Sorry for the wait, school=you know what I mean.
Anyway, hope you remembered what happened from the last chapter.
I know you guys doesn't want those two to be so mean and stuff, but just a little bit more

Revised: 1/10/15

Chapter 9

"Hold on!" A gleam of pink passed by the Uchiha and the pinked hair girl was barely able to grab onto Manta's hand. She panted heavily with sweat rolled down her now flushed cheeks. If she was slightly slower, she wouldn't have made it. To drop from the third floor would absolutely break a lot of bones, or if he isn't lucky enough he might die.

She tightened her hold fear that her hand would slip. She could have pulled him up without much effort if she doesn't have her fracture arm right now. It hurts with any slight moment she made, it hurts so bad that she felt like her arm was going to rip off.

But she would never let go.

Everyone stood by watching, no one dared to help at the kings presence.

Sasuke cursed as the girl clench hard on to Manta's hand. Why is she always ruining his fun? Naruto, leaning against the board watching, a sense of…., he doesn't know what kind of feeling stirred in him as he watched the girl struggled.

"Do you really think you could save him with your current state?" What am I saying? The words came out Sasuke's mouth without really knowing what he was trying to say.

"I won't let go." Her palm started to sweat. Below, Manta cried as he saw how far he was from the ground.

"Che, Go die with him if you want him that much." He felt pissed for some reason. Was it just because she was always bothering him?

Damn it. She cursed when she felt her hand slipping. Think! Sakura think! You can't let him drop from here! He's going to die! A crazy idea sudden flash through her head, but without any choice, it was the only thing she could do.

She thrust her other hand to grab Manta's hands while she let her body weight fall with the gravity pull. As Sakura fell, the whole class watched with horror, the girls scream and the guys quickly rushed to the window.

"S-Sakura." Naruto found himself calling her name.

Sasuke's heart suddenly felt heavy when he saw her fall. He didn't scream out her name, but he took a step forward, his heart racing. Worries filled his mind. Despite what he said earlier, deep inside, he doesn't want her to die.

He can't allow her to die.

Ok, here it comes.

With a deep breath, she allowed her to drop with him. If she jumped down from here by herself, it would be a piece of cake. But adding on a 130lb guy is not going to be easy.

The moment she fell, Sakura hugged Manta to secure him in the right place for her plan. Quickly shifting her body so her feet could reach the wall, the girl give a heavy push with her feet.

She was aiming for the tree that was just a little far from them.

She smiled in victory when she saw they were now directly above the tree. It was the best way to land safely.

As they fall into the tree, Sakura held Manta tight with one hand and with another trying to grab a hold of the branches. Cracking sound erupt all over the tree with their weight on it. Sakura hissed when she felt the sharp branches slide across her skin. Just a little bit more.

Now with the final stage. She twisted her body slightly so Manta would not be on the bottom. He would land head first if she wasn't going to make any move. Plus, Sakura know she can handle this little crash anyway. Her body is already injury so a little bit more wouldn't make a difference.

As they hit the grass, Sakura cursed when she felt her back hit the ground. Maybe it wasn't as easy as she thought.

She lied still eyes glued onto the sky. That kinda hurts. She let out a sigh of relief when she realized they were ok.

About a minute or a two, the whole class was out running towards them.

"Manta! Manta! Are you ok?" One of his friends rushed to him. He was crying while he hugged him.

Sakura smiled slightly but she couldn't help but feel a sense of jealous. Maybe someday…..

She got up slowly, her ankle burned with stings when she got up but she didn't show on her face. The class didn't help her but they all have a worry expression on. They made an opening for her as the girl walked slowly away; she heard a faint "Thank you." and it made her smiled.

Hana was there too, she reached out slowly but back again as if she doesn't know what to do. She was worry even though she doesn't want to admit. I am such coward. She was now behind the group of people feeling ashamed for what she had done and what she couldn't do. What she isn't brave enough to do.

Sakura didn't notice Hana, or if she did she wouldn't know how to face her either. She walked slowly away, feeling dizzy with each step she took. Standing in the back, Naruto and Sasuke was there staring at her. She straightened her back as she walk by them to show her injuries don't bother her at all. That's a lie, of course, when she landed, she felt her left foot bended a little, and that little hurts like hell. Either fractured or dislocated.

She bit her lower lip to conceal the pain.

"Don't do it again." She said softly before leaving.

Class has started, Sakura was sent to the infirmary, and the two kings did not go back to class.

Their thoughts were on her.

When Sakura walked by them, she had a look that they hate. It wasn't angry, or mocking, it was more like disappointment? Just like the day behind the school alley.

Naruto lean silently against the wall, he felt like he wanted to see her right now. To laugh at her? To play with her more? He couldn't really figure out what he wanted to do with her anymore.

Sasuke on the other hand knows what he wanted to do. He wanted her to go away. Away from his life. Since the day she came back, he has been hating it. He never wanted to remember anything from the past. But when she came back, all those memories, good ones but so the bad ones have started to flow back. Especially the bad ones he never wanted to remember.

"She's so fucking annoying, why can't she just go back?"The Uchiha took out his phone and called his butler.

"Yes? Uchiha-sama." A voice answered.

"I need Haruno Sakura's information from my class, call me back when you have it." With that he hanged up.

"Are you going to play her to the max?" Naruto sighed as he saw his partner smirked. He doesn't know what to do with her, so he will leave it to Sasuke and his games.

"Last game."

Itai! Sakura cursed as she walked to her part time job. There wasn't anyone in the infirmary so she took that chance to bandage herself up and took a nap. It was short but good enough for her to get back the energy she needed. She sighed when she looked at her now very swollen ankle. The ice she put on it was obviously not working, it still hurts even with slight pressure on it so now she can only rely on her right leg.

It took a while, but she finally got to café. As entered the store, her boss was standing in the entrance. The expression he has on made the girl worry. She quickly looked at the clock and was sure she wasn't late.

"Shin-san?" She asks anxiously.

Shin turned to meet her in the eyes and sighed before opening his mouth."You are fired Sakura."

Fired.

"Why?...Why am I fired," She wanted to know the reason. "I-I am sorry if I was late last time, but I will work hard to make it up." She needed this job.

"Please don't fire me." She said in a quieter tone.

"Sorry, Sakura, the Uchiha enterprise just brought the store." He looked away, he as well felt sad for the girl.

"I know you work hard, but…but he told me to fire you."

That bastard! She felt like yelling at him.

She knew the boss needed to do what the upper level order, so she didn't go any farther to give him a hard time. Arguing wouldn't get her anywhere. Damn Sasuke.

"Thank you for letting me work here." She sighed then bowed in gratitude before taking her leave. As the girl left, Shin watched her back and sighed again. Sorry, I have no choice.

When she got to her second part time, the boss said the same thing. The Uchiha company had brought the store an hour ago and they disallow her to work here.

Sakura didn't argue or anything, she thanks her boss for her generosity. It was expected anyway.

With the n time she sighed, she slowly head back to her tiny apartment while thinking about maybe finding another job tomorrow. Today is Friday, weekend is coming and she will have 2 days to look for another job.

She thought about it her whole way home, only stopping by the park for a few minutes to look at the Sakura tree that's slowly dying. Twenty minutes later when she got home and was about to turned the door knob, she heard someone yelled at her.

"Hey! YOU!" Sakura turned to find the apartment owner heading to her.

"Huh?"

"You can't live here anymore." The fat woman with a rainbow color dress that barely fitted her said.

"W-why not?" She thought she knows where this is going. "I recently paid my rent." She hoped the owner has just made a mistake. December has just began, and she's one hundred percent sure she paid the rent for November.

"I say you can't then you can't." The woman looked annoyed. Sakura felt like snapping but her next line gave her the reason not to.

"Uchiha enterprise brought this fabulous apartment and he told me not to let you live here. So that's that." She folded her arms in front of her chest.

Fabulous? Yeah right. Water leaking from the ceiling, no warm water, a bunch of rats…etc. That's surely fabulous…..

"Oh, you better freaking pay for the broken windows in your room, they are really expensive." The owner looked absolutely pissed.

Broken windows?! Sakura's eyes widen.

Don't tell me…. The girl quickly rushed into her apartment room and saw the pieces of shatter glasses all over the floor. The room was in complete mess. Without thinking she rushed to open the drawers where she kept her money.

Not here. Her heart beat started to increase. Not here either. She pulled out the rest of the drawers but there were still no sign of her savings.

That jerk! He's going to pay for it! Sakura slammed the drawer back. She was sure there were smokes coming out of her head right now.

The owner went up to her not caring someone had just broken into the apartment; she only cared about the money. "You better pay me, right now, and leave immediately. I don't want any trouble with the Uchiha."

"Five hundred." The fat lady held out her hand doesn't care how shameful she looked right now.

"F-Five hundred?! Why don't you go steal! "

Even the whole set of furniture doesn't cost five hundred!

"I don't care, you need to pay me because that's how much it cost." Lies. She wanted to said but didn't.

"I don't have that much." She looked around to see what else is missing. There wasn't much in here anyway.

"Sorry, Kawa-san, I only have ten dollars with me." Sakura took out the only money she has left.

"TEN!? How the fuck do you expect me to get new windows with ten dollar?!" She snarled and almost spit all over her.

"Sorry." She cannot refute. Ten dollars, true can't buy new windows but she really doesn't have any left.

"Get the fuck out of here," She started to yell. "Don't even think about taking anything. They are mine now." The obnoxious woman grab Sakura's wrist and throw her outside not before taking the only ten dollar Sakura has.

Sakura stood outside the door, quietly watching as the fat woman goes over her stuff. Whatever, she only has a few clothes and 2 cup noodles in there anyway.

She took her leave before the owner asked for more again, she can't afford giving her school bag to her. The sky was cloudy and the cold breeze blew pass the girl making her shiver as she walked slowly away from her home.

Even though it was short and the room was crappy, she still preferred it more than living outside. Time to say goodbye. Taking the last glance at her apartment, she turned to walk to wherever her feet lead her.

It seems like is going to rain…..

Hope you like it. Yes, I promise the relationships are coming back so don't push me too hard.