Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Anbu Administration High ❯ An old ex: The Numb, the Fierce, the Badboy ( Chapter 10 )

An old ex: The Numb, the Fierce, the Bad boy

 

 

Afraid of this person. Afraid of who this guy might be. Afraid it might be him! She turned to speed walk in the opposite direction wanting to disappear and run far far away where no one could bother her, not even her old thoughts or an old ex boyfriend.

 

The lights in the car were no longer on and footsteps were catching on to hers. “Sakura wait…. I'm sorry…. You haven't forgiven me yet?”

 

“I don't know you”

 

“But sakura” he reached out for wrist.

 

“DON'T TOUCH ME!” She flung her wrist out of his reach and walked even faster.

 

“Is it someone else?”

 

Sakura stopped in her track. Her heart was racing against its regular beat. She felt it about to pop out of her chest. “It's none of your business!”

 

“So it is”

 

“There's been no one in my life since you!” Tears started pouring down her soft cheeks. He made a move to hug her but she once again declined his touch. “Leave (hic) me alone!” She started running, tears still being revealed. `Why now? Why him?'

 

Running and running. An old ex that had not appeared in forever. Was it not enough hurting her? Is he aiming to make her suicidal? Forget about cheating on her, ignoring her and treating her like another dog from the streets after about the first few months, he also tried to force himself on her. Somehow always managing to escape from those sticky situations. He promised her the moon and the stars, her dreams and fantasies but, …….it was, of course, too good to be real. Struck with the sadness of a lifetime, she moved very far away with a girl, the only person who could and offered to take her in. So many houses and so many people in her favor but in the end it wasn't all for the best. An orphanarium, her adopted parents who found out for her about a dead mother after giving birth and then here; with kind Ayame who offered to take her in even with all the problems in her own life. But it was more than that. She [Ayame] also had a miserable life but she never had anyone extend their hand to her and offer to help her and lead her in the right way. She felt responsible in making sure that Sakura didn't comprise such a life as did she. In the end it was just two hard working girls trying to survive. One is in high school and the other in college and everything was going well until one guy entered their lives. He, who once ruined sakura emotionally, was now in Sakura's eyes, maybe looking for another go at it.

 

Her weak body couldn't handle the stress and the adrenaline resulting in her collapse on a sidewalk that couldn't come into clear view through her watery eyes. Once again a black Mercedes parked in front of her and once again a slim muscular figure stepped out. In instinct Sakura screamed. “GET AWAY FROM ME!” She flopped to the grass wanting to drag her self away but didn't have enough will power to do so. Was her dislike of the boy that strong?

 

“Sakura?” as he approached she could make out through her tears the black hair and red eyes. She quickly embraced Itachi, who had just kneeled to the floor and returned the hug. After hearing this girl who he had grown fond of through out the months cry like she couldn't help it he quickly became worried but he didn't know how to react to this. She was always smiling, always happy and lets not forget amiable but out of no where he she was crying in his arms. She suddenly pulled away from his drenched spot on Itachi's shirt she had been crying on and looked at Itachi's eyes full of concern and worried thoughts behind them. She felt a rush of sadness run through her as the thought of whether she should trust him and whether he's the same as Kimimaru. `Are all guys the same?'

 

“Itachi?”

 

“Yeah?”

 

“Will you ever do something hurtful? Towards me?” Itachi became shocked. Why, he wondered, would she ask this suddenly?

 

“Who the fuck is this?” Sakura's and Itachi's attention turned to the white haired teenager who walked in their direction. “You fooled me back there with the whole `only you` thing” he grinned a malicious grin. Itachi couldn't hide his dislike for the guy. “Get your hands off my girl fucker.” Itachi stood in front of sakura in means to protect her. He took in what this guy was saying but that didn't mean he believed her, it's just that his pride can't be broken that easily and of course his emotions, aside from anger, can very well be hidden. He noticed the horror in Sakura's face. Itachi directly didn't hesitate on hurting the guy. His punch knocked the kimimaru to the floor.

 

“My next move will be my last” Kimimaru stayed fearless as if assuring he could take on Itachi even after that threat.

 

“You little-“ Kimimaru rapidly stood up and was about to start an all out brawl.

 

“Stop it!!!” Sakura had started crying without the two coming to realization. “Please. Stop it” Kimimaru felt hurt by these words. He had no idea he had hurt her so bad. Continuing this maybe would just make her hate him even more and he didn't want that. Itachi, likewise, felt responsible but yet in pain. Whether it was from being told that sakura was already someone else's or watching her like this he didn't know and didn't want to find out.

 

“Don't think you've won” Kimimaru kept on walking glancing back at every step. As he appeared out of sight Itachi kept looking out in to the dark view. He couldn't just turn and face her.

 

“None….” She flopped once again back to the ground. The clouds shed tears that night with Sakura. She never managed to talk to Itachi or anyone and speak out her life. She never had enough confidence, but tonight, with all in all, she had to. At least some of it. “It's not true. None of it. He and I, yes. Once. A year or two before. I was around 15 or 16. But that was once and once only. Kimimaru, 17 the greatest guy ever at first. But ….” Itachi stared with doubt “he's an ex and he will always be my ex. You see, he never treated me right and I always, always tried to better our relationship but then one day I went over to his place. The door was unlocked so I went in. I didn't see anything out of the ordinary and he did say he had morning practice at school so I wanted to give him a surprise but….. but I was the one surprised” her voice was now calmed but with the rain now pouring echoing in the dark night Itachi couldn't figure out if she was still sobbing “you could already figure out what I saw. Another girl” her soft tone had a deep sense of sadness to them “I saw them but they didn't see me. They were still asleep and I didn't have to show them that I saw them. I know what I saw. His hair mingled with her black hair. Sleeping like husband and wife. I couldn't just…. I couldn't just stay with him. I was so blind. So stupid. Before this he was always sour and not in a good mood. He screamed at me and I was scared but this just hit my heart.” She started clutching at the cloth right above her beating heart. Whether she was telling the truth or not, Itachi still didn't know, but he wanted to believe her, so he did. What else is she hiding? What else is she not telling him? But maybe those questions will answer themselves in due time so Itachi blew them off. He turned around still giving her an unsmiling face. This time he reached for her. He bent down on one knee and embraced her once more. He had no words for her. He didn't know what could make her better but he knew that maybe this would let her know that he was there for her. She started crying once more. Itachi couldn't feel the big amounts of tears she was leaking on his soaked shirt. She kneeled up to feel the warmth of his body and feel the full hug. With the hug, he stood up bringing her along with him and held her slightly above the floor.

 

“I'm sorry…… to have gotten you in this” She whispered. Itachi shook his head in divergence. “I want to go home” Itachi carried her on a piggy back ride towards his car. “It's not that far, so can you just carry me there?” She whispered. Itachi acknowledged her statement and turned left on the sidewalks path. Even with the rain pouring on them she felt much better than a few seconds ago. Like anything could happen and she would still feel safe. “Itachi?”

 

“Hm?”

 

“Are you angry at me?”

 

“No” After a moment of silence, letting that sink in she took a deep breath and rested her head on his back.

 

“Thank you”

 

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Impatiently Sasuke paced back and forward holding his cell phone in one hand and glancing back at the house phone every minute or so. `Why has she not reached home yet?' He wondered. Calling 20 times didn't work. But what worried him most was that Ayame was worried too, meaning sakura didn't get home this late. It was pouring outside anything could've happened. He turned around and stopped to look at the front door open. Itachi came in looking as if he just went swimming with his clothe on. Sasuke then turned to resume his current routine.

 

“If it's sakura you're waiting for, She's home now” he kept on walking towards his room ignoring his brother's puzzled face.

 

`How does he know?' The phone rang and Sasuke, out of tune, didn't reach for it so enthusiastically. “Moshi moshi”

 

“Sasuke? Are you okay?”

 

“I should be asking you the same thing! Half an hour after you left you weren't home!” Sakura felt flattered that he was worried about her.

 

“I'm sorry if I made you worry” She cut short her talk and sneezed thrice.

 

“Were you in the rain?”

 

“Yeah” She sniffled, “it caught up to me. Came home completely wet BUT I'll be ok”

 

`Itachi came wet' “Did by any chance you see Itachi?”

 

“Mm-hm, he brought me home”

 

“Oh”

 

“Sasuke kun” Her toned brightened “I umm….can um…. Can you…. Pick me up tomorrow”

 

`YES!' “In the morning? What time?”

 

“6:45? That okay?”

 

“Yeah, just one thing. I don't know your address”

 

“Oh…..” She quickly gave him directions and streets, numbers and phones and the agitated Sasuke gave her the impression of someone nonchalant. After repeating the address back to her he mentally debated whether he should stalk her the next day. Maybe to let everyone know that she wasn't up for grabs.

 

It was the only thing that made Sasuke get up so early. The only person who had control over his emotions. Sakura was happy she just couldn't show it.

 

“Ahhhhhhhh shooo!!!! I can't miss out on school! Not today. I just can't.”

 

“Ok. BUT! Remember! And ill be working today at the Ichikaru ramen shop until 9. Call me if anything! As a matter a fact, just call me and let me know you're alright.” She placed her palm over Sakura's forehead which translated the warmness of her body to her. “I'm afraid you might be coming down with the flu. Take some medicine before you leave. I'll leave it on the counter.” After sitting on the edge of Sakura's bed and glancing at the time she stood up and before making her way towards the door came to a halting stop and said “you take care. Bye” before closing the door behind her.

 

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Raring to go out the door he held himself back. The adrenaline of seeing sakura was jointly running through him with not startling her by standing outside her door like a stalker until she came out. He tapped his feet, paced the hallway and opened his phone every nanosecond or so to see what time it was. Abruptly he started marching towards the door with the intense feeling that he should. He stared at the paper with directions and threw them in the nearest garbage knowing he could find his way without them (as any other stubborn guy would do). After 10 minutes of searching he came to a standstill looking across the street at the desolate garden and the small apartments. `408' he read. He approached it and started on the lookout for the door when suddenly a girl coming out of an apartment caught his attention. She seemed to be coming in his direction. The girl had a be bothered look. She had short brown hair and was about Itachi's height wearing flat white shoes a forest green skirt a white turtle neck blouse holding up on her hands about three or 4 books. He dismissed the girl and kept on looking for apartment D realizing that it was the same as the one the girl had come out of. He looked for the door bell but there seemed to be none and remembered she had told him to call her when he was there but he was almost about an hour early! Is she awake? Will she be bothered? All sorts of questions came in his head (some of them a little out of it). Maybe waking up so early can drive anyone a little bit out of it. Once again he decided to go against his will. He knocked 4 times. No one answered. He knocked 4 more times and there was still no answer. `Maybe I got the wrong place.' He sat down in front of the door leaning back against the door and looked up at the sky and wondered which garbage did he drop the address in. `Or should I just wait here until it's time to call her?' The sky was still very cloudy from the night before and he felt stupider to not have brought an umbrella. Gradually he started falling backwards and his back ended on the floor. He looked up to see sakura staring down at him.

 

“So it wasn't my imagination I heard someone knocked” She didn't sound right. Her nose was read evidently stuffy and the rest of her face was pale. Her hair was seemingly picked up with chopsticks. From his view he distinguished, under the extra large and long shirt she wore blue short shorts with small stars all over and a matching blouse. “Are you done inspecting my garments from down there?” He smiled at her and stood up patting off the back of his butt.

 

“It was difficult not to” he mumbled.

 

She greeted him with a “hi” then “come in”. He came inside and went up the stairs to the apartment. After reaching the top he turned to her and smiled. She blankly stared at him with a question mark in her head.

 

“`Hi come in'” he mimicked in his best sakura voice which sucked badly “Don't you know how to greet” He said rather sarcastically.

 

“No clearly to you I don't” She smirked returning her sarcasm back to him.

 

“Ill teach you how to” He closed in on her and embraced her but backed away quickly holding her arms still. “You're warm”

 

“Isn't every mammal supposed to be?”

 

“No. I mean yes. But you're warmer than usual.”

 

“It's only a little fever. I'll get better” She closed the door behind her. “What are you doing here so early?”

 

“Why? Is Itachi hiding here somewhere?”

 

“I see the jealousy runs in the family” She murmured.

 

“I'm not jealous” he put a childish face.

 

“Of course you're not” `when aren't you two jealous?' “So do you want something to eat?”

 

“Do you want some medicine?”

 

“I said I'm fine!” She went into her room and started taking out clothe leaving Sasuke worried and pissed off. She came back out with a towel and some clothe and headed towards the other side of the small apartment towards the bathroom. “No peeking”

 

Sasuke put both of his hands up. “Promise” She took his word for it and went in to the bathroom closing the door behind her. He looked around. The apartment was very small. He saw three doors. One led to the bathroom and one to her room so the other must've been the closet, so he presumed. He happened to be standing in the kitchen/living room/dining room. The apartment was, if truth be told, insignificantly almost smaller than his room! There was not a lot of furniture along with it. There's a small high table for two with high chairs on opposite sides, a small couch and another small table with some superficial flowers, and some hangings of abstract pictures on some walls. Then there was the kitchen. It had a medium sized refrigerator, some fruits in a bowl on top of the counter and three cabinets which clearly had the dishes. He then went towards his right in to her room. There were two beds; one made, one not so which was Sakura's. Next to each bed was a little white night table. At the end of each bed a trunk the width of the twin size bed. On top of each it had magazines and on top of Sakura's it also had a kunai. To one side there was a dresser with a mirror and on the counter of this particular dresser were a lot of lotions and perfumes and sprays and other accessories, but what caught his attention the most was a picture frame which was laying down on it. The glass of the frame looked as if it had been stabbed. He reached out for the frame and glared at the picture. Sakura was waving, smiling while holding hands with another peculiar person who had white hair who was hard to see. His face happened to be right under the chattered glass. Sakura looked radiantly happy even in the cold weather she appeared to be in. She had a white scarf with white gloves and the matching hat and a coat. The other person was wearing a coat but no gloves and not hat, it was hard to tell about the scarf part. He was surely taller than her by at least 4 inches. Sasuke couldn't bear having to see this. His fist was already clenched into a red color. `...she still holds feeling for this…?'

 

“Sasuke.” He heard a faint call of his name. Almost a whisper.

 

The picture almost fell out of his hands but he stumbled it in his hands and caught it. As he heard a big thump to the floor he turned back around, while quickly shoving the picture into his back pocket, to greet her with an `I'm not doing anything' face and hold back a lot of questions that were emerging in his head. He was shocked to see what there wasn't. She wasn't standing.

 

“Sakura! Sakura answer me!” he bent on his knees and turned her over. With her pink hair loose around her face, she looked paler than ever. Sasuke felt his face heating up. He looked at his watch and it was still an hour before school started. He picked up Sakura from the floor bridal style and laid her on the bed and reached for his phone the second later. As the phone rang in his ears he looked at sakura and couldn't believe this was happening.

 

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`Who the hell……' “Hello?”

 

“Get here quick!”

 

“Why the hell should I?” Itachi looked at the alarm clock next to his bed which read 7:10.

 

“Get up you fuck! And get here! I need to get Sakura to the hospital!”

 

Itachi quickly sat up in his bed alarmed at the news. “Sakura!? What the fuck did you do to her!”

 

“Nothing you fuck! Just get here!”

 

“OK! OK!”

 

*click* Itachi put his phone to the side and stood up, running his head through his hair with his ring shining amongst the hair strands. `Little brother you better not get in my way as well. I'll crucify your ass if you harmed her'

 

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*click* He looked at Sakura's body lying solemnly on the bed. She was dressed but her face seemed sweaty. She was wearing white leggings with a pink blouse which was longer than the regular ones and covered the top part of her leggings. He lifted her up to a sitting position and hugged her. Why did he feel like his heart was breaking apart watching her like this? She doesn't deserve this.

 

*ring ring ring*

 

His phone started singing `shut me up' by Mindless Self Indulgence. He let it ring and couldn't separate himself from her. She felt hot and he couldn't do anything about it. `When the hell is Itachi gonna get here!' he compressed her even harder in his hug.

Maybe there is something he can do. He put her down and went to the kitchen and opened every cabinet and drawer in search for a small towel. When he got his hands on one he got a bowel he had previously seen in one of the cabinets and filled it with water and went to the room. After placing the bowel on the night table and soaking it in water and squeezing it a few times he placed it over her fore head. He sat down next to her once more and put one of his hands on her hips and held her hand with the other.

 

“Wake up” he whispered. As much as he wanted for her to move she didn't and couldn't. He wanted to steal a kiss from her. Her lips were there and even with out the smile or any coloring to them they just looked soft and welcoming. `Wrong time and place Sasuke' he told himself. He didn't want to take advantage of her. Not now. He couldn't. He'd feel miserable right after but then again maybe not. Maybe she would like a kiss.

 

He released her hip and touched her face and felt the heat from her body enter his palm. He put his hand back on her hip and kissed her hand and held it next to his face for what he felt was a long period of time. *ding ding* Sasuke didn't think twice about what he was going to do. He got up and carried Sakura in his arms bridal style. He kicked doors to open them faster and knew that if he broke something he would buy it but buy them an even better one. Once he got to the door he opened it and locked it from behind to see Itachi with a face like none other. “What the hell took you so long!”

 

“I'm here aren't I! Hurry up!” He opened the back door for Sasuke. He sat Sakura in the middle at the back seat and sat right next to her leaning her to his side and putting one arm around her and holding her hand once more with the other. Itachi didn't make any objections even though he knew he preferred it be him instead of Sasuke there. He didn't want to bother asking Sasuke anything because even if he had done something he would deny it. He'll get his answers from Sakura.

Sasuke at this point found it weird Itachi wasn't barking about this situation down his throat. Maybe for the best and hopefully he keeps it that way. He wasn't in any mood for it.

 

After 5 minutes Sasuke felt impatient. He could've sworn the hospital wasn't more than 4 minutes away by car. And wasn't that a sign they just passed that read Hospital, pointing to another direction, which Itachi isn't heading to. “Where the fuck are you going! The hospital is that way!”

 

“I'm taking her to her Doctor. She'd take her without making us wait in line.” Itachi said this patiently. Was he trying to proof something here?

 

“And you know her Doctor's name?” Itachi stayed quiet which Sasuke, as his brother, understood that as a `yes and don't ask any more damn questions' even though he might be lying. As soon as they arrived both Sasuke and Itachi were in the hospital within seconds. Sasuke followed Itachi closely behind even though he wanted to scream how badly he needs a doctor. Itachi stopped at one of the nurse's desk and asked for a certain Dr. Tsunade and within seconds, exactly how Itachi said it would be, were called in by what appeared to be a young blond female doctor. She wore the white lab coat like every other doctor was. Itachi stood in front of Sasuke with his arms open ready to receive Sakura in his arms and Sasuke had no choice but to pass her on if he really wanted to see Sakura's eye open once more. Itachi went to the doctor and explained the little he knew to the doctor, which was everything that Sasuke had told him. Apparently Itachi had called before he came because out of the two swinging doors behind Dr. Tsunade came out two nurses with a bed. Itachi laid Sakura down on the bed while the nurses took her away and soon after talking to Itachi, the Dr. Tsunade followed behind.

The agonized brothers sat in the waiting room glancing at the door every time it opened and closed or someone would be standing by it. Sasuke was ready to explode. He wanted to do something to take his mind away from this but he didn't want to leave.

 

“You could go to school. I'll wait for her here” Itachi seemed as uneasy of this event as the young Uchiha.

 

“No, I'm fine. If you want you could leave but leave me the car”

 

Itachi smirked at the offer that his little brother was making him. To Itachi that option was non existent and he'd prefer for Kimimaru to be here to take the credit instead of Sasuke. He knew that there was competition in his own blood.

 

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“So what happened? You never told me. If I remember clearly you just pushed me to the side saying it was none of my business. Phew! SOMETHING must've gone wrong” Kabuto seemed amused by Kimimaru's morning face. “So what was it? She denied you in front of her friends' oooor she told you she wouldn't go that low?”

 

“Stop claiming things she might've said because we both know you have no right to. Because of you she thinks I cheated on her.”

 

“Ok. Ok. I'll stop claiming things as soon as I know the little story as to why you were wet when you have a car. I couldn't help but laugh at you as soon as you went into your room”

 

“Maybe I should tell Shizune a little bit about you when she comes over. Maybe something about your past…” Kimimaru chuckled to himself seeing as how bothered Kabuto looked. “I think Sakura may have found someone else in the time her and I broke up.”

 

“Sakura! Sweet ol' Sakura? I don't know. I think you might be going over board with this.”

 

“Sakura might've never been the type to approach us males but she sure, always and everywhere we went, did have a lot of candidates”

 

“So you struggled to keep her from the beginning?”

 

“No. Never.”

 

“So she was faithful. Beautiful, Innocent, faithful and everything you could ever want. So basically you telling me you lost a diamond in a sea.”

 

“No. Not lost yet. I think she found some body but I'm not sure she's with that person.”

 

“She's not lost but she's found and you're going after her and so on. What I want to know is how are you going to explain to her that you didn't cheat on her?”

 

“You think that after being with her for a year isn't going to pay off?” He smirked at Kabuto who nodded and smiled back at him.

 

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A/N: Another chapter finished <3! I'm limited to just so many characters that I try to pick the best and the sexiest lol. If you don't know who some of these characters are then go to Google and Google their images and make sure that it's a Naruto character.

FYI the words italic “Moshi moshi” that Sasuke uses to answer the phone are in Japanese =] helloooo!

Until next chapter! ^^ ã‚Šã‚Šã‚ã‚“