Star-Chan: Yay, here's Chapter 8! just like i promised! ;D I've already thought out how many chapters there will be, and there will be 13 chapters, 14 if you counted the authors note. So we're getting close to the end! But that's in the future…on with Chapter 8 of A Happily Ever After, Wrong!
Thank you all that took part in the voting in the previous Chapter and the re-vote! That helped me a lot! And now the moment you're all waiting for…!
The Winner is…
Chapter 8: Happily Ever After? Not Quite yet…
Sakura was in her room about to change out of her pajamas when she heard the door bell ring. She quickly threw on her light jacket and ran downstairs and opened the door.
"Morning Sakura, you're not ready yet?" Sasuke said stepping inside and walked towards the couch and sat down.
"No, do I look ready yet?" Sakura asked looking down at the pajamas and watched Sasuke shrug. "When I said you can walk me to school, I didn't mean come one hour before school started!" Sakura said rolling her eyes at Sasuke who just grinned.
"I'm sorry, okay? Is it so wrong for me to want to see my girlfriend?" Sasuke said to Sakura who blushed different shades of red. "Now hurry up and go get changed!" Sasuke said rushing Sakura back upstairs.
"Why bother, we have an hour to spare!" Sakura said sarcastically as she walked up the stairs and into the bathroom. There she combed her pink hair and tied it up with a red ribbon. She threw on a pink tank top and a pair of jeans. She walked back down to Sasuke who was still sitting on the couch but now, watching TV.
"What do you expect, this to be your house?" Sakura said picking up the remote and turned off the TV.
"Well, what else was I suppose to do?" Sasuke said shrugging putting his arms behind his head in a Shikamaru matter.
"Sit there, like polite people do and wait." Sakura said plopping down next to Sasuke on the couch.
"Did you eat yet?" Sakura said to Sasuke who yawned and laid down on the couch his head on Sakura's lap. Sakura started stroking his smooth raven colored hair.
"No, I was too tired to make breakfast. Naruto called me last night and kept talking until three in the morning." Sasuke said closing his eyes enjoying the feeling for Sakura stroking his hair. This moment was just perfect, the two of them alone together, no one else around no sounds to be heard. Just the two of them, they both knew what the other was thinking. They never wanted this moment to end.
"Do you want something to eat; I'll go make it for you." Sakura said ready to get up when Sasuke pulled her back down.
"No, I want to stay like this for a while." Sasuke said and closed his eyes again drifting off to a nice nap. Sakura continued to stroke his soft raven black hair and smiled at the sight of the peaceful looking Sasuke. Half an hour passed by quickly and soon the happy couple was walking to school.
Sasuke sat down in homeroom and started talking to Naruto, acutally yelling at Naruto at how he kept him up all night, as for Sakura, she was talking to Ino about her birthday party that was coming up in a two weeks. When the bell rang, everyone became silent. The teacher read the announcements then opened the door, in walked a boy with short black hair and dark black eyes.
'Hey, my name is Sai, nice to meet you." Sai said smiling to the whole class, all the girls sighed admiring there new hot classmate. Sakura saw Sai and her emerald eyes widened in horror and her mouth dropped. Sai looked around the classroom and saw Sakura. He smirked to see her still looking the same as she did before. He walked over to a seat near Sasuke and sat down.
"Hey, Sakura is something wrong?" Ino said noticing how tense Sakura was at the sight of the guy. She waved her hand in front of Sakura's face to get her out of her daze.
"Ino, that guy, no it can't be…no…" Sakura said her hands shaking as she raised it and covered her mouth while shaking her head.
"Can't be what, Sakura are you okay?" Ino said laying a hand on Sakura's shoulder trying to calm her down from shaking.
"Ino, that guy, remember, I told you…about my past…" Sakura said moving her eyes from Sai to Ino. Ino looked over at the black haired boy who was already surrounded by girls. Well of course not as much as Sasuke had before...but this guy was already pretty popular!
"You mean that's him! No way Sakura, stop kidding me." Ino said trying to laugh but couldn't. Ino would have normally just laughed about it. But something about Sakura's face told her this was serious and no joke.
"No, I'm not kidding you, it's him…" Sakura said burying her head in her hand, sobbing lightly.
"It's okay, you're with Sasuke now. He can't do anything to you." Ino tried to reassure Sakura. Sakura looked up at Ino who gave her a warm smile, and Sakura tried her hardest to smile back and nodded.
"Yeah, you're right…he can't." Sakura said and turned around to face the front of the room. The bell rang and Sakura took her time getting out of class, hoping to avoid Sai as best as possible.. She took so long that Sasuke finally came to get her.
"Hey, what's taking you so long?" Sasuke said to Sakura who was getting up from her seat. She dropped a book on the floor and didn't even notice it. Sasuke picked it up and tapped Sakura on the back who jumped and turned around.
"Hey clumsy-head you dropped your book." Sasuke said handing it to Sakura who took it and slipped it in her hands. "Are you okay?" Sasuke asked the fidgety Sakura.
"Yeah, let's go…" Sakura said her voice shaking. Sasuke noticed this and looked at Sakura who avoided his eyes. He knew something was wrong. They rushed out of the classroom and were in the hallway. Sakura sighed in relieve that she didn't see Sai. Sasuke looked at her curiously. He had never seen Sakura so shaken up before.
"Sakura,"
Sakura's heart skipped a beat when she heard the familiar voice calling her name, with such calm and melancholy tone. She slowly forced herself to turn around, body starting to shake again.. She looked up from the ground to meet those deep black eyes of Sai.
"Sai…" was all Sakura could spit out since her she felt her self shaking again. She knew she had to keep calm if she was going to stand up to the guy, but just seeing him made her replay all those horrible memeories again.
"Nice to see you again, how have you been?" Sai said taking a step toward Sakura who took a step back and clung on to Sasuke's arm. Sasuke looked at Sakura. She was scared, but he didn't know why. All he could do was wrap his arms around her protectively.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Sakura said still shaking in fear from a guy that once broke her heart into a million pieces. Sasuke tightened his arms around Sakura which seemed to help Sakura stop shaking.
"Who are you, what do you want with Sakura?" He hissed at the black haired boy who was still smirking. Oh how Sasuke wanted to punch the smirk right off his face.
"Why, we have quite a history together, don't we Sakura?" Sai said ignoring Sasuke and looked at Sakura. Her brows furrowed together she clenched her teeth and her hands were closed in a tight fist.
"Shut up, I have no history with you; now what the hell are you doing here." Sakura said again this time her voice filled with anger instead of terror. Her usual happy emerald eyes were now clouded with anger.
"I just moved back here, and I was hoping that we can, you know pick up where we left off?" Sai said grinning at Sakura. This really pissed Sasuke off, he brushed his hand off Sakura and went up to Sai and grabbed his shirt, locking his anger filled onyx eyes with Sai's black ones.
"Who the hell do you think you are? Sakura is mine, and mine alone. No one is ever going to change that you got it!" Sasuke said his onyx eyes burning with rage. For Sakura, he was willing to do anything to protect her.
"I am Sakura's boyfriend." Sai said coolly which pissed Sasuke off more. Sasuke was ready to make him regret saying those words but Sakura held him back. They had already caught a lot of attention, no need to get anymore.
"Sasuke, don't listen to him, just let him go, he's not worth it." Sakura said to Sasuke whose grip on Sai's shirt loosened. Sakura took Sasuke's hand in hers. She glared Sai in the eyes. Sakura kept saying what Ino had told her in her mind. "You're with Sasuke now." That seemed to give Sakura a lot of confidence to stand up to Sai, because she knew, no matter what happens Sasuke would always be right there with her.
"You better leave me alone you cheater, I want nothing to do with you." Sakura said and stormed off with Sasuke by her side.
"This should be very interesting, Sakura…" Sai said and walked to his next period. When he was walking he heard a name call him back.
"Sai…so is your plan working yet."
"Heh, don't you mean your plan? You'll see what the next step very soon." Sai said while Karin ran up to his side.
"What was that all about? Who was he, Sakura?" Sasuke asked once they were a good distance away from Sai. Sakura looked away not wanting to answer any of the questions thrown at her. All she wanted was to forget this every happened and start over.
"…"
"Sakura, is he that guy you said, from your past?" Sasuke said looking at the flustered Sakura. She avoided his gaze and stared at the floor, which was clear more interesting to Sakura. Sakura didn't want to talk about this again. It had already hurt her once before and now to have to talk about it again…it would kill her. Though she felt she had to tell Sasuke, it was something she knew was right. Telling him anything will ease everything for her. Sakura knew that she could always count on Sasuke to be there for her, to understand her.
"Yeah, that's him. Why, do I have to see him again…after all these years!" Sakura said her tears starting to fall down her cheeks. Sasuke put his arms around her to comfort her. Sakura cuddled up into his arms. She felt so safe in his arms like nothing bad can ever happen to her. She loved the feeling of having his warmth rush into her body. Sakura cried into Sasuke shirt.
"It's okay, everything will be fine. He won't hurt you again. I won't let him hurt you again. I will protect you." Sasuke said pulling Sakura closer to him. He felt Sakura nod slightly. They stood there, with everyone watching them, watching what had just happened. But both of them didn't care, as long as they had each other that is all that really mattered.
For the rest of the school day, Sakura avoided Sai the best she could. She didn't want her past to ruin her future with Sasuke. But Sai wouldn't seem to leave her alone, he kept appearing everywhere. Finally the long, terrible day was over and Sakura was at her locker getting her books. She saw Sasuke coming towards her and gave him a wave and smile.
"Hey Sakura," Sasuke said leaning against the lockers next to Sakura's.
"Hey, you want to come over to my house and watch a movie or something?" Sakura said picking out more books and shoving it in her backpack.
"I would, but I can't I promised Naruto I would help him pick out a gift for his six month anniversary with Hinata. I'm sorry." Sasuke looked at Sakura apolitically. Sakura smiled.
"It's okay I have plenty of homework anyways." Sakura said slamming her locker door shut and turned to Sasuke who pushed himself off the locker and was now at Sakura's side.
"Okay then I'll call you later, bye." Sasuke said kissing Sakura on the cheek quickly and walked down the hall looking for Naruto. Sakura went out the front door when someone called her back. She turned around to see Sai, smirking at her. She was no longer scared; she was just sickened by him.
"Alone, are we Sakura?" His calm voice said to her and lips tugged into a smirk.
Sasuke was walking towards Naruto's locker when Karin came out of no where and blocked Sasuke's way. He tried going around her but she kept blocking his way. He finally decided to stop and hear what Karin had to say.
"Sasuke-kun, you have to come quick!" Karin said tugging on Sasuke's blue t-shirt.
"Why the hell should I listen to you?" Sasuke snapped and threw Karin's hand off his shirt and continued walking. But she ran up to him and grabbed his arm. He turned around and glared at her.
"It's Sakura..." Karin said trying to make a really worried face. Sasuke looked at Karin with a suspicious face.
"I hate her…but I really don't want this to happen to her." Karin said looking at Sasuke who raised a brow.
"What about Sakura?" He was curious at what the black haired girl had to say about Sakura, though not too sure if he could trust her.
"Sai is forcing himself on her; I saw it in the front entrance!" Karin said pointed to the door. She watched Sasuke burn up with fury. His hands clutched into a tight fist. He glared at Karin. Sasuke didn't know what to think, to trust Karin, or not to. Trusting her might be wrong, but not trusting her, the risk was losing Sakura. He couldn't take that risk at all cost.
"Are you sure you saw that." Sasuke said his voice revealing his anger.
"Yes, I'm sure." Karin said backing away slowly scared at the mad looking Sasuke.
"That ass, he better be ready to see hell." Sasuke yelled and ran out towards the front entrance. He didn't care if Karin was lying, he couldn't control his anger. The thought of Sai forcing himself on Sakura, his Sakura just freakin' pisses him off.
Karin watched Sasuke run down the hall, smirked and walked away.
"Well, my part is done; it's all up to you Sai."
"Shut up Sai, what the hell do you want?" Sakura snapped at Sai who was walking closer and closer to her. She silently hope that someone would come out to help her, though she knew it was helpless since everyone in school had already went home for the weekend and Sasuke was probably gone with Naruto.
"I want you to give me another chance, I was a fool back then when I cheated on you. I thought you weren't good enough for me, but I'm glad that I see now, that I was wrong. And ah, you cut off your long pink hair, why is that? To many memories of us?" Sai said touching Sakura's short pink hair.
"None of your business and NO I will not give you a second chance." Sakura said and started walking around Sai, but he stepped in front of Sakura to stop her. She jerked back and looked her furious eyes with his calm dark ones.
"Sakura, I'm sorry for what I did before, I know I hurt you I promise I won't do it again." Sai said innocently but all Sakura did was turned away.
"Shut up, I don't want to hear you, I don't want to see you, now get out of my way!" Sakura said pushing Sai but he wouldn't budge.
"Or what, you're going to get your boyfriend to beat me? I don't think so Sakura." Sai said wrapping his arms around Sakura's waist pulling her towards him.
"Let go, bastard!" Sakura tried to pull out of his embrace but he was too strong. Sakura started to scream but her mouth was instantly covered by Sai's. Her eyes widened in horror as she tried to push him off, but couldn't. Sakura stood there in complete shock until someone yelled her name. She tensed up.
"Sakura!" Sakura knew this voice well, Sakura pushed Sai back with all the strength she had. She turned around, her body trembling, and her eyes started to sting as tears started rolling down her cheeks at the figure that was now standing in front of her.
"Sasuke…"
Star-Chan: Wow…this chapter was pretty tense! Uh-oh…what is Sasuke going to do! What is going to happen to our beloved Sasuke and Sakura? And why is Karin helping Sai!? What the heck is going on! Well you have to wait and find out:D
Readers and Reviewers: Thank You all for supporting me. I really appreciated it! It gives me more confidence about my story. I thought it was an okay story compared to all the others ones I've read. But you guys changed my mind! Oh also thank you all for helping me with my writers block! I was stuck for a pretty long time…I couldn't decide who should be the part of Sakura's 'cheater'. It's all; because of you guys that this chapter was successful! claps for you guys Again I'm so sorry for making you guys vote twice. But I really liked the result of Sai being the cheater! YES it is still a SASUKE/SAKURA fanfic don't worry you guys! Well thank you all again! I really appreciated!
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