Well here's chappie 14. I'm still using the school computer -_- Oh My! Another early update. I should get an award.

Enjoy.

CHAPTER 14

It has been about two and a half weeks and Suigetsu's injuries had healed, except for his hand. Now we were at home watching Family Guy. Suigetsu was still sad about the news but hey! The doctor said it might heal so we're hoping for the best.

Kiba came into the room with a bowl of popcorn, "What cha watching?"

"Family Guy." Suigetsu and I answered in union. Kiba sat on the floor and started to munch on his popcorn. Jugo stepped into the room with his phone in his hand. He handed it to me, "It's for you."

"Hello?" I said without taking my eyes off the T.V.

"Sakura-chan?" It was Mikoto. She visited Suigetsu in the hospital when he was still recovering and had helped us in every way possible.

Hello, Mikoto-san." I said to her.

"How's Suigetsu-chan doing?" She asked with concern in her voice. She cared for us like a mom. In fact, she was like our second mom now!

"Goldfish is fine," I said. Suigetsu rolled his eyes. I chuckled. "We're watching T.V right now."

"Can you tell him to be ready?"

"Why?"

"I'm taking him to check up his hand. I'll be there in 10."

"Alright. Thank you Mikoto-san."

"Any time, dear." With that, she hung up.

I looked at Suigetsu, "Mikoto-san wants you to be ready. She's taking you to the hospital to check up on your hand." Suigetsu nodded and got off the couch.

Kiba looked at me, "Can I change the channel?" I nodded and handed him the remote. We watched G.I Joe: Rise of Cobra on HBO. Suigetsu stepped into the room wearing a white t-shirt and jeans. He looked at me, "Aren't you coming?"

I shook my head, "Nah. I got work to do here."

"I'll go with you if it's okay." Jugo said. Suigetsu grinned and nodded. After a few minutes, Mikoto picked them up and left. After I was done with the laundry and the dishes, I told Kiba I was going out for a walk. As I walked through the streets, my fans came up and asked for my autograph. I still wasn't use to public attention.

After I escaped from my fans, I went to the cherry blossom tree by the river and saw that Sasuke was also there. I sat next to him, "Hey."

"Hn." He greeted. I sighed. I guess some things never change.

We sat in silence and watched the sunset. Usually silence was uncomfortable but when it was with Sasuke, it was peaceful.

"You're weird," He said as he looked at me. "You are very weird."

I twitched, "Say that again, Uchiha!"

"You're weird," he said. "But you're different. Different from anyone I've ever met." I blushed at his words. We stared at each other and slowly, he leaned towards me. I closed my eyes. Finally our lips met.

I was blushing a million shades of red. The kiss was soft and sweet. My inner was practically throwing a party in my mind. He pulled away and smirked. He stood up and left. I watched him leave. That was my first kiss.

My heart was doing a relay race in my chest. That was when I realized I had fallen for Sasuke, really hard. But I never had an experience in love. I was afraid of having my heart broken. Sasuke was like a star; so beautiful but so distant.

But then why was he so nice to me? Did he like me back? Was he playing with me? So many questions flooded my mind. I shook my head and was about to open my door when it opened by itself and revealed Suigetsu, who's eyes, were as wide as an owl's.

Was something wrong? I grabbed Suigetsu's shoulders and pushed him inside the house. Inside, Kiba was grinning like a maniac and Jugo was smiling widely.

"What is going on?" I asked impatiently. Mikoto stepped out from the kitchen and squealed as she hugged me.

"Suigetsu-chan's hand," she started to say. "It will heal in a week's time!" I couldn't believe it! I let out a squeal of delight and danced around the room with Mikoto. I hugged my brother who was laughing and smiling. It felt so good seeing him happy.

"Time to celebrate!" Mikoto exclaimed. She cooked us a special dinner and we enjoyed ourselves. After Mikoto left everyone went to sleep. Jugo and Kiba went home. I went to my room and closed the door.

Suigetsu could have his dream after all. I recalled the incident with Sasuke. I decided I was going to take a risk and ask him why he did those things; in the music room, after the party and today near the river.

I sighed as I climbed into bed and let my drowsiness take over me.

I still couldn't talk to him for a week! Stupid, idiotic, cowardly me.

School was normal today. I was completely new to the subject of love. Heck, I hated what love did to me; it made me feel all warm, fuzzy and tingly on the inside. It was weird; but a good kind of weird.

I wanted to talk to him in music class but it'll be too awkward; especially since his mom's the music teacher!

I saw him talking to Aiko, the school's head cheerleader. She was a complete slut; she wore short clothing, she was Sasuke's fan girl and hated me.

She was leaning towards Sasuke, a bit too close for my taste. She was smiling and talking, more like flirting, with Sasuke. Shockingly, Sasuke talked back to her once in a while. I felt a pang of jealousy in my heart. I wanted to rip Aiko's head off.

'Let me at her! Let me at her!' my inner started to yell.

I shook my head. I had to calm down. Sasuke was probably . . . forced to talk. But still . . . why did I feel so . . . hurt?

After class was over, I went to Sasuke. He was by his locker and was talking to Chouji. I heard their conversation. They were talking about a football game.

"So do you like Sakura?" Chouji asked suddenly.

Sasuke looked as emotionless as ever, "No. She's just an annoying girl."

The words made my heart shatter into a billion pieces. He didn't like me back. Sasuke didn't like me back. I was just an annoying person to him.

My dictionary fell out of my hands. Crap. Sasuke and Chouji looked at me with wide eyes. I was trying to stop the tears from falling, "I'm sorry." I quickly grabbed my dictionary and ran out of the building.

Sasuke followed me, "Sakura!"

I stopped. I didn't want to face him but my body won't budge. He turned me around so that I was facing him.

"What do you want Uchiha?" I asked coldly. "I thought I was annoying to you."

"Sakura, I do like you. It's just . . ."

"Just what?" I demanded. He was silent.

"I deserve to know," I said shakily. "You kiss me and hold me but we're not a couple. So tell me! Did you love me or was I your toy?"

"No," he said. "Don't ever think you were a toy, Sakura."

"Then why?" I asked him pleadingly.

"If you're seen with me," he said. "You what the paparazzi would do."

"So you're embarrassed to be seen with me?" I asked him. The hurt inside me was replaced by anger.

"No!" he said. He ran his hand through his hair. "Can't you see that I'm trying to protect you?"

"Can't you see I'm in love with you?" I yelled. His eyes went wide. I told him what I had kept in my heart for a long time.

"I thought you were different Sasuke," I said sadly. "But you broke my heart over and over again and tossed me away like a broken tool. Thanks a lot." I brushed pass him and ran out of the gates. Tears fell from my eyes but I didn't bother wiping them.

I ran home. I was greeted by Suigetsu.

He grinned, "Hey Sak. We're watching Lord of the-"

He saw my face and hugged me, "What's wrong?"

Kiba and Jugo came into the room and saw me.

"What happened, Sak?" Kiba asked with worry in his voice.

"Why does it hurt?" I mumbled. I clutched my chest and looked at them. "I thought love was easy to get over. But why does it hurt so much?"

Suigetsu shushed me and carried me to my room. I cried myself to sleep.

"I should have seen this coming." Suigetsu said with a sigh.

"What do you mean?" Kiba asked as he sat down on the floor.

"Don't you get it?" said Jugo as he sat next to Suigetsu on the couch. "Sakura's heart is broken."

"Sakura in love?" Kiba asked baffled. "No way!"

"Yes way," said Suigetsu. "And I'm assuming the idiot she loves is Sasuke."

"Imma tear Uchiha apart!" Kiba said standing up.

"Calm down," said Suigetsu. "I want to too but I think we should be more concerned about Sakura."

"You could take her with you," said Jugo. "It'll help her get her mind off of things."

Kiba grinned, "That's a great idea. You should ask her once."

"I didn't tell her the news yet," said Suigetsu. "But I'll talk to her about it."

I woke up and went to the bathroom. The guys were watching Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and they didn't notice me going out of my room. I went to the bathroom and stared at the reflection; messy hair, red and puffy eyes and tear-stained cheeks.

I sighed. Why did I ever think that things would go as planned? This wasn't a fairytale, this was reality and in reality, there were hardly any happily ever after.

I washed my face and headed back to my room.

"Hey Sak you're up!" said Suigetsu. The guys looked at me. I went over to them and sat on the floor next to Kiba.

"Look Sak," Suigetsu said putting his hand on my shoulder. "If you don't wanna talk about, it's fine. But I have news for you."

"Go on." I said to him.

He grinned, "Last week, I met the sword master, Hoshigaki Kisame."

"Say what?" I turned to look at him.

Suigetsu nodded, "I was practicing and he saw me. We chatted for a while. Turns out, he was the best friend of Mangetsu. Isn't that great?"

"Did you challenge him?" I asked.

Suigetsu nodded, "He told me there was a sword fighting tournament coming up in Kiri and that for the final round, the participant would be fighting him. He told me I should participate. I wanted to go but I couldn't leave you guys behind. I told him I'd think about it. I talked to Jugo and Kiba decided to go.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I asked him.

"I was going to tell you. Didn't mean any harm, Sak," he said holding up his hands in defense. "I thought you'd be happy here with the band."

I heart fell at the thought of Sasuke. I couldn't face him anymore. I just . . . couldn't.

"I was wondering if you'd want to come with me," said Suigetsu. "To get your mind off of things. I can ask Itachi to give you a vacation."

"In fact, we can all go," Kiba beamed. "It'll be a family vacation."

"I'm in," I told them. "But I'll talk to Itachi myself. There's something I need to discuss."

Jugo nodded, "Well, Suigetsu will be leaving this weekend so you better pack up."

I gave a small smile, "Thanks guys. You're the best."

I went to my room and grabbed the phone. I dialed Itachi's number and waited for him to pick up the phone. I had made up my mind.

"Hello?" Itachi said in a silky voice.

"Itachi?"

"Is this Sakura?"

"Yes."

"How may I help you?"

"I would like . . . to quit the band."

"But why?"

I bit my lip, "I just need to take a break from music. Suigetsu's having a tournament in Kiri and I'm going with him."

"Something happened between you and Sasuke?"

Crap! How does he know? "Please Itachi?"

"Alright."

"Thank you. And I'm very sorry."

"But Sakura, are you sure?"

"Yes." I hung up the phone. Tears were falling down my cheeks again. I wiped them away and pulled out my suitcase from under my bed. Did I make the right decision?

Me: Well I'm glad this one's long. Contains a lot of drama ne? Please review or else –grabs Suigetsu-

Suigetsu: Yeah honey?

Me:-pulls out Katana and holds it under Suigetsu's neck- I'll kill dear ol' Sui-chan!

Suigetsu:-sigh- I said I was sorry for not doing the dishes. Come on! There was a really good movie on that day.

Me: LIAR! You were watching porn.

Suigetsu: Was not! –Gulps-

Me: -holds katana closer-

Jugo: -sighs then smiles- Please review! ^_^