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Start Again


"I'm lost inside the pain I feel without you,
I can't stop holding on, I need you with me
I'm trapped inside the pain
Can we ever start again?
I'm lost without you"


"Otousan? Okaasan?" Sasuke said, his throat running dry. Mikoto and Fugaku were also in deep surprise. Mikoto was looking from Sasuke to Sakura and then back again. Fugaku was just staring angrily at Sasuke. Itachi stood there, frozen at the twist of current events.

"What is going on here?" Fugaku asked, anger clearly showed in his tone.

"M-Mr. Uchiha, let me explain" Ino spoke up, slowly walking towards to Sasuke's parents. Fugaku and Mikoto turned around to look at the blond who looked nervous as hell. "I-I planned all this. Our friend, Sakura—it's her birthday today and we wanted a place that she least expected and so we ended up bringing the party in Sasuke-kun's house. However—"

"However, I didn't know that you were going to come by" Sasuke interrupted, looking at his father. He seemed to regain his composure and looked straight into his father's eyes.

"Itachi, I called you in the morning about us having delayed our flight so we got here late" Mikoto said, looking up at his eldest son who continued to go down the flight of stairs until he finally went face to face with his mother and father.

"—and, Sasuke, you should have known we'd be here today, right? I called—"

"Seems like he forgot because he got distracted by a certain someone" Fugaku cut in and glanced at Sakura who stiffened and looked down immediately.

"Sakura isn't at fault with any of this" Itachi said causing Mikoto and Fugaku to look up at him. Fugaku raised one eyebrow up, "What do you mean?"

"I—"

"You know Sakura?" Ino asked before Itachi went on with it. Itachi glanced at Sasuke and Sakura. Sakura shook her head and then Itachi looked back at Ino. "I have resources" he simply said. Ino didn't know what that meant and just stepped backward, looking suspiciously at Sakura and Sasuke.

Fugaku sighed, "I guess we should talk about this somewhere else then" he said. "Itachi, Sasuke—come with me" Fugaku added and started up the stairs. Itachi immediately followed him. "I'll be right back" Sasuke said and went up the stairs, following Itachi.

Sakura leaned on the wall and sighed. Tenten immediately went to her, "What was that about?" Tenten asked in a whisper.

"There's more to it, Tenten—just, not now please?" Sakura said as Mikoto was making her way towards them.

"Sakura, why don't we talk upstairs?" Mikoto asked softly but with seriousness. Sakura pursed her lips and sighed, "Alright" she said and walked with Mikoto going upstairs. Ino was already taking off the decorations.

Tenten went to her and sighed, "Well, mission failure" she said. Ino glanced at Tenten, "This is making no sense at all"

"What's not making sense?" Tenten asked.

Ino glanced up at the two figures slowly going up the staircase. "This—I mean, something is up with Sasuke and Sakura. I can feel it and it seems like Sasuke's parents have this some sort of connection to Sakura" Ino sighed.

Tenten stiffened, I should talk to Sakura about this later. Tenten stayed silent and found a plastic bag and placed all their gifts inside the plastic bag. "We should all apologize later" Tenten said, loud enough for all of them to hear.

"Yeah" Naruto said, sitting on the couch with poppers in his hands. "Man, I knew something bad was going to happen" Shikamaru said, sitting on a chair. Ino finished taking off all the decorations and sat next to him, "If you knew that something bad was going to happen, you should have at least said so"

"It wouldn't make a difference since you won't listen to me" Shikamaru said.

Ino glared at him, "Whatever" she said and looked down on her hands, deep in thought. Tenten sat away from Neji, she was practically sitting on the floor carpet. "This is a disaster—I worked so hard" Ino said with a sigh.

"We all worked hard for it" Tenten said afterwards. Naruto stretched his arms, "Well, maybe we'll make it up to Sakura instead"

"And how do you think we do that, idiot?" Neji asked, cocking one eyebrow up at Naruto. "I don't know, with the gifts and all, I guess?" Naruto answered.

"Speaking of gifts, what did you get her Naruto?" Tenten asked, looking up at him and taking a few glances at Neji who was looking at her.

"I got her an awesome ramen bowl" Naruto said with a big grin on his face. Tenten mentally face palmed herself. "Huh, well mine is more awesome that yours" Shikamaru said, a rare smirk in his face.

"What did you get her?" Ino asked.

"I got her a lingerie" Shikamaru said, making Ino's jaw drop—and not only hers but everyone else's jaw. "WHAT!" they all cried.

"It was Temari's idea. I didn't know what to get Sakura so I let Temari do it and she already wrapped it and all. I asked her what was inside and she told me a lingerie so what can I do about that?" Shikamaru explained.

Ino, Tenten, Neji and Naruto burst out laughing. They all forgot about the whole disaster a while ago and started talking about their gifts for Sakura. "Well, I got her a simple dress for her prom!" Ino chirped. "She will definitely love it!"

"Wow, well, I got her some sneakers" Tenten said.

"Neji, what did you get her?" Naruto asked. Neji looked up at Naruto, "A camera"

"Wow! That's awesome" Tenten cried. Neji smirked down at her, making her blush. "I mean—yeah, it's awesome"

"Yeah, I'm sure she'll love it" Ino said.

"Wait a sec…I feel like there's something missing" Naruto said all of a sudden. They looked around with what was missing when suddenly it clicked.

"Where's Hinata?" they all said in unison.

2

Oh no, I must've stumbled somewhere else. Where am I? I looked around the halls; it was so nice—red and all those other royal colors. Damn, how did this happen? I was just looking for the bathroom to take a pee or something but now I'm lost! I was about to take a turn when I suddenly heard Sasuke's voice somewhere. It was probably going straight so I went straight.

"S-Sasuke-kun?" I said but no answer. I went closer when there was a wooden door. "I can't believe you!" I heard Sasuke's voice. I gasped, what was going on? I went closer to the door and pressed my ears there to get a better hearing of what their conversation was. I'm not the type to do this but curiosity got the best of me.

"How could you do this to me?" Sasuke said, pain in his voice.

"It was for your own good, Sasuke!" an older voice said.

"My own good? You don't know what's for my own good. So if you ever, ever go near Sakura, I will hate you forever!" Sasuke cried.

"Sasuke, don't say that" another voice said. I immediately withdrew my ears from the wooden door and ran for it. I don't know what was happening and it's bad to eavesdrop on people like that! When I was running, I finally found the stairs and went down only to find Ino sitting there by herself.

"Ino?" I asked and she looked up. "Oh god Hinata! Where did you go? The others are looking everywhere for you!" she cried with relief. When I finally reached the last of the stairs, Ino immediately hugged me.

When she let go, she took out her phone and dialed everyone's numbers, telling them that I was already here.

"We were so worried about you! Where did you go?" Ino asked. I sat down on the couch. I worriedly looked up at Ino then back down in my hands. Should I tell her? What am I suppose to say?

"I-I was looking for the b-bathroom, I g-got lost" I said nervously. Ino looked curiously at her friend, "Did something happen?" Ino asked.

"N-Nothing!" I replied too quickly, making her even more suspicious.

"Tell me" Ino said.

"I heard—"

"An owl?" Tenten suddenly interrupted, going down the stairs. Ino looked up at Tenten, cocking one eyebrow up.

"We should leave" Tenten said. Ino stood up from her couch. "I already told everyone that we should leave" Tenten added.

"Did something happen? Hinata, what were you about you say? What did you hear? What is going on?" Ino said, looking frantically to Tenten and me.

"I heard an owl and it scared me" I said the lamest excuse but it was good enough. Ino however was smarter than that and didn't believe it. "What are the both of you hiding from me?" Ino asked.

"We're not hiding anything from you Ino" Tenten said. Neji and the others got down the stairs, cutting off the tension. "Hey, we should go now. Seems like they're really in a bad fight. We should just apologize tomorrow" Neji said.

Tenten nodded and glanced at Ino. "Fine" Ino said and went out of the doors immediately. Tenten and Hinata sighed, "What did you hear?" Tenten asked in a whisper.

"Y-You know something, don't you?" I asked, looking up. Naruto and the others didn't even notice the tension and walked out of the house.

"I do know something but let's just keep in a secret for now until this whole mess is done" Tenten said and I nodded silently while making our way to the door.

3

"Thank you" Mikoto said all of a sudden, making Sakura surprised. She expected Mikoto to get angry at her because she came back. "W-what?" Sakura said.

"I said thank you—for coming back" Mikoto repeated.

Suddenly, there was a small knock on the door. "Come in" Mikoto said. Tenten appeared and a nervous smile curved on her lips. "I'm sorry for disturbing but it seems that our friend disappeared. She was probably looking for the bathroom or something and she got lost. Have you seen her somewhere?" Tenten asked.

Sakura shook her head, "Is everyone else looking for her?"

"Yeah" Tenten answered.

"You should leave after you find her" Mikoto said with seriousness. Tenten didn't say anything at first and then nodded, "And I'm sorry for this whole mess" Tenten said before closing the door.

Mikoto looked up at Sakura, "For 2 years, Itachi has been telling me what was happening with my youngest son" Mikoto said.

"Take a seat, Sakura" Mikoto said. Sakura obliged and sat on the chair.

"He's been drinking, going to clubs, going home really late during weekends and weekdays, he's been getting to school late too. I didn't know what to do—But Itachi sure did know what to do" Mikoto chuckled then she continued, "I thought it would die down after a few months but it didn't. I think that both of you are meant to be, Sakura" Mikoto said.

Sakura blushed a little, "I don't know. I would have never been able to see Sasuke again if it wasn't for Itachi-san"

"Promise me something" Mikoto said. Sakura looked up at Mikoto, "Promise me you'll never leave my son. I'm sorry for letting you leave him. I just—I just wanted to protect my family. I thought this was the best but…I was clearly wrong. So, I'm asking you one last favor Sakura even though I don't deserve it"

"Mrs. Uchiha—" Sakura stood up from the chair.

"Call me Mikoto" Mikoto said. Sakura nodded, "Mikoto" she said hesitantly. "I've already made that promise with myself to never leave Sasuke again no matter what" Sakura said and left the room, leaving a smiling Mikoto.

Sakura walked down the flight of stairs when she suddenly heard Sasuke's booming voice. "Don't tell me what I can't say, Itachi. I can say whatever I want to say! What is so wrong with going with the one I truly love, huh?"

Sakura felt tears going down her face, why was he so against us? Why did Fugaku hate her so much? What did she do wrong?

"I AM YOUR FATHER SASUKE! I FORBID YOU TO SEE THAT DAMN GIRL AGAIN!" Fugaku yelled. Sakura couldn't take it any longer and went out of the household. It's not that she was leaving him; she just couldn't take the hate that Fugaku clearly emitted for her.

"YOU CANNOT TELL ME WHAT TO DO! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH!" Sasuke yelled back.

Fugaku didn't say anything and sat back down in his seat. "Itachi it's time to tell him" Fugaku said, looking up at Itachi. Itachi closed his eyes and bit his lower lip. "Do what must be done then" he said and sat down on the chair.

"What are you talking about?" Sasuke asked.

"What do you think our business is, Sasuke?" Fugaku asked all of a sudden. Sasuke, not sure where this was going answered, "It's some cigarette company or something, right?"

Fugaku looked up to the same obsidian eyes that he had, "True, but there's something more in the business"

"What? We're selling something else?" Sasuke said, rather jokingly.

"Take it seriously, Sasuke" Itachi said.

"Sasuke, it's time to know that we have been doing much more stuff than just selling cigarettes. Something dangerous" Fugaku said.

"What, we're like doing something illegal?" Sasuke asked.

"Yes" Fugaku said.

"What do you mean?" Sasuke said, not clearly understanding this. "Sasuke, we're a mafia family. We do illegal business. The whole cigarette company is just an act—just some business to hide what we truly do. Sasuke, we kill people. The Uchiha family is one of the most feared families in the world. We have connections all over the world. And you know what happens when we kill people, Sasuke? We have enemies seeking for vengeance so you know what they do? They try to kill the people we love" Itachi explained everything.

Fugaku was already smoking a cigar that was stuck between his lips. Sasuke was speechless. It all seemed so unreal. He never thought about that, "That's why you never show me the news" Sasuke muttered.

Itachi looked down on the ground, "Why didn't you let me know?" Sasuke asked.

"I would've told you but your brother forbids me to" Fugaku said, his voice sounded old and stressed out.

"…Why?" Sasuke looked up at Itachi. Itachi looked down the ground and then looked up at Sasuke.


A/N: why do I love writing cliffies yet i hate it when I'm the one reading it? well, DON'T FORGET TO CLICK REVIEW AS MY BIRTHDAY PRESENT! HEHEHE. THANKS FOR READING THIS FAR OF THE STORY!