What Brings Us Together
Chapter 4
Tension filled the room. Sakura was gazing dreamily at my cousin, who was surprisingly flirting with her. Hinata was blushing madly while staring at Naruto. So TenTen was right about her having a crush on the blonde bonehead. Speaking of TenTen, she was doing some mad flirting with the werewolf, Kiba. His giant dog/familiar was barking playfully at TenTen, begging for some attention. Akatsuki was keeping to themselves, except for Itachi, who was talking with Naruto. I felt a gaze land on me and turned to meet empty jade eyes. Gaara was staring at me with such intensity I couldn't help but shiver. I saw him smirk. I pouted and turned to call Akamaru over, who came happily. He licked my hands and barked, his tail wagging away when an announcer came in. "Ok guys! We've got the results!" he saw all of us swivel our heads to him instantly and chuckled nervously. "Heh well the people have voted… and it turns out that there is a tie." I could already see the bomb ready to go off. All it needed was for someone to flip the switch and set it off. "Shinobi and Angels Cry will split the money. Each of you'll get $350." The announcer said, giving me a check then passing the other to Gaara. "Thank you all for participating! Have a nice night!" he smiled broadly before leaving the room. As soon as he did, chaos endued. Deidara almost exploded with rage; Sasori calming him down while Kisame cussed with words even I didn't know. Itachi just smiled, patting a furious Konan while Naruto, Kiba, TenTen, and Sakura shouted and cheered. "Mall trip!!" Sakura screamed. Leave it to the planner. I found myself squealing right along with them. After things died down, we packed up and left the stadium to the parking lot. The boys hopped into Naruto's jeep while Akatsuki just kept walking; Kisame didn't live far from the stadium. "Ok, so we'll all meet you boys at the mall tomorrow at 12?" Sakura asked, tilting her head coquettishly at Sasuke. He just smirked at her. "Sure thing…blossom." He said before Naruto backed out and sped off. "Ok it's official." Sakura just looked at me after my statement. "What is?" I just laughed. "YOU AND MY COUSIN ARE TWITTER-PATED!!!!!" I squealed, stepping out of the way as she went to shove me. Tenten and Hinata were laughing with me as we walked to the black Mustang that Sakura and me shared. I got into the driver's seat while TenTen loaded the garment bags. Hinata jumped in the back, followed by TenTen, and Sakura sitting in the passenger seat. After dropping TenTen off at her apartment and Hinata at the Hyuga estate, we went home to out apartment. Sakura was a great roomie; we'd been friends since the 3rd grade. We walked in and reheated the Chinese food we'd gotten earlier and plopped down in front of the TV. We saw the news broadcasts about the Battle of the Bands, and laughed. She beat me to the shower, so I finished my weekend English homework until she got out. Sakura was out when I finished. "Did you finish Iruka-sensei's homework Saku?" I asked. She probably hadn't. "Uh… no." She shrugged sheepishly. "You better do it now so you won't have to rush last minute tomorrow night." I suggested grabbing my robe and a towel as I headed to the bathroom. "You're right." She said and closed the door to her room. I washed up quickly as I realized how tired I was. I dried my hair quickly and changed into my pajamas before heading into my room. It didn't take long for me to fall asleep.
"Can't you ever order anything but ramen Naruto?" Kiba groaned at the blonde. Naruto just slurped his ramen happily. Sasuke was poking his order of chicken salad with his fork, watching it wiggle. I just took a bite out of a burger that probably would've been delicious… if I could taste human food. But, we needed to look human so I had to eat food in public. "There they are!" Naruto pointed and shouted through a mouthful of ramen. Sasuke smacked him up side the head. "Manners dobe. If you have any." He hissed quietly before looking at where Naruto had pointed. The girls of Angels Cry were walking towards us. I'm glad I didn't dress grunge today. I only worried about my looks when SHE was around. I didn't know her well. Sasuke talked about her occasionally, but when I saw her, I don't know what happened.
"C'mon Gaara! You have to meet her! I just did and she's as sweet as can be!" Temari-sama squealed over the music as she grabbed my wrists. We were at a party promoting Shinobi's first gig. I let Temari-sama drag me through the crowd until we stopped in front of 2 girls. I knew Sakura pretty well because of Naruto, but the girl with her just took my breath away. She was beautiful, with moon-pale skin that made her look celestial. Her hair was a long, blue-black waterfall that was just past her butt. She looked at me, and caught my eyes with her black gaze. "Noriko-chan, I want you to meet my fledgli-, err, brother, Gaara. Gaara, this is Noriko Uchiha." Temari smiled, correcting her mistake before looking at both of us. Noriko smiled and held a hand out to me. "Hi Gaara. Nice to meet you."
I looked at her as she walked up with the girls. She met my gaze, but blushed and looked down. I smirked. "Here we are guys!!!" Sakura giggled as the came up to our table. We sat and talked before exploring the mall, my eyes never leaving her.
Several hours, and many stores later…
"Saku! You can't leave me!" I wailed dramatically as she dropped me off at the apartment. "Stop being a baby Nori. I'll see you at school tomorrow ok?" she said. I nodded and she drove off. She was going to meet my cousin for dinner, and more than likely spend the night at the mansion. Oh well. I went upstairs, locked up and plugged my phone to charge as I sat on my bed. I looked through my contacts, and stopped on Gaara's. I opened it, and saw the picture I'd taken with him for the id. I smiled to myself. He was so cute when he was serious. I still couldn't believe I was crushing on him… I shook my head and changed into my pajamas and quickly curled up and went to sleep.
SORRY IT'S SO SHORT!!!! I've been busy and lots of stuff has been going on. Not to mention PEOPLE DIDN'T VOTE!!! So, if you didn't like the outcome, then too bad. You should've voted. AS for the people who did… THANKS!!! And sorry, but the votes were tied. (I counted votes from BOTH versions of the story) More chapters coming in minutes!!!! LITERALLY!!!!!! Lol
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