DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN NARUTO.
Start Again
"All this time,
I can make it right,
With one more try,
Can we start again?"
"My parents are coming here" Sakura said.
Sasuke sighed and threw a furious hand through his hair. If he remembered correctly, Sakura's parents are almost exactly like his. Disapproval emitted from both families. "Great" Sasuke muttered under his breath.
Sakura rested her head on the pillow beside Sasuke and looked up at him, "I shouldn't have told them about us"
Sasuke looked down and caressed her pink locks, "No, it's fine. We'll get through this" he said, a small smile appearing in his lips. Sakura's muscles relaxed from his touch and sighed, feeling his warm hand around her. "Why is everyone so against us?" she whispered.
Sasuke sighed, "I don't know"
"Even before, everyone was against us" Sakura said, a tear escaping from her eyes. Sasuke noticed this and immediately wiped them off. He cupped Sakura's face gently and kissed her in the lips, "Don't worry about it, okay? We'll get through this. Just trust me, okay?"
Sakura sniffed and smiled, "Right" Sakura rested her head on Sasuke's chest and closed her eyes.
"Sakura, what happened with Karin?" Sasuke asked, trying not too concerned about it.
Sakura's stiffened and looked up at Sasuke. Her eyebrows furrowed, "Well, she told me you were good friends…"
Sasuke snorted, "Friends"
Sakura tilted her head to the side, "What? What's with that face?"
"It's just…it's nothing. Just tell me what she told you" Sasuke said.
Sakura sighed and again rested her head on his chest, "Well…
Sakura led Karin inside the house. Karin looked around the house, a deep disapproval written around her face. Once she was done looking around, she glanced at Sakura and smiled. "This is a really nice house" she lied. Sakura could tell the lie and snorted. She went to the living room and sat on the couch. Karin followed her and sat next to her.
"Okay, first of all, introductions first!" she cheered, "No need to be afraid of me, I'm not some serial killer or anything" Karin said.
Sakura rolled her eyes, "I wouldn't have invited you in if I thought you were some serial killer"
Karin smiled, ignoring the rolling of her eyes, "Of course. Well, I'm Sasuke-kun's best friend"
Sakura's eyes furrowed, "Best friend?"
"Yeah, I just heard that you're together" Karin said, "and I was just wondering why he never told me about it. But anyway! You're very pretty. Just Sasuke's type!" she cried.
"Thank you, but can you tell me what's your business here?" Sakura asked, cocking one eyebrow up.
Karin smiled, "Well, I'm here to tell you to be careful"
"Why?"
Karin frowned and furrowed her eyebrows, "Don't you know? Sasuke's a playboy. He takes everything like it's some game"
"I know that…but he's changed" Sakura said.
"Changed?" Karin snorted, "I doubt that"
"Sasuke's a different man, he never changes. He's a stubborn man. Well, he sleeps around with different girls all the time" Karin said, "From what I know about Sasuke, he's the type who doesn't stay for long"
Sakura stayed silent, listening to Karin intently. "He's a different man, if I were you, you shouldn't take Sasuke too seriously, he's just after the sex" Karin said.
Sakura still didn't talk and stared down at her legs. Karin sighed, a small smile appearing in her face that was soon replaced by a frown. Karin held Sakura's shoulder, "I'm sorry to break it to you, I just don't want you to be hurt in the end"
Sakura looked up at her and smiled, "Thank you, for telling me"
Karin smiled, "Don't worry about it. Well, I think I should go now. It's getting late. It's nice to meet you…Sakura"
Sakura nodded and watched as the red head slowly walked out of the house.
…and that's what happened" Sakura sighed, explaining the story to Sasuke. Sasuke knew that all of that was fake though, it was just an act to let Sakura believe that he was still the same man. Sasuke gritted his teeth as he listened to the story until the very ending. Sakura looked up at Sasuke, noticing his angry expression.
Her eyebrows furrowed, "What's wrong?" she asked.
2
Jiraiya Haruno and Tsunade Haruno stepped inside the airplane. Once they sat on their seat numbers, Tsunade sighed, frustrated of the current events.
"Jiraiya, this is just like 2 years ago" Tsunade said.
Jiraiya looked down at his wife and sighed, "Yeah, I can't let my daughter be with that troublesome man"
"The last thing I want to happen is to hear a Sakura Uchiha" Tsunade said, putting her pointing finger in her temples.
Jiraiya stayed silent while the airplane began to move, making its way to the sky. Once they were steady, Jiraiya touched the hand of Tsunade gently and smiled, "I'm sure everything will be alright" he assured.
Tsunade smiled for a moment but was soon replaced by a frown, "Do you think…maybe they really are meant to be?"
Jiraya's eyebrows furrowed, "They seem like they're meant to be now, but what do you think Sakura's reaction will be when she knows who the Uchiha's truly are? What would she think when she finds out what they did before?"
"And what do you think she'll react to us when she finds out about our relation with the Uchiha's a long time before? What would she do when she finds out that we've been doing dirty business too?" Tsunade said, gritting her teeth.
Jiraiya sighed, frustrated. "I just don't know what to do, all I want to do right now is take Sakura away from Sasuke. The Uchiha family are also trying their best to let her stay away—just like our agreement with them"
Tsunade bit her lower lip, "Well, they're doing a bad job at doing that"
"Excuse me sir, ma'am? News paper?" the stewardess asked, interrupting the couple. Jiraiya looked up and smiled, "Yeah, one for me" he said. The stewardess nodded and gave him a newspaper. He opened it and once his eyes greeted with the front page, his jaw dropped and his eyes widened.
"Oh god" Jiraiya muttered. Tsunade's eyebrows furrowed and took the newspaper from his hands. Once she saw what he saw, her hand immediately went to her opened mouth. "Fugaku's been shot"
3
Itachi arrived at the manor, looking around the place. It seemed empty. "Maria" Itachi called and soon a girl with big eyeglasses and in a maid's uniform appeared before him.
"Master Itachi" she greeted, bowing down respectfully.
"Where's Sasuke?" he asked.
Maria fiddled with her dress, "Well, he's upstairs w-with a young woman"
Itachi sighed and walked pass her. He walked up to the flight of stairs, walked down a couple of hallways until he finally arrived at the front door of his brother. He knocked slightly, no answer. He knocked once again, still no answer. All he could hear was murmurs of Sakura and Sasuke inside.
Itachi sighed, "Sasuke" he called, slightly opening the door.
"Itachi!" Sasuke called out.
Itachi heard ruffling of things and movements around the place, "P-Please wait!" Sakura's innocent angelic voice cried out.
"I'll give you a moment, Sasuke, if you still want to talk about business, I'm free in father's office" Itachi said and closed the door. He made his way to Fugaku's office which was in the other side of the house. Once he got there, he sat on the big office chair and sighed.
For once, he got to relax. He untied his tie and took off a few buttons of his polo, letting him breathe a little. This was the only place where he can actually relax. Not even in his room or anywhere else, it was here. It was like he was meant to be seated here. It was his destiny to become just like his father—a mafia.
"Itachi-san" Sasuke went inside the office. Itachi looked up at his younger brother, "Where's Sakura?"
"I told her to head home" Sasuke said and sat on the chair.
Itachi tsk-ed, "You should give her a ride"
"I already have. I told one of the drivers to take the Mercedes and bring her to her house" Sasuke said.
Itachi shrugged, "What do you want to know?"
"Everything. How the hell did father get shot? What dirty business are you dealing?" Sasuke said, glaring at his brother.
Itachi sighed, "We're not trying to get into dirty business. That's the problem Sasuke"
"What do you mean?"
"Otogakure family offered us something" Itachi said, getting to the point immediately, "Human trafficking"
Sasuke's eyes widened, "Human trafficking? That's…that's real dirty business—I mean, dirtier than drugs!"
Itachi nodded, "The Otogakure family wanted us to be in with this business. We had a lot of connections—worldwide. Even most of the government is with us"
"And?" Sasuke asked, urging his brother to continue.
"We declined the offer, so, the Otogakure family was mad and that's when the mafia war starts" Itachi said, eyeing his brother.
Sasuke looked down the ground, mafia war.
"I'm going to be part of this, aren't I?" Sasuke asked, looking up at Itachi. Itachi fell silent, just staring at his brother. The brother he wished to have never been part of this family, the brother he wished to remain innocent in his teenage years. However, it had failed. Itachi failed.
Sasuke slowly stood up and started walking out of the office. Once he opened the door, Itachi sighed, "Sasuke" he said, causing Sasuke to stop and look over his brother.
"Be careful—and protect Sakura" Itachi said, a worried look on his face.
"I know" Sasuke said before shutting the door closed
4
Sakura frowned. Asshole, telling me to leave the house. Sakura thought. She sighed and remembered Sasuke's expression. He was full with anger, it reminded her of the time they were in the boulevard. Sakura bit her lower lip as Karin's face suddenly appeared in her mind.
Why does she seem so familiar? Sakura thought.
"Miss Haruno, you have arrived" the driver said, snapping Sakura out of her thoughts. Sakura smiled sweetly at the driver, "Thank you very much"
He nodded and smiled. Sakura shut the car door and walked inside her house. Once she was inside, she plopped down on the couch and looked up at her ceiling. "Hm, I wonder what Itachi-san has to talk about with Sasuke" she talked to herself.
"It's probably something about Fugaku for sure" a way too familiar voice chimed, alarming Sakura. She immediately stood up and faced her mother—Tsunade. There was a newspaper on her one hand as she was tapping her pointing finger on the glass table.
"M-Mom? I thought…I thought you'd be arriving 6 hours from now?" Sakura asked, her eyebrows furrowed.
Jiraiya suddenly appeared out of the bathroom, a small smile appearing in his lips, "Well, you're mother lied"
"Why do you guys always lie?" Sakura eyed both her parents.
Tsunade sighed, "So that if you ever do something troublesome, we'll catch you. I mean, you wouldn't expect us to be here so soon, right?"
Sakura rolled her eyes, "Like what? I'd throw a party here or something?"
Tsunade shook her head, "Well, enough of that. Let's talk about Uchiha"
"Look mom, why are you so against this? Also you," Sakura pointed at his father, "Why do you hate them so much? What have they done to make you think like this about them? Like they're some troublesome, ignorant, or even dangerous people! They're not gangsters!" Sakura cried.
Tsunade and Jiraiya almost laughed at their innocent daughter but they hid it perfectly, "He's just…not right for you. He gives off that dangerous vibe, you know?"
Sakura snorted, "Dangerous vibe? C'mon! At least know the man first! 2 years ago, you refused to even talk to him! You can't just throw accusations that he's 'not right for me'"
"Sakura Haruno, you are not to go out with that man ever! I will prison you in this house if I have to!" Tsunade said, fury emitting from her eyes. Sakura looked at her mother wide eyed, then anger filled her—she looked just like her mother except for her pink hair.
"Why are you doing this to me? All my life, you have left me alone! Both of you left me alone! I'm always alone! Look at this home! It's dull—no life at all! You barely visit me from your trips! I doubt you even remember my birthday! I'm god damn alone! Sasuke is all I have and now you're pushing him away from me? How could you do this to me? Never in my life have I complained that you're not there, you're not there on my first days of school, you're not there on my birthday, on my graduation—How could you take the one man that I've always loved away from me? You're all cruel! I hate you both!" Sakura cried, her throat getting dry from all the talking. She ran upstairs, tears streaming down her face. She went inside her room, slammed the door shut and locked it. She jumped on her bed and cried her heart out.
A/N: So sorry for the late update my friends and reviewers! I have been busy lately, I went to this certain particular place that is confidential;) and I've been drawing lame drawings. HAHA. Also, school is starting soon! I'm going to have 3rd year in high school! Whoo! Can't wait to be in college!
I know, this is a lame short chapter, forgive me. I want to take things slow;) You know, so the drama wouldn't end so soon. Anyways, look out for the next chapter. It's almost prom, baby! I wonder what's going to happen in prom? A little bit of romance, eh? ;) hehe, that's a secret~
LoveForAnime: Of course Sasuke is not cheating! Who would cheat on the beautiful goddess of the heavens, Sakura Haruno? xD Sasuke is an awesome badass mafia-soon-to-be man. Badass, but also faithful to his lover:D
BROWNeyes: There you go! There's the Karin bit you wanted to see~ hope it's good enough though. and Sasuke was obviously angry and is possibly going to ride his badass motorcycle, go to Karin's house and kick the brains out of her!
Night Kaida: xD I knooww xD
