heard the car come to a stop but the engine kept running. 'Damn Traffic' I thought. I heard him scroll through his Ipod and a minute later, the song came on over the speaker. I started to sing along.
Stay for tonight
If you want to
I can show you
What my dreams are made of
As i'm dreaming of your face
I've been away for a long time
Such a long time
And I miss you there
I cant imagine being anywhere else
I cant imagine being anywhere else but here
How the hell did you ever pick me
Honestly, cause I could sing you a song
But I don't think words can express your beauty
Its singing to me
How the hell did we end up like this
You bring out the beast in me
I fell in love from the moment we kissed
Since then we've been history
They say that love is forever
Your forever Is all that I need
Please stay as long as you need
Cant promise that things wont be broken
But I swear that I will never leave
Please stay forever with me
I stopped singing and felt myself slowly settle into a peaceful nap in the front seat of the car as the rest of the song was playing in the background. "Sasuke would like this song….." I muttered before drifting off completely.
So what did you think? Next chapter is already in the works! (Hurray for having nothing to do this week and not being as lazy as usual!) I'm hoping to have it out within the next few days. (You're Welcome .)
Without realizing it, I started turning Sakura a little more emo than I intended. That might be where her "e-word"- complex that I mentioned this chapter came from.
Two amazing songs that are in the story. Check them out!
1) 'If I'm James Dean You're Audrey Hepburn' by Sleeping with Sirens. Both versions, the original and acoustic, are fantastic
2) 'Gorgeous Nightmare' by Escape the Fate.