Love and Lies

Chapter 7: Total Madness

Berry panted loudly as she tightened the strap of her helmet under the chin and jumped onto the skateboard again, ignoring the nagging knot in her stomach for food. She smiled happily, air ripping through her now opened, very messy, black hair and her clothes flew as she slide down the railing of a deserted staircase. She turned her head at her side slightly and saw Blaire following her closely. She grinned at her and Blaire scowled openly. It was obvious that Berry was winning the race and Blaire hated to lose a challenge. Berry turned her face straight, hr crimson eyes turning serious, as she jumped, did a 360 with her skateboard and landed onto the cemented platform. Her skateboard jiggled for a second, unbalanced but Berry quickly regained her balance and started to scoot down the pathway.

They had chosen a special place, which was rarely filled with people and cars. It was because that this place was supposed to be reconstructed by some company and as a huge population of today's world was lazy, it hadn't been broken and constructed yet. And it was a perfect place for skateboard races and other junk because it had a lot of fountains and staircases. Blaire told Berry that she used to skateboard there all the time and she hadn't been caught yet. It was their fifteenth race, both had an equal score and both wanted to win the final and ultimate race.

Blaire suddenly jumped from a platform and landed just next to Berry. Berry, surprised at the sudden movement, turned her head towards the redhead. Blaire looked back at her, a smirk forming on her pink lips.

There was a minute's silence as they both just stared at each other, smirks forming and their eyes narrowing deeply.

Though the intense silence was broken by a yelp from Blair as her skateboard topped over some stray rock and swayed dangerously, she was about to fall when Berry grabbed her shoulder to balance her but Blaire, thinking that she was stopping, grabbed Berry's shoulder and put all her weight on her.

They shrieked as Berry toppled off her skateboard, stumbled and fell down a nearby staircase with Blair on top, screaming in panic.

Berry landed at the bottom of the staircase with a huge bang and totally out of breath. For a good amount of time she kept her eyes closed, trying to maintain the pain at the back of her neck which spread to all over her body. From far below, she heard the pair of skateboards crash as they both toppled down, yet another staircase.

Berry felt a warm liquid escape from her mouth and she gasped inwardly and tried to move but couldn't because her body suddenly weighed heavy.

"Oh God! Am I bleeding?"

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Sasuke took a deep breath and stuffed his hands into his pockets before exhaling slowly. He looked around at the peaceful surroundings. Though it was not really beautiful around him as it was mainly a huge park and a parking area which was suppose to be broken down to make a commercial area, it was quiet and like heaven to him. He got tired getting chased by weird fan girls and in some cases, fan boys. Uchiha Sasuke needed a place to think and be alone.

Usually he would be alone but this time he was accompanied by one of his friend who was leaning against the staircase's railing and staring at the passing clouds. He looked ready to sleep.

Sasuke closed his eyes, trying to clean his head from all the thoughts that were bothering him.

"Something weird happened today," Shikamaru suddenly said.

"A lot of weird things happened today actually," Sasuke replied coolly, his eyes still closed.

Shikamaru put his hands at the back of his neck.

"Today I was punched by Blaire," he said in an uncaring voice.

"Looks like we both were victims of girls and their punches today," Sasuke replied as he recalled Berry being stopped by her friends when she was trying to fight with him.

"The new girl didn't punch you. Blaire actually did. And very hard too. And in front of everyone! It was troublesome," he replied in a quiet voice.

There was a long silence. Sasuke opened his eyes.

"You must have provoked her," he said.

Shikamaru looked away guiltily.

"No I didn't,"

Sasuke smirked.

"I know you so well that even though when you lie, I know that it was your fault,"

There was a minute silence of discomfort as Shikamaru hesitated for a minute.

"Should I apologize?"

Sasuke scoffed, stuffed his hands in his pockets and started to walk.

"Noway in hell… are you mad?" he said

Shikamaru smirked and he was about to say something when they was a loud panicked scream and then a loud crash. Shikamaru's smirk vanished and he glanced at Sasuke who looked utterly confused.

He signaled to the genius and they quietly made their way towards the crash.

They walked across the staircase when suddenly they saw two skateboards flying and tumbling down the stairs. Sasuke raised his eyebrows and glanced at Shikamaru who looked shocked.

"I think a couple of boys had a serious accident… let's hurry," he muttered as he jogged towards where the accident had occurred, followed closely by Sasuke.

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Blaire was resting her head on Berry's shoulders and felt perfectly fine except for the shock in her body. But she panicked when she realized that Berry had actually taken the hits and tried to save her.

Just like her father.

She bolted up and stood up suddenly from Berry's body. She heard Berry groan lightly and pushed herself from the ground lightly. Gasping a lot, she looked hazily at Blaire who suddenly went pale.

"Oh my GOD! Berry you are bleeding!" Blaire exclaimed.

Berry blinked and shook her head, trying to clear her vision but moaned when her head hurt like hell. She tried to get up and at once was supported by Blaire. She took a deep breath and removed her hand from Blaire's shoulders and tried to maintain her balance.

Suddenly their hectic silence was interrupted by two running boys.

"Hey we heard a crash… WHAT THE HELL!?"

Sasuke and Shikamaru gaped in astonishment. Blaire glanced at them and blinked at them for a second before inverting all her attention towards Berry, who was staring at them in a daze, her mouth stained by blood.

"Blaire… I think I am hallucinating," Berry muttered, before bending down and grabbing her head. "Ow… my head hurts!"

Sasuke looked foolish but seeing her bleeding like that made him panic. And Uchiha Sasuke did not panic. It was like making Einstein an idiot and America was small. It was that different.

He took a step forward to help when Berry raised her head again, totally fine and wiped the blood from her mouth.

She sighed and rubbed her messy hair.

"I thought I was going to die," she muttered and looked at the two surprised boys again.

"Blaire do you see two idiotic boys that belong to our school standing in front of us or am I hallucinating?"

Blaire, coming over her surprise and looked at Sasuke and Shikamaru who looked slightly annoyed with a faraway look.

"Nee… Berry, I think you are hallucinating. I don't see anyone," she said, slyly.

But Berry was not joking this time like she always did. She was trying to control the pain that she was feeling inside her head because of the hit and the fact the two utterly similar boys were standing in front of her, made the situation even worst. She couldn't act weak in front of them. She just couldn't. And she didn't know whether she was hallucinating or not.

She stumbled forward and walked over to Sasuke and without another thought, poked his forehead.

And as she touched his skin and he gave an annoyed grunt and a threatening glare, she understood that she wasn't hallucinating.

And that was her limit. Arriving at Japan late last night, starting a private school, climbing a huge tree, falling from the roof, scratching her hands, getting detention, trying to pick up a fight, seeing Blaire cry, seeing Hinata cry, falling over Sasuke, running from school after it was over and going to Blaire's, skateboarding continuously and then falling from stairs… she was at her limit. The pain in her head was too much.

And she fell forward, darkness engulfing her as Sasuke caught her in surprise. The last thing she heard was Blaire running over to her side and saying something like

"What the hell did you do Uchiha!?"

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One drop of water on the flame of a candle will matter a lot. Likewise, one kind act to another can matter a lot too.

By Ayesha Raees

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Yosh... Done with another chapter... Hope you like it. Personally, I like writing this fanfic... but I dont know what to do in the next chapter so ideas are welcomes.