I'm watching BIGBROTHER. Man! The people on this season are STUUUUPID! There is NO ONE I like on here! Except for the returning players like Mike. The rest are just plain...stupid...*sigh* humahumahuma...so! I'm changing the sooooong~! OKAY! I'm not going to change it anymore! It's called 'The Reason' by Hoobastank! It's...It's just sooo perfect! *tear*

I got ALOOOOOT of viewers saying that Ino and Sakura should have a "cat fight" lolZ! Thanks for your ideas! KEEP'EM COMMIN! ;D Anyways on to the disclaimer! SASORI!

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WAIT WAIT WAIT! Why are YOU doing it?

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Huh? But he's not in my st-

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CHAPTER7

" Hey! Why are you guys standing there; Ino's there-Is that?"

" Ummhumm." Tenten replied weakly.

" Bu-but..." Naruto stuttured. Sasuke scoffed and turned his head away.

Foot steps alerted Neji Shikamaru and Itachi were now here. Shikamaru sighed.

" Man..."

" ... "

Everyone scooted a little closer towards Ino. Everything was silent.

That is until someone spoke.

Troublesome.

(Sakura's POV)

One by one they showed up. First was Ino then Tenten and Neji, Naruto and Sasuke with Hinata and...someone, and last Shikamaru...and Itachi. I looked at all of them. All trying not to look at me, but my gaze didn't linger on them for as long as they did with me. No, mine was at Itachi, though his gaze was anywhere but at me. My heart clenched. I looked down slightly. I was happy though. For the first time in a long time, because they looked like their lives were going perfectly well. Ino and Shikamaru had stayed together. Hinata had someone, she really deserved it, she is one of the nicest people on the planet. Tenten and Neji finally got together. They looked made for one another. And...Sasuke and Naruto. I inwardly sighed. They both still survived...and together, it looks like. My eyes softened thinking about the bipolar couple. They were complete opposites, but brought the best in eachother. They really do justice to the saying "Opposites attract". I smiled. I can feel the tears threating to come out. Begging and pleading to come. I didn't deny them. Not at all. It would hurt more to hold them in.

" What are you doing here Sakura?" Ino sneered. I didn't look up; not yet. " Why did you come here? Do you think you have the right to be here? After all you did to us? What right do you have?" Ino yelled. I still held my soft smile, but the tears were still falling. Never letting up.

"... I'm glad..." I said softly. Ino gasped in shock. " I'm glad you found yourselfs." I looked up. " You found the people you loved. They were with you all along." I looked Ino in the eyes.

" NO! You don't care! Why would you? You hurt us! Decived us! Lied to us! You made damage to us for a LIFETIME! SO don't say you...care for u-us..." Ino yelled but broked down at the end. Sighlent tried streamed down her face. I got up and was about to make a way towards her but someone's hand on my arm stopped me. Sasori.

" Don't Sakura." He said softly. He droped his hand from my arm.

" I...did not mean to hurt any of you...really...I love you g-"

" DON'T give me that bull! You know what you did!" Ino took a step forward," YOU did the damage! The damage that can NEVER be repaired! Do you even know what it did to us? HUH? The damage that you did!" There was silence for a couple of seconds." NO? Well, let me tell you! Hinata, her courage and self esteem went down." I saw Hinata look at her with the corner of my eye. Hinata looked down as if in shame. I wanted to comfort her, but knew I couldn't. " Tenten, she got put on anti-depressions because of what you did. Neji, over works himself almost all the time. Naruto thinks this is all his fault and beats himself over it! I put only half of my effort into everything I do because I'm always looking over my shoulder! I'm an emotional reck! Sasuke...," She huffed," Sasuke his grades sliped and he lost the Valinvictorian name and didn't get into Yale! He worked his WHOLE life to get that title! And the worst...-" Sakura felt her throat close up from the over welmingness of everthing. Everything Ino was telling her- of what happened was all of her fault. Hinata losing herself. Tenten being on medication. Neji being a workaholic. Naruto being under emotional-stress. Ino being and emotional reck. Sasuke...Sasukes dream didn't come true...after all of thet work he put into it. After all of those study sessions,after school work, private tutoring, and extra-credit...It was all for nothing...thanks to her. " I think the worst person who was affected from this bullshit is Itachi...heh...you have no idea he-"

" Ino. That's enough." Itachi said icily with a hard cold glare, but Ino ignored him.

" He changed. He doesn't trust anyone! He's so cold and distant; doesn't tell anyone anything, other than 'leave him alone' or 'be quiet'! He's the most damaged of us all! And I know with you here he is hurting the most of us all! He-"

" INO!" Itachi shouted. His narrowed his eyes even more. I looked up to him. Again he wasn't looking at me. Why-why won't you look at me? I stared at him while he stared to talk. " Your useless talking is going to get us nowhere here." I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. "I'm sorryI'msorryI'msorry!" " Let's go." I didn't relize that I was saying what I was thinking until Sasori grabbed my hand and said something to me.

" You are not at fault here." He said to me.

" Like hell she is!" Sasuke growled. My gaze never left Itachi. " Who are you to say she's not! You don't know what she did!"

" Yes. You are correct, but she did give me some ensight on what happened. Not the details, but I do not think I need details on this little issue." He stated.

" 'Little'?" He growled," If only! This is anything, but little! It's too big for you to compehend. You wouldn't understand." Sasuke sneered back.

" Maybe. Maybe not." He said simply.

" If you know...then why are you comming to her defence?" Tenten asked.

" Why not? She is my best friend." I saw Ino flinch at the word 'Best Friend'.

" Like she could be capable of making "friends"." Neji said coldy. I looked down and furrowed my brows with sadness. Sasori gave my hand a squeeze.

" She is. I do not see why not. You make her sound like she is a horrible person. Like she destroyed your lives-"

" Because she did!" Ino exclaimed.

" On the contrarily. You let this control you. You had two options. Either ignore this, let go, forget, and continue your lives, or burry yourself in this and blame Sakura for your misfortunes and misshapenings in your life. But it is pretty obvious to see you have chosen the latter. It is your choice and yours alone. No one made it for you. Though I see it completely pointless and idiotic to hold on to something for so long. You people are futile, senseless, fools." He said calmly.

" Why you-!" Ino started but got interrupted.

" WHAT! WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN? IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, SAY IT!" Naruto argued.

" Sakura never told me she had such dimwitted friends."

" We're not friends with that scum." Sasuke sneered.

" Don't even bother anymore, Sasuke. It's apparent that this guy wants this kind of reaction from us. Besides calling her names will get us nowhere." Shikamaru said. Sasuke tsked.

" Hey! Who are you anyways?" Naruto demanded from Sasori.

" Sasori and hostest of this Charity Event," Shock was showed in everyone's eyes, except for one person," and I would appreciate it if you stop this."

" What?" Sasuke said dead cold as if daring Sasori to say it again." She started it! She started this big mess! She can't say she didnt see this coming from the start!" Sasuke shouted to him and pointed to me. " She's cunning devious bitch!"

I was too shocked to say anything...Is this what they thought of me? Cunning? Deceitful? Lier? Uncaring? This person?

" Sasuke...I-" I made move toward him I put my arm out, but he slapped it down and moved back.

" Get away." He growled. My eyes glossed over. My mouth moved open but nothing came out. I wanted to tell them I was sorry. Sorry for messing up and hurting them, but that would never be enough. Never enough.

" I..." Everyone looked at the Hyuga heiress. I saw her boyfriend grip Hinata tighter for a sign of courage." I...I do agree to what you say Sasuke, but there is no need to call...call her names," She started confidently. My smile got a little bit bigger. Hinata has come a long way. " I ... I've never said this before...but... I think Sakura has a very good reason for what she has done."

" Hinata." Ino breathed.

" I do not think she would have hurt us like this without a very valid point. We were friends-" Hinata stopped a moment when Sasuke shot her a death glare, but she recovered with more confidence in her words," We were friends with her for most of our lives. I am not saying that I will ever forget this, not ever...but... I will say this. I forgive you... I will forgive you Sakura." She said softly. Her eyes were glossed with unfallen tears. Unlike me. She could hold them in. I could not. I choked up tears and started to laugh. A true laugh. I haven't laughed like this in a long time. One were I was free of burdens and problems. It felt so good. Like a ton of weights were lifted of of me. But sadly it didn't last for long.

I heard a dry chuckle. I looked up. I wouldn't have reconized it if I hadn't. I had come from Sasuke. " You're fucking kidding me, huh? HUH! AFTER ALL SHE'S DONE! SHE CAN'T BE TRUSTED! YOU REALLY ARE STUPID IF YOU FORGIVE THAT PIECE OF SHIT!" I looked Sasuke in the eye. I could see hurt. And pain. Anger. But mostly pain. That pain I caused. I know what he said was from my actions and his pent up rage, I didn't blame him for it, but it didn't mean that it didn't hurt. Oh, yes, it hurt. It hurt. Those weights that lifted off of me came down again, but with more with them.

" Uchiha!" Neji snarled." Do not talk to Hinata like that."

" Sasuke..." Naruto came up from Sasuke an put a hand of his shoulder, " Calm down."

" No. It's not his fault." I said trying to defend the broken boy.

" We know that." Neji sneered.

" I've heard what you all think of me...You think I'm deceiving, heartless, scum. You think I'm a bad person...but..." I turned and look at Itachi who still didn't meet my gaze," what do you think of me?...Itachi?" I felt the air drop 40 degrees. I saw everyone look over to where he was standing. I guess everyone wanted to know how he felt about me and the situation. Even Sasuke did, he wipped his head toward his brother faster than anybody else did. " You've been quiet the whole time...It's not like you. You usually have something to say about everything." I said quietly and gave him a soft smile even though he wasn't looking at me. " So. I'm sure you have plently to say about this? What do you think of me Itachi?" What do you think of me? Do you think of me heartless too? Evil? Discreet? Do you think I do not care for you? " What do you think of me?" I said softly. His eyes finally meet mine. I flinched at them. They were so...so cold...Blank. Hollow. There was nothing there. Those eyes that once held warmth. That made you feel safe. That held tenderness. And...emotion. You could look into these eyes and none of those characteristics could be found there-no not anymore.

My eyes widened when his lips made a malicious smirk.

" You want to know what I think of you?" He said dryly with amusment. " I think you are a replusive excuse for a human being." I heard Hinata gasp. Is this what he really thinks of me? Replusive...?..No...NO! I closed my eyes and shook my head.

" No... You don't mean that..." I said hoarsely.

" Yes, of course not Sakura." He replied sarcasticly." You are completely right. I do not think lowly of anyone who destroys the lives of the people I care for. Not at all." He said. I looked up and shocked at the look he was giving me. That look. That same look from all those years ago.

I slowly raised my head to see faces. Faces of evil and injoyment. Joyfulness of my embarrsing moment. I looked around me and stopped when I saw them. Some were laughing. Some looked away with disugt. Some were smirking down at me. Others were smiling with triumph and amusment. Only were there few that looked away not even noticing me. I looked at him. My eyes fixed on his. His face was emotionless but his eyes tell otherwise. His eyes. Those eyes showed amusment. Amusment of me on the ground broken and hurt. It was like a knife through my heart. I felt tears on my face still looking at him. Amusment only grew in them.

My eyes widened. Itachi...Is...is this what I have done to you? You're different. Completely different... I closed my eyes again. Not believing what I'm proposing to bring up. I opened my eyes and put on a faluse smile that Sai would be proud of.

" So! Where's Akari?" I asked brightly. A few seconds pasted and I still didn't get an answer.

" She's not with us anymore." Shikamaru replied. My brows came together in confusion. I looked to the ground in thought. But I...I thought...What happened? I looked up at everybody. I know they could read the question on my face 'What happened?', but no one said anything. They just let my mind go throught tons of sernorios.

Did they break up? Did she break up with him or did he with her? Did she move? Did she move and he didn't want a long distant relationship? Did his dad not approve? Most importantly...was it my fault?

" Oh...well...that sucks." I heard Sasuke scoff.

" Whatever. Like you actually care. You're probably happy. Besides. Isn't that what you wanted? That's why you did what you did in the first place, huh? To get them broken up." I eyes went back to Itachi. His gaze burned a hole into me. Like it was ripping me into two. One part of me wanted to run away run as far as I can because I know the damage I've done is too grave, but... the other part of me just wants to hug him. Hug him and never let him go. Tell him I sorry; that it'll never happen again. I just want him to forgive me. For him to tell me he forgives me and that everything will go back to how things used to be. But. Reality isn't like that. It's a figment. "A figment of our imagination that will never fair to those who live in it." That's what Itachi used to say.

I used to blow off his words and call him a grandpaw stuck in a boy's body. I never really understood his words thought, but whenever he used to say them, that night I'd end up laying awake all night thinking about what he said. Heh...that reminds me what what he'd say whenever I would judge someone too quickly for his liking...He'd say " Look underneath the underneath." And I would always pout then he would end up being right then he'd give me that ' I-told-you-so' grin. I would always end up smiling too because he look so cute with that smile. It made my stomach have flip-flops and cartwheels. I giggled. I was crying again, but not sad tears; I was crying because I was happy. I turned my head toward Sasori who was right behind me.

" Hey, I think I heard some guest over there wanting to talk to you. You'd better go." I said softly. He gave me a skeptical look then nodded, and left. He got the hit. I needed to do this by myself. I turned my head and couldn't hold in the other giggles. Hinata looked at me with worry; probably thinking I'd gone crazy.

" Sakura..." I locked eyes with hollow one's.

" Remember-remember when you'd used to tell me " Look underneath the underneath"?" I asked." You'd use to tell me all of these sayings that sounded like riddles to me?" He turned around and started to walk," I'd used to lay in bed all night thinking about them because they made no sense to me. But maybe this time...It doesn't make sence to you," He stopped walking," Use your own words in this scenario, but if you-if you can't find the answer...I'd be happy to tell you-though you may not like it." When I finished he stood there for couple of seconds; then he started walking again, and disappered into the crowd. Nobody spoke, for it seems like hours. I heard Shikamaru sigh, and mumble something under his breath. He turned and followed the way Itachi went. I looked at Ino. She looked at me with a bunch of emotions. Sadness. Anger. Hurt. Worriedness. A bunch of conflexed emotions, but I noticed there was relief too. I knew what it was from. She finally let all of her bulit up emotion out. Sure she did it back then but...this was now-this was the after the after effect. She went to follow Shikamaru, but gave me one long look over her shoulder and left.

Neji took Tenten's hand any dragged her along to follow her. Se still held my gaze until she lost track of me in the mist of people. Naurto gave me a worried look too and spoke.

" I know you...probably meant well, Sakura. Take care." He said and gave me a soft smile. He grab Sasuke's hand and left. He looked back, but I not sure...but...I think he looked sad. Maybe it's in my head. I offered a smile toward Hinata and her boyfriend.

" You can go too. You don't have to stay here." Her head was down and she shook her head. She looked up and she was crying.

" I-i'm glad you are okay Sakura." She said with a smile. " but yes, I believe we should go. I will contact you soon." With that she left with her boyfriend tagging along with her. I stood there for a good 5 minutes. I sighed and sat down. Not long, Sasori came by to check up on me. He asked if I was okay and I stated I was. I wasn't lying this time too. This time it was sincere. I felt better. Refreshed. I'm glad I ran into them. My vision got clear. It was painful, I'll admit, but it was worth every ounce of pain my body felt then. I'd do it over again in a heartbeat; just to see they're all okay; just to see they're living life.

The rest of the party went on. They left so I didn't see them for the whole entire event. I walked around happy and bright, and Sasori would give me glances. I know what he was thinking ' Women are weird creatures.' When I got home I took a long relaxing shower and went to bed. I snuggled under the covers and dreamt of nothing-well nothing really. It was all the same. My same routein. I would wake up early and go spend time with the artistic couple at their shop for the whole entire day. Then we'd go ove to their house and watch some crazy movie Deidara would rent and he would make my favorite foods for me. Then we'd all end up pasted out all over the livingroom floor.

Yes, the first dream that I actually felt peaceful in. And I enjoyed it. Every bit of it.

Yet, I wonder. Will I ever have dreams like this? A dream were I'm free of my past. One's where I don't worry about the past or the commming furture. Where I just live in the moment. Oh...I hope I do...I've never done it before, and I can't help but be happy at the thought of trying to do it again. Maybe I'll try tomorrow and the next day-but wait. I'm getting ahead of myself again. I'll try...I try it right now, forget my past, and forget what my actions will do in the furture. I'll clear my mind, and forget it all, because I can't help but like how it feel right now. Not then, or later-but now.

Yes, I like it very much.

PHEW! Well! I don't think I would've finished this without your help The Masked Idiot. You are defintly no idiot more like GENIUS SO! You can alllll thank TMI!

Yes, yes. I haven't forgotten you guys too! Thanks to : soundtrackofthestars; -Chan; mishuu; Principessa Luna Fiorella; Lady Stardust on Mars; ; Dead-Hime; divine-chaos13; Tough chick; xXakaruiXx; iluvsya2much; The Child Who Cried Blood; Vampy Kitten; Vampire Blood Kitten; Nynymous; Storm0Wolf; Amista; Athena The Great; The Masked Idiot; Deep-Sadness; Xx4ying4yang4xX; light blossom and dark warrior

Also I'd like to say that I'm NOT surrrrre if I'm going to be able to update until... uhhh...August 26th-ish...Because I'm going to Lousiana to visit my Grandparents and I don't think I'm allowed to bring my laptop with me. But if I do then...well...I mean you'll know because you'll get updates durrrrr. So! That's why I made this one longer.

Question Tiiiime! Woot-Woot! ohhhkay!

Q: What do YOU think happened between Sakura and her ex-friends?

I'M not going to answer this one because heh I KNOW because I made this up! hahaha! Yea, I've been getting people saying ' I wonder what happened' or 'What happened?' So...I'm asking YOU. What do YOU think happened? hmmm?

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Hello people! This is Deidara, yeah! And you should tell WAC to make ME the disclaimer-er...er..rrr..uh well yes! And if you have any good pranks for me to pull on my dear Sasori don't hesitate to let WAC know, yeah! Well bye, yeah!