Hey there! Here's a new chapter of A new goal-fanfiction. I got inspiration for this from the Alice19th-manga, which I don't own the rights to. See you in the next chapter.
Natsuki was walking with she's friends at the Shinjuku SM department store, holding shopping bags in their hands.
"So, what did you want to talk about?" Ino finally asked, as she, and she's friends went to the department store's cafeteria to grab a snack.
"I went with Uchiha-senpai to the train station yesterday and...This isn't easy to say, but one of his friends came to Tokyo yesterday. The friend in question is a girl named Haruno Sakura," Natsuki finally said after drinking her tea.
"Why isn't it easy to say?" Hinata asked.
"That girl seemed nice, but senpai had told that girl about me before even introducing that girl to me. Thanks to that, that girl even knew about my friend Hikari's disappearance without me having to tell her myself. And when I looked at that girl, and Uchiha-senpai together, I couldn't help, but feel like an outsider. To top it all off, my skin crawled, and I got chills, when I looked at the two of them together. I felt better as soon, as I went home. Maybe I'm just exaggerating things, because Uchiha-senpai, and that girl haven't seen Uchiha-senpai move from Hokkaido to Tokyo, but anyone would feel uncomfortable, if one of their friends talked about their affairs to a complete stranger, right?" Natsuki asked, looking at she's friends.
"Well, I wouldn't like it if my affairs were talked about to complete strangers without my knowledge," Ino said understanding, what Natsuki was talking about.
"But you said, that girl seemed nice?" Hinata snorted at Natsuki.
"She seemed nice, but I still feel like, what if something is wrong, and what if she's not what she's letting others know?" Natsuki asked after finishing she cup of tea, and looked at her friends. "Right now I don't know what to do. I'll try to continue investigating Hikari's case, but what if Uchiha-senpai forgets me for Sakura, even if I just try to be Uchiha-senpai's friend for now? Uchiha-senpai is such a known heartbreaker, and I'm so ordinary. No wonder Uchiha-senpai doesn't think of me, as anything more than just a friend. I'll try to be Uchiha-senpai's friend for now."
"Why don't you just tell Uchiha-senpai, that you have a crush on her, that would make you feel a lot better?" Ino asked.
"Well, it's not that easy, because I'm stressed about that thing. And I'm bad at those things, thanks to what happened with Higashi-senpai," Natsuki said.
"That thing wasn't your fault. You were just too good to Higashi-senpai," Hinata said.
"Really. He treated you badly," Ino said.
"I know he's just a playboy, who enjoys hurting girls's feelings. It's not worth crying over a playboy like that who enjoys hurting girls's feelings, but the injustice still feels bad. Uchiha-senpai is the first boy I've even dared to think of in a romantic sense since Higashi-senpai's incident. I'm going to tell Uchiha-senpai, how I feel, but I don't want it to come as too much of a surprise to him. What if I embarrass myself, and senpai doesn't want to have anything to do with me anymore?" Natsuki asked.
"No way! If you don't tell your feelings to senpai, she won't necessarily understand your feelings! That's why you have to tell your feelings to senpai!" Ino said in a confident voice.
"Okay. I'll tell my feelings, but I wouldn't want to do it, when Sakura is around Uchiha-senpai, because Uchiha-senpai didn't seem to see me, when Sakura came to Tokyo," Natsuki said.
"I understand. Me, and Hinata are keeping Sakura busy, so in the meantime, tell Uchiha-senpai, how you feel. We'll take Sakura roller skating," Ino said after coming up with a plan.
"Thanks, girls. You're the best," Natsuki smiled, and she felt a little better, because she's friends wanted to help she, but even so, she felt like Sakura might cause more trouble.
"The subject is gaining hope, but there must be no hesitation yet lest he lose hope," The man said.
The Man looked at the balls on the shelves:
"When there are a certain number of these, my plan will come true."
"Uchiha-senpai, there's something I've been wanting to tell you for a while," Natsuki said, sitting with Sasuke on the couch in the living room of Natsuki's house.
Natsuki, Ino, and Hinata had seen Sasuke and Sakura at the SM department store in Shinjuku, and the girls had immediately set about putting their plan into action, and Ino and Hinata had taken Sakura rollerblading, and Natsuki had taken Sasuke to Natsuki's house so they could talk properly.
"I have to be brave, and tell senpai, how I feel," Natsuki decided, and after gathering enough courage for a while, she looked Sasuke straight in the eye:
"I didn't want to be intrusive, so I approached you so I could at least be your friend, senpai. But the more time I've spent with you, the more difficult it's been for me not to talk to you about this. Uchiha-senpai, I've had a crush on you for a long time. But I understand if you just want to be my friend, and that's all I can do. Thank you for agreeing to be my friend."
"I need to think about that for a moment," Sasuke said.
"I understand. And thank you for helping me investigate Hikari's case," Natsuki said.
Sasuke nodded, and walked with Natsuki to the lobby of Natsuki's apartment.
"Why didn't you tell me, what you just said earlier?" Sasuke asked Natsuki.
"Well, you're such a well-known heartbreaker, and I'm so ordinary, that I was afraid that you wouldn't like me, or wouldn't want to be my friend, if I just told you, how I felt,, or that you'd think I was a pushy girl. I'm bad at these things, because of an incident. I've kept my distance from, that senpai, who publicly embarrassed me a couple of years ago," Natsuki said. "As a result, I avoided falling in love."
Natsuki opened the door to she's house, and looked at Sasuke:
"Thank you for listening to me."
Sasuke put on his shoes, and walked out of Natsuki's house after putting on his coat, after which Natsuki closed the door to her apartment.
Natsuki walked to the balcony doors, and looked out the windows of the glass balcony doors to see Ino, and Hinata coming with Sakura, and stopping on the sidewalk in front of Natsuki's house.
They were talking about something, and then Sasuke and Sakura walked away, and Sakura wrapped both she's arms around Sasuke's right arm, and looked at the girls disapprovingly.
"So she has ulterior motives for Uchiha-senpai!" Natsuki thought angrily, clenching she right hand into a fist. She felt deep anger, and at the same time was happy, that she had finally managed to tell Sasuke, how she felt.
"The target now feels anger," The man thought, as he stood in his tower, and began to execute his plan, his eyes glowing green.
The man looked out the tower window, as dark clouds gathered in the sky.
"Girls, I finally told senpai, how I felt, and he said he'd think about it for a while," Natsuki called Ino's phone, then turned off her phone.
"Wouldn't you like to spend some time alone with that boy without any distractions? What if Sakura is Sasuke's friend? She's a complete stranger to you, and is now clearly approaching Sasuke with ulterior motives. You can never spend time alone like this. Why would you need to hide your true feelings?" Someone asked Natsuki unexpectedly.
"What was that? It didn't seem like my idea," Natsuki thought, as she went to sleep.