Hey there now, chapter six ready for update!
I went through some of my recent chapters and God! I was so lazy! Well, I am now too, it's a quality that represents me, but still. Yeah, I was just writing this and that. I had to make a head on to the story! Sakura and Sasuke are nowhere near getting along and they still have to hang out and all! Geez! So I thought, I would just add some interesting bits to this one. Sorry for making you all really bore with some chapters back then, but that was all I had at that time, consider this one as a Fix For My Stuff Up!
As Sasuke had doubted, his day hadn't been something great when he came in school. Every time he saw Sakura, he couldn't help but remember the dream last night.
As it was, Sakura sat just one bench ahead of the row opposite to them, and he couldn't help but notice her when he looked at the teachers.
"You're acting weird, Teme." Naruto said finally, eyeing Sasuke suspiciously.
"Hn." Sasuke frowned, ignoring Naruto. How was he to explain his behavior.
Also, Sakura wasn't at all happy about yesterday. Every time she turned to keep or remove books from her bag, which was beside her, she saw Sasuke, and she would jerk her head off in anger, and sometimes give him a death glare.
Just three days, and the school is already a pain, Sasuke thought.
The rest of Sasuke's day went off with the same uneasiness and awkwardness. As there was no sports class today, he didn't have anything else to focus on. Also, to top it all off, the dream seemed to have decided not to leave his mind. Once or twice, when he looked at Sakura, he thought she looked uneasy too. But later thought that, he might just be imaging it.
As it was actually, Sakura was feeling uneasy too. Every time she looked at Sasuke, she got those feelings she couldn't understand, and that made her even more angrier. She thought that he was the main reason behind it. However she might have tried, Hinata had noticed that something was bothering Sakura, and in the recess she got a perfect opportunity to talk about it.
As the bell for recess rang, Hinata waited for the teacher to leave and immediately headed to her best friend's seat.
"Hey, Hinata!" Sakura called out as Hinata stood near her desk.
"I w-was wondering S-Sakura-chan, if w-we could have o-our lunch in t-the c-class?" Hinata asked.
"Okay." Sakura said, shrugging her shoulders.
Hinata smiled.
It was just two of them in the class, and they chose the last bench for their lunch.
For some time, they just sat silently, eating their lunch boxes, until later when Hinata thought she must start.
"S-Sakura-chan," Hinata said looking at her half eaten lunch box, "I-Is there s-something that's b-bothering you?"
Sakura glanced up at her best friend.
"Why no!" she said smiling as if Hinata was worrying for nothing, and took another bite from her box.
"I-I k-know Sakura-chan. I-I know s-something's wrong. D-don't hide it f-from me."
"Why would I hide anything from you Hina?" she said again, trying to act normal.
"I-I wonder. B-But I g-guess it h-has s-something to do w-with S-Sasuke-kun." She said, nervously looking at her friend.
Sakura gasped and paused for a moment.
She looked at her lunch box blindly.
"W-We are best f-friends, Sakura-chan. Y-You can tell me everything. I understand you and I-I know I can h-help."
"I'm sorry Hina that I kept a secret from you. But really, I was so confused with myself that I didn't know what to tell you." Sakura said, still looking absently on the desk.
"It's okay, S-Sakura-chan." Hinata smiled, "So, what is it that's b-bothering you?"
"As you guessed, it is Sasuke."
"What happened?"
"I don't know. Every time since the incident, I just couldn't stop thinking about him. I don't even know why." Sakura said, looking confused. "At first, I thought that maybe that's because, you know, I was so angry on him. But then later, I knew it wasn't."
Sakura sighed and Hinata kept her hand on her shoulder.
"Whenever I close my eyes or doze off, I see his eyes, the ones which I saw when he fell on me. I feel really uneasy. There are even times when I feel awkward when he's around. These unexplainable things are getting to my mind. I don't even know why this is happening!" she said, sighing again.
Hinata looked the same as Sakura, worried a little. Did all of this mean what she was thinking? Was she right?
"Can you explain what this is, Hinata?" Sakura asked, not expecting to a get an answer.
"I t-think I can." Hinata suggested thinking over the things Sakura had said.
Sakura was surprised. She looked at her best friend demanding to know the answer.
"Though it might come to you as a shock."
Sakura looked at her best friend, determined to face any words that left her lips, though she most probably thought they would include 'going crazy' or 'getting mad'.
"I t-think," Hinata said still debating whether she should tell it to Sakura, "You're-
She was cut off as the school bell rang again to announce the end of recess. Both girls were shocked at the sudden noise and almost got a heart attack.
"The recess is over already? This short?" Sakura exclaimed, looking at her watch.
They packed their lunch boxes hurriedly and hopefully they hadn't done any mess. They went on their benches to keep their tiffins in the bag.
Hinata looked at Sakura. She looked as if none of the conversation had taken place. She was her normal self again, though Hinata knew she was just faking it.
Sakura and Hinata reached the school grounds, Sakura in her volleyball jersey that resembled the soccer one in many aspects, and Hinata in a white top with floral designs and blue jeans.
Hinata always joined Sakura on her practice. The reason she was late on the first day was that, she was out of town with whole of her family and had just reached Konoha.
All the way to the school, Hinata had noticed that Sakura was looking really cheerful, and she was surprised about the fact. It was just some hours before that Sakura was so confused and upset and now she looked as if nothing ever happened.
"L-Looks like everything got sorted out, right Sakura-chan?" Hinata asked finally.
"Oh that!" Sakura exclaimed, "Oh yes, it did actually! As it was, after I reached home, I thought about everything again, clearly and calmly. And I did find as to why all of this was happening!"
"R-Really?" Hinata asked a little confused. As much as she knew her, Sakura wasn't the types to get excited over this matter. Instead, she would be actually, pissed off. Also, though everyone might think it is bad, though Hinata didn't knew a reason why it should be, Sakura was a little egoistic. Not when it came to friends, but when she faced someone she really hated.
"Oh, I knew you would say that! But yes. Sakura replied, as though reading Hinata's mind. "I realised that for this matter, I need to completely let go of my ego." Sakura replied, as though reading Hinata's mind, "And also, someone had to take the initiative." She added as if explaing something obvious.
Hinata was more than happy to hear what Sakura had just said. Was hse really Sakura? How come she could think of this on her own.
"That's g-great, Sakura-chan!" she said happily.
"Also, I am going to talk to him as soon as I see him." Sakura said proudly.
"Already? Wouldn't that be too soon, Sakura-chan?" Hinata said, doubting her friend's decision now.
"Why! I don't see a reason for it to be too soon! I actually think it might get even worse if I wait any longer! Also, it is better to get on with these type of things as fast as possible." Sakura added, surprised.
Hinata still wasn't sure about it. She had such a huge crush on Naruto since a long time and even she hadn't expressed anything to him. Then again, Sakura was daring and feared nothing. Now that Hinata thought of it, it sounded just like Sakura.
"Okay. But can I be around so that I can hear what he says?" she asked Sakura.
Sakura looked confused. "I don't know what is so interesting about it." She said. Hinata pouted cutely, thinking how sweetly unromantic her friend was and sometimes a bit like an idiot. But then again, she did love idiots.
"Okay, if you want to." Sakura said, falling for th cute act of her best friend, "But I still don't get it."
Hinata smiled and was really happy for her friend. She wished if she had even a little courage like her, then she would be together with Naruto too.
"Okay, here he is." Sakura said watching as Sasuke came over to the ground on his bicycle with Naruto.
Hinata showed her a thumbs up as Sakura went towards Sasuke.
"Sasuke." She called out as he was locking his bicycle and he looked around only to give a frown on seeing who it was.
Hinata was just some meters away, and was listening to every bit of the conversation eagerly.
As soon as he saw Sakura and Sasuke in front of each other, Naruto left for goodnesses sake. He didn't want to get involved in anything that included any one of them.
"What?" Sasuke asked as Sakura came up to him. He had almost successfully tried to forget his dream and also control his awkwardness. Sasuke was best at it. But he had to admit, this time, it was a lot harder.
"I just needed to talk to you."
"If you are going to be annoying, get lost already." He said.
Sakura tried to supress her anger.
"I'm not here to fight wih you, so I hope you listen to what I have to say." She said calmly. She had made her mind to it, and wasn't going to let anyone spoil it, not even Sasuke.
"Hn." Sasuke said, ignoring.
Sakura waited for his reply coolly, not showing any signs of anger.
He looked at Sakura and thought maybe she really wasn't here to fight. He decided to listen to her for one last time. It won't hurt anyways.
"Say." He said, not looking at her.
"I'm glad that you are hearing me out." She said, anger completely erased off her.
"All I wanted to say was,' she continued and Hinata kept her ears open wide, not wanting to miss anything.
"Sorry."
Both Sasuke and Hinata were shocked. Sasuke, who was standing with his eyes closed, opened them wide in surprise and Hinata was just confused.
"What?" he said, thinking that he might have misheard.
"I'm saying Sorry." She repeated, looking at him guiltily.
Sasuke just continued staring, wide eyed and shocked.
"I might have over reacted a bit instead of taking things calmly." She said, "I must have understood that it wasn't your fault and it was actually just an accident and that I shouldn't have blamed you at all."
Sasuke was more than surprised now. Sakura, the hot headed tomboyish egoistic girl(as he had heard), was actually saying sorry to him. Was she playing any tricks.
"I'm not playing any tricks, if that is what you think." She said, reading his face.
"But, how come so suddenly?" he asked.
"I just want to get it over with. It is really childish and immature to keep on fighting over silly things. I want to end it once and for all, and start anew. You are after all a new student and my behaviour wasn't appropriate. So I say, we forget everything that happened and start a new friendship."
Sasuke looked at her. He was confused earlier, but now, everything seemed right. Even he wanted to end this thing once and for all and was glad that Sakura thought that too. He didn't find a reason why he shouldn't say yes.
"Okay. I too think this must be ended. So, I agree with you."
Sakura smiled and held her hand in front of him for a hand shake and he returned one.
"Also," he said, shaking her hand, Sakura looked at him. "I'm sorry too. If it matters." He said, looking at the ground.
She smiled even more. "That's nice of you Sasuke!" she said and he smiled too.
"Okay, so I think now we better get to our practice. You know Kakashi sensei." Sakura said.
"Yeah." He replied.
"Oh, and also, congrats." She said, smiling at him. Sasuke looked at her, confused.
"To have made it on the team! You must have some talents to impress Kakashi sensei."
"Yeah, thanks" Sasuke replied. He thought whether he should mention her game too. "You have some skills too, for Volleyball." He added.
"Oh, thanks. That's really nice thing to say! Anyways, let's start up with our practice. See you later." And she left for her ground.
Sasuke watched her go and later left for his. He was really relieved that they had ended the meaningless fight. He couldn't stand being uncomfortable again and now, the dream didn't seem that awkward.
"Hey, Hinata! What happened? Seen a ghost or something?" Sakura said as she saw her best friend's shocked face.
"N-No." she said, returning to the real world. She was really shocked at the conversation that had taken place.
"Then why are you so dumb-struck?" Sakura asked.
"You were just g-going to s-say sorry to-him?" she asked still shocked.
"Yes?" Sakura replied confused look on her face. She was eyeing her best friend weirdly, to see whether something had gone wrong with her. Why the hell was Hinata behaving like a jerk?
Hinata still looked confused. Damn, she had misunderstood everything! Sakura had not realised anything. Then again, how could she? She wouldn't in any world think of that option to be one of her troubles.
"Okay Hina. I have to go." Sakura said, still looking confused at her best friend's weirdness. "I think you should rest." And she left for the practice, thinking maybe Hinata was behaving like that because of Naruto. She had to do something about it now, before her friend would end up in an asylum.
Sasuke had finished his practice and was just opening his laptop. He had felt really amazing to practice with the new jersey on. It felt amazing and now he seemed more like on the team. His mother on the other side, inspite of being happy about the new jersey, didn't feel like it now. It had just added to her work. Now, she needed to wash his jersey almost everyday because he needed that even in the school. She was already at defeat when he had mentioned it to her, but she had no choice.
He logged on in his account and saw a friend request pending. He took a bite from the tomato in his hand as he opened the request.
Sakura Haruno.
He wasn't surprised. He confirmed it and saw that she was actually online.
'Hi Sasuke. Was waiting for you only. Glad you turned up!' a window popped up. It was Sakura.
'Why?' he typed.
'I'm sorry if I'm being a bit selfinsh here, but I need your help. I know we have just became friends, but I really need your help with this.'
He tried to think what would it be that Sakura wanted his help on as he typed 'Okay, say.'
'Thanks a great deal!'
Hn. he said to himself.
'Well, do you know my friend Hinata Hyuuga?'
He tried to think where he had heard the name. It did sound familiar.
'I'm not sure.'
'Navy blue hair, white pupil-less eyes(I know it sounds scary), and shy. The one who is with me always. She was also at the practice. And let's see. Yes, she sits right opposite to your bench!'
Any of the description had not helped Sasuke remember Hinata and he only knew one person with white and pupil-less(and yes scary) eyes and that was a guy. Though when she mentioned about the seats, Sasuke remembered the girl Naruto used to stare and always babble about.
'Yes, I remember now.' He typed.
'Great!'
Wait, had she said, Hinata Hyuuga?
'Did you just say that her surname is Hyuuga?'
'Yes, I did. Why?'
'Is she related to that Neji guy?'
'Oh yes, she is! They are cousins.'
'Hm. Okay.' So that was the cousin, Naruto was talking about.
'Why?'
'Nothing. You continue.'
'Yeah. Okay. Well, did Naruto ever mention anything about her to you?'
'Yes. But why are you asking?'
'What did he say?'
Sasuke remembered what Naruto used to say about Hinata and that mostly included 'ask her out', 'like her', 'amazing', 'cute', and something about, 'cousin'.
'Why do you need to know?' he asked before he could say anything.
'That's the help I need!'
'You better tell why or forget about what I said.'
'You wouldn't like to be dragged in this.'
'Doesn't matter. Tell.'
'Okay, but if I tell you, you have to help out with everything.'
'Okay.' He said thinking that it would be something silly and he could just get over with it any time.
'Fine, but do not tell Naruto about it just now. You swear?'
'I swear.'
'Pinkie swear?'
'Are you serious?'
'Haha! Kidding!'
'Now tell me already.' He said, now curious.
'Actually, Hinata loves Naruto. And I suspect Naruto feels the same about Hinata. I'm not sure about it though. And she is too coward or well, shy to admit it to him.'
Sasuke looked at the screen. So that girl loved that dobe back. What did she find interesting in him, he never knew. He was shocked enough that someone would actually fall for that clumsy idiot. Whatever, it didn't concern him much.
'I just want to help her out with this. Of course, she doesn't know. But I know she'll thank me later.'
'And why do you need me?'
'To know whether Naruto likes her back!'
'Well, yes. That dobe is mad for her, as he claims. And bores me every minute of the time he is with me.'
'OMG! That's Great! Amazing. It will be easier to bring them together now.'
'Yeah. Just tell them that they love each other.'
'No, silly!' ("Did she just call me silly?" Sasuke thought.) 'Even if I did tell Hinata that Naruto loves her too, she's too shy to admit her love to him. As to Naruto, he'll think you are pranking him.'
'Good point.'
'So now, you have to suggest me a plan as to how to bring them together.'
Wait, what? What did she say? He had to suggest the plan?
'Why do I do that?'
'Because, you agreed to help!'
'You can suggest the plan and I'll help with that.'
'You said you'll help, so suggest a plan!'
'I'm no good with that.'
'Geez, guys!'
'Hn.'
'Okay, I'll suggest the plan, but then, you'll have to do what I say.'
'No.'
'Okay, but you have to the most to get it to work.'
'No. Again.'
'Then start racking your brains.'
'Fine. I'll do the later.'
'Racking brains?'
'No. Help the most one.'
'Okay! But don't forget what you said.'
'Uchihas never back on their words.'
'Okay,!
'Hn.
'Kay then bye now. And don't forget the deal.'
'Hn. Bye.'
'Geez, you don't even miss that in typing!'
Sasuke looked annoyed(Anime style, where his eyes become two white circles! I didn't remember the word for that! Sorry!)
'Haha! Got you! Bye.'
And she logged off and he hoped she won't make him do something crazy. And just then he realized that she might. How he hoped to have racked brains on a plan. But then for the positive side, he didn't agree to the first one. But what he was going to do would be just as bad.
There! The chapter ends and (hopefully) SasuSaku fight! Thank god! I was seriously bored with their constant nagging! They never leave me at peace!
Pinky:Hey! What do you mean by that!
Me:You annoy me!
Chick-Butt:Annoying and Sakura is fine. But annoying and me? Think twice.
Pinky:What! You called me annoying you chicken head freak!
Chick-Butt:Yes.
Pinky:ArrGGHHH!
Me:There they go again. *Sighs.
STOP IT BOTH OF YOU OR I'LL HAVE YOU OFF THE CAST!
*Silence. *Sikada sounds somewhere.
Good. So there people, hope you liked the chapter and please guys review! I would love to have some ideas for the 'NaruHina bring together plan'. (Yeah I know that name sucks.) Anyways, thank you for tolerating me and some of my awfull chappies! Anyways review and let me know the faults and love!
Also do tell me if you understood the chat and whether it is confusing or no. I'll be happy to edit it if it is confusing!
Untill then, TomBoyGal out!
