Chapter Five
The Only One
Sorry for the slow updates you guys! I know it's been a while but it's hard to juggle three stories at a time. But, I normally update which ever story has the most reviews first so…yeah. Anywayz, I would like to dedicate this chapter to: All.IsAll and Shinefire for reviewing! Thankiez!
Disclaimer: Me? Own Naruto? Not even in my dreams! T.T
Name: Ramen
What I Look Like: RAMEN
Age: RAMEN
Likes: Ramen, BELIEVE IT!
Dislikes: Yucky Ramen (Even though there's no such thing)
Goals: To eat all the ramen I can
Friends: R-A-M-E-N
Personality: I'm hot and juicy…just like RaMeN!!
Why I'm Here: To become Hokage and pass a law that states: Everyone must eat ramen from the time they are born till the time they die…and when they die they must be buried with a bowl of ramen in their hands.
(A/N You can probably guess who that was even though he's no where in this chapter.)
-Recap-
Sakura closed her eyes, and heavily sighed as realization hit her. There was only one explanation, for her missing phone.
"…Saki…" Sakura whispered, closing her eyes as she sighed for like, the fourth time that day.
Like I said…what Saki wants…Saki gets.
-End Recap-
Sakura's face flushed with anger at her cousin's selfishness. Sakura should've known better than to leave that café without checking if she had everything first. The fact that her phone was missing didn't anger her…it was the fact that she couldn't call Sasuke.
Sakura…the girl that loved Sasuke…couldn't even talk to her own boyfriend.
And it was all Saki's fault.
Sakura grabbed the pillow nearest her, buried her face in it, and screamed at the top of her lungs. She was angry, she was sad, and she was irritated.
The pinkette slammed the pillow down and began punching it with all her might pretending that it was her cousin.
"TAKE THAT YOU SELF-CENTERED, UGLY, CONNIVING, UGLY, IRRITATING, UGLY, LITTLE WITCH!" Sakura yelled while beating up the pillow. Feathers and cloth debris rained in the living room as Sakura continued to punch the living daylights out of the bedding items.
In the kitchen, Huli furrowed her eyebrows for a moment as she saw a single feather floating in the house. She turned off the noisy stove fan, and heard muffled yelling and punching.
'What on earth is going on in the living room?' the maid thought frantically as she put down her cooking utensils and ran to the living room. When she got there, Huli saw a peeved Sakura beating up the furniture…you make the call.
"Sakura…what in Davey Jones' locker are you doing!" Huli cried as she caught Sakura's fist before it could to pimp slap a vase.
A glass vase.
"I'm beating up Saki…what does it look like I'm doing?!" Sakura yelled as she pointed to a body pillow that was lying on the floor.
"Saki?" Huli asked while raising an eyebrow. "Sakura…Saki isn't anywhere in here! No, the only thing you're beating up is the living room which I am going to have to clean up!" The maid shouted, flailing her arms around for emphasis. Sakura frowned and turned to look at the destroyed room.
"Oh…woops…sorry Huli. I guess I got a little carried away. Don't worry about the mess…I'll clean it up" Sakura muttered while rubbing the back of her head. Said maid sighed but nonetheless gave Sakura a forgiving smile.
"Don't worry about it, dear…you're going through a lot right now…I understand." Huli reassured. "And by the way…did you get a chance to talk to Sasuke-san yet?
Sakura looked down at the floor and shook her head. "Well…actually, that's why the living room is sort of destroyed." She began not meeting Huli's questioning gaze. "You see, I went to go look for my cell phone in my purse but it wasn't in there, and I was upset because I couldn't talk to Sasuke-kun! And I know I had it when I was at the café so I figured…that Saki took it." Sakura muttered the last four words softly but Huli had heard her perfectly.
"Sakura…" Huli sighed. "Call me crazy but, did it ever occur to you that maybe you lost you're phone."
"But I'm responsible, Huli! I never lose anything! And do you really think that I'd start losing my stuff right when my preppy cousin moves in? Now, I wouldn't exactly call that a coincidence." Sakura protested. Huli only folded her arms and shook her head.
"Fine Sakura, but remember…you promised!" Huli said in a warning tone before starting to proceed back to the kitchen. Right when she was about to turn the corner though, Huli turned around and said one last thing before leaving. "Oh, and Sakura…you didn't exactly have to pulverize the living room just because you couldn't talk to Sasuke…that's why Benjamin Franklin invented house phones." And with that Huli went back to the kitchen and Sakura stood there looking dumfounded and feeling like an idiot.
-xoxo-MomoUchiha-xoxo-MomoUchiha-xoxo-MomoUchiha-xoxo-MomoUchiha-
Light streamed in on Sakura's face as dawn broke. The pinkette grabbed her pillow and put it over her face as if to block out the signs of morning. It was the Saturday after the phone incident which meant it was Monday, August 25.
Exactly one week until school started.
Sakura wanted to sleep the day away, but her alarm clock had other plans.
BEEP…BEEP…BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
BEEP…BEEP…BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
BEEP…BEEP…BEEEEEEEEEEEE-CRASH!
Sakura had grabbed her pillow and slammed it against the annoying little pest we call an alarm clock. She sat up and narrowed her eyes at the broken, little mechanical device. She picked it up and stared at it. "So little…yet so freaking annoying. Who on earth would invent something so evil! Like, come on, who wants to be woken up every morning by a bunch of idiotic beeping?! It feels like I'm being cussed at! 'You're a –beep- that looks like a pile of –beep- who is a –beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep-!'" Sakura mocked the broken machine. For a minute, she sat there wondering why the alarm clock even went off in the first place.
After all, Sakura only set the alarm clock when it was really important
She stood up and walked over to the bathroom rubbing her eyes along the way. She flicked on the lights which seemed to be abnormally bright this morning.
"Ah…the light…it burns!!" screeched Sakura shielding her eyes. She dizzily made her way to the sink and glanced at the calendar hanging up by the mirror.
On their three month anniversary, Sasuke had taken Sakura to a carnival and they went to a stand that sold custom-made calendars. The owner would take twelve pictures and arrange them so that they were in a calendar. This particular photo was of Sakura sitting in between Sasuke's legs and Sasuke with his arms wrapped around Sakura's stomach. Sakura was holding Sasuke's hands and the duo was both smiling.
Yes, Sasuke learned how to smile…it took 16 years, but he did it!
Sakura smiled at the picture, reminiscing about that day. It was hard to believe that it had been three months since then. Her gaze faltered to the date and she saw that it was circled. In big red letters, it read:
6 m a
Sakura furrowed her eyebrows at the letters as she contemplated in her head what the meant. 'WTH is that supposed to mean?'
'It looks like a math equation…maybe you have a math test next Monday. If you do, we're dead because, I know for a fact that you didn't study!'Sakura's inner replied.
'-rolls eyes- Can you be any more stupid!? For one, why would I have a math test on the first day of school? For two, if it were a math test, I would've written: MATH TEST! And for three: If the test was next Monday…I would've put that on next Monday.' Sakura retorted knowingly.
'Okay, okay geesh, I was just trying to help! No need to get all technical about it!'
Sakura rolled her eyes and thought about the mystery that had just been laid out in front of her. After another minute of thinking however, she gave up, convinced that if it was important enough, it would come to her. She then turned to look at herself in the mirror.
She looked like the bride of Frankenstein.
(A/N I just realized how bride and Frankenstein rhyme! –gasp- and so did that! Hehe bride...Frankenstein…rhyme…YAY FOR RHYMING WERDS!)
She had drool marks on the side of her face and boogers in her eyes. She had B.O, and her hair was a poofy big mess. Her old, over-sized purple pajama shirt was stained and so was her non-matching baby-blue cheetah-print pajama pants. And on top of that, her morning breath was as stinky as a skunk-smelling wet dog and then some!
"I don't look THAT bad. Besides…it's not like I'm trying to impress anyone in my own house." Sakura lied to herself. She merely shrugged off her look and proceeded back to her bed. The bed-head grabbed her trash can and began throwing the last bits of her broken alarm clock away.
At the front of her room, Sakura heard knocking and the sound of her door opening. In walked a tired-looking Huli carrying a tray full of food.
"I made your breakfast already if you don't mind. I thought that you could use-WOAH WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR CLOCK!" Huli shouted, jumping back a bit spilling a little orange juice as she did so.
Sakura threw the last of the device into the trash and smiled innocently. "I have no idea what you're talking about."
Huli sighed and rolled her eyes. "Ha-ha, very funny." The maid replied sarcastically. "Why is it that you have such a hate for household items? Is there a problem we need to resolve, here?" Huli spoke as if Sakura were six years old. This made Sakura angry.
"I'm not a child, Huli-chan…it just feels like everything is out to get me! Saki, my alarm clock…and even school seems like it's coming faster than usual!" Sakura whined.
The maid sat the tray down on the nightstand before giving Sakura a helpful smile. "Well, I think you'll be back to your cheerful self once you see who's downstairs waiting for you."
Sakura raised an eyebrow. "Unless it's Saki waiting for me to go punch her in her throat, I don't think I'll ever be 'cheerful.'" Sakura uttered.
"Well…only one way to find out." Huli sang as she skipped out of the room followed by a grumpy-looking Sakura.
When the two women entered the foyer, Sakura's spirits lifted when she saw who was waiting there.
"Sasuke-kun!" She yelled as she ran to him with her arms outstretched. She gave him a tight hug and looked up at him with heartfelt eyes. "Well…you look nice today!" She exclaimed, admiring Sasuke's get-up.
He was wearing a black T-shirt with ironed black jeans. Sasuke's shoes were Black Air Force One's and his hair was actually combed for a change. It was a simple look, but Sakura could tell that he tried.
Sasuke snorted and returned the hug. "I always look nice."
Sakura glared playfully at her boyfriend. "Yeah Mr. Modest, we all know that…but today you look…very nice…what's the occasion?" She asked.
Sasuke cocked an eyebrow and had a you-can't-be-serious look on his face. "Our anniversary." He said slowly.
'Our anniversary! It's today?! So that's what 6 m. A stands for: 6 month anniversary! Crap, I forgot!' Sakura raged in her head. She pulled apart from Sasuke and gave a nervous chuckle.
"Ano…I know that, silly! I was just…testing to see if you remembered, it's all good!" Sakura answered quickly while thinking of a lie. Sasuke just peered at her with a questioning look.
"Whatever." Was all he said even though inside he was sort of hurt that she forgot. 'Tch…6 months…and she forgets? WTH?!' Sasuke thought to himself.
"I'll…I'll be right back." Sakura stuttered as she began running up the stairs and back into her room. It all made sense now…the alarm waking her up early…the mysterious date on the calendar…they were all little reminders.
And she had ignored them completely.
Sakura was so busy raging at herself that she didn't even notice Saki coming down the stairs in the other direction. When Saki saw her cousin coming at her, she quickly dodged out of the way afraid that they were about to collide. Sakura flew past acting as if Saki wasn't there.
When Saki reached the bottom of the spiral stair case, her eyes caught a glimpse of a young Uchiha sitting on the couch with his legs folded flipping through the channels on the T.V.
"Um...who are you?" Saki asked as she made her way over to Sasuke and sat down on the chair farthest him. But judging by the flowers in his hands, Saki assumed that he was her cousin's boyfriend that Sakura's mom had told her so much about.
Yes, even Sakura's mom falls for Saki's sweet and innocent act.
Sasuke looked up at her and frowned. "It's polite to give your own name before asking someone else's." he replied, only to receive a playful glare from Saki.
"Whatever…my name is Saki…I'm your girlfriends cousin by the way." Saki replied as she outstretched her left hand and waited for Sasuke to shake it. But Sasuke only sat there and gave her a quizzical look. (A/N is quizzical even a word?)
Saki half-chuckled and wiggled her hand towards Sasuke even more. "Go on, shake it! I'm not going to bite." Saki reassured. After a couple more seconds, Sasuke shook her hand and told her his name.
As Saki and Sasuke sat there, Saki played with locks of her hair trying to start a conversation. Nothing came to her. Finally, when Saki figured that she could be doing something more interesting, she got up and began to dust off her jeans. "Well, Sasuke, I must be going now. I've got things to do and people to see. It was nice meeting you, though." Saki said before beginning to walk towards the front door. Sasuke only nodded curtly, not letting his gaze falter.
The red-head put on a light sweater that was a dark ebony color, and grabbed her purse. She opened the door, ready to leave but stopped herself to say one last thing to Sasuke. "Oh…and happy anniversary!" She called happily from the threshold. Saki gave one last smile before exiting through the door.
By now, Sasuke was starring at the spot where Saki had last been. He couldn't believe that the first person to say 'Happy anniversary' to him was a stranger and not the person he was sharing the occasion with. It baffled him that Sakura wasn't the first person to say it, but Saki was.
But at the same time…it intrigued him
After all, Saki was the one who could tie with Sakura in a 'Good Looks' contest any day.
And Saki was the one who could actually remember the anniversary of a lifetime.
But Saki was also the one who manipulated people, made them think that she was perfect, and then leave them with nothing.
And poor Sasuke was falling right for it.
Author's Box :D!
I loved that chapter! To me it was both deep and funny! Anyway, I know I haven't been a good author and updating but I just need motivation! Hint, hint…that's what the bluish-purpleish button that says 'Submit Review' is for!
With Muchos Koi,
MomoUchiha