Under His Spell

by chibi-dreams

Zelda visits the Village Hidden in the Leaves to work on her skills as a warrior. She becomes friendrivals with Sakura, has to keep running away from Shikomaru, and falls for Sasuke Uchiha. Can Sakura win Sasuke's heart? Or, will it be Zelda?

3. Chapter Three

Under His Spell

Chapter Three: Sakura Sees It All

"Okay, everybody!" Iruka announced. "Time for break!"

Everyone sat around the schoolyard; under the trees, sitting on the benches, lounging about on the grass…

"What a workout!" Sakura said to Zelda, after finding a nice place to rest under a big shady tree, stretching her sore muscles. "Ah. The fresh morning air…"

"Yeah, smells… sweet," Zelda replied, placing a grin on her friend's face.

"You're so funny, Zelda. I'm so glad I bumped into you earlier."

"Yeah, me, too."

Suddenly, Sasuke comes up to them and says, "Hey, Zelda."

Sakura and Zelda looked up at him.

"Oh, hi, Sasuke," Zelda said calmly.

What???? Why isn't he saying "hi" to me???

"May I sit down beside you?"

"Sure," came Zelda's answer.

He bent over and sat next to the princess, while Sakura's mouth dangled low, not believing what she's seeing.

He's supposed to be sitting next to ME! she thought and then crossed her arms and looked away, with an angry look in her arms.

Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, Sasuke slowly put his arm around Zelda.

"Hu?" Sakura's eyes were filled with surprise. "Aaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!" And she fell backwards.

Zelda and Sasuke looked at her.

"Sakura," Zelda asked. "Are you alright?"

Sakura quickly got up. "What do you mean am I alright? I am perfectly fine! You're the one who's…. who's not alright, alright?"

"Okay, well then fine by me."

Argh! How can she act so calm??? Especially in front of Sasuke!

"You know what?" Sakura shouted. She stood up; her eyebrow twitched a bit. "I'm leaving!" Then she left Zelda and Sasuke behind, looking at her as if she were some crazed maniac.

Have a gone a bit too far? Zelda thought to herself, looking a bit worried.

"Hmph! What a loser."

She turned to the slightly annoyed Sasuke.

"Every girl who goes here overreacts to everything. Especially Sakura and Ino. They're so annoying," he said.

"But I feel kind of bad for Sakura," Zelda replied. "I mean, she's my friend, and that's not how friends treat each other."

"Here's another thing you should understand about friendship," Sasuke told her. "If two friends disagree with something, then maybe they weren't meant to be friends."

"Hm…" She scrunched up like a ball and laid her head on her knees, with worried eyes.

I hope Sakura's okay…