Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ It's Already Over ❯ Crush ( Chapter 18 )

Don't own Naruto!!! Right…how many billion times have I said that already?Neither do I own Crush by David Archuleta. Ahh, writer's block is starting to come =3 expect slower updates XD

 

Love is a battlefield but thatdoesn't mean it should be an all out war.~lilnarusasu

 

Crush

 

Sakura scrolled down the list of songs before selecting one randomly, shrugging dismissively. A lonely piano solo started and Sakura could feel her heart sink as her thoughts once again drifted to a certain Uchiha when she recognized the song to be from Sound.

 

I hung up the phone tonight

Something happened for the first time

Deep inside,

There'sa rush, what a rush

 

Since that fateful night when Sasuke had sent her the necklace, the rosette could not help but feel hurt that Sasuke valued their friendship so little but instead, chose to walk away from the important people in his life and walk the path of destruction.

 

Cuz the possibility

That you would ever feel the same way

About me,

Is justtoo much, just too much

 

Every night, Sakura would gaze out of the window and stare blankly at the eerie moon, wondering what the raven was doing. And every night, she would listen to Sasuke's latest CD - Sound.

 

Why do I keep running from the truth

All I ever think about is you

You got me hypnotized

So mesmerized

And I just got to know

 

Taking a deep breath, delicate eyelids slid back to reveal tortured eyes. Her melancholy thoughts were overshadowed by her ever growing worry for the raven's welfare and Sakura could feel longing and pain well up in her chest and tighten around her heart, gripping, crushing.

 

Do you ever think when you'reall alone
All that we can be, where this thing can go
Am I crazy or falling in love
Is it real or just another crush

 

Lips parting and forming soundless words, Sakura struggled to say something, anything just to let her sorrow go, just to relieve herself of the inexplicable burden.

 

Do you catch a breath when I look at you
Are you holding back, like the way I do
Cuz I try and try to walk away,
But I know this crush ain't goin away, goin away

 

I'm sorry…Sakura…

 

Has it ever crossedyour mind
When we're hangin,spending time
Are we just friends
Is there more, is there more

 

Something vibrated in the rosette's pocket, startling her out of her thought. Delving hurriedly to retrieve her phone, Sakura flipped open the phone before answering breathlessly.

 

“Hello?”

 

Naruto's loud voice boomed from the speakers. “SAKURA! HEY!”

 

Sakura held the phone a bit further away from her ears before pointing out impatiently. “Naruto, I'm not deaf! Stop shouting!”

 

The blonde laughed heartily before continuing. “I just wanted to ask if you wanted to come to my first gig tonight!” Sakura could practically imagine the glee plastered all over Naruto's face. “Sharingan is reuniting and we're playing at the club where Yamato sensei works in! It's going to be awesome! I mean the whole gang is going to be there! Neji, Kiba, me, Shika…just not Sasu…” Naruto's voice trailed off slightly before he recovered. “Yeah…but I mean, Gaara's agreed to help us out tonight. You know, just like old days…Sabaku.”

 

Sakura's heart skipped a beat. Sasuke… Her voice caught in her throat. “I…don't know Naruto…things have been just…you know.”

 

Naruto sighed before launching into another rant. “Please Sakura! It would mean so much to me! I mean, you haven't seen the band play in ages! Like two years! And you're going to have so much fun! Ino, Hinata, Temari, Kankuro, Lee, Shino and Tenten are going…” his voice thinned as he finished.

 

Sakura hung her head in defeat. “Fine fine Naruto, I'll come.” A shout resembling an explosion erupted from the phone as Sakura felt her right ear become slightly deaf.

 

Maybe a night out can take my mind off things…off…Sasuke…

 

See it's a chance we've got to take

Cuz I believe that we can make

Thisinto< b>something that will

Last, last forever

 

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The blonde stepped into a large room with numerous craters hanging from the ceiling. Stopping in the middle, he raised his head and laughed sadistically, hands raised palm up. Loudly, he spat out with contempt.

 

“Sasuke! Uchiha! Come out you coward! Just like your filthy brother!”

 

Fury coursed through Sasuke's veins, his blood, the same Uchiha blood that ran through his brother's veins. Was he different from his brother? Both were walking the path of destruction, elimination obstacles to achieve their goals. Was he really that different from his brother? Or were they one and the same? A flash of hurt curled around his heart. That wasn't true. Itachi was killing for his own amusement, to test his abilities. He was doing this for love, love for his clan and for justice. But was it really…was he doing this for the right reasons? Or was he doing this out of hate, out of hate for his older brother and for revenge?

 

The raven melted out of the shadows, eyes narrowed in fury, fists rigid and stiff beside his body. He bit out tersely, “I'm nothing, nothing like my brother.”

 

The Akatsuki whipped around, cloak swinging around with his momentum. Shifting his right leg forward, Deidara's right hand flashed upwards and the Uchiha suddenly found himself dodging mini bombs the size of marbles.

 

“Un yeah, you're nothing all right!”

 

As the tiny explosives blew up beside him, Sasuke slipped a hand into his pouch and drew out six senbons, three tucked between his fingers in each hand. He recognized, with grim satisfaction, that the bombs were earth based. The raven's lips tightened in determination as he remembered how to counteract the attack.

 

As the next wave of bombs was hurled at him, the raven released the thin knives. Leaping backwards, Sasuke steadied himself as he crouched on the floor, smirking when he saw the senbons pierce through the middle of the bombs, effectively disabling it and preventing an explosion.

 

Straightening, Sasuke drew out a sharp knife, a kunai. “You're an earth based explosives expert, aren't you?”

 

A cheerful voice rang out clearly behind the door. “Deidara sempai! This kid's good! He knows your element!”

 

The blonde turned indignantly towards the speaker and all but yelled at him. “Un, shut up Tobi! You don't know what you're talking about!”

 

Tobi raised his hands in defence, backing away swiftly.

 

The Uchiha glared at him coldly. Another Akatsuki member. He returned his furious gaze towards his opponent. Deidara reached behind his back, pulling out a black rectangular box. As the raven looked on, the blonde leaped upwards onto a pile of boxes before bounding onto one of the craters hanging overhead. Gesturing towards his partner, Deidara opened the box. As he lifted one of his hands, Sasuke could see a black object on his palm. Deidara dragged his palm across the box and did the same with his other hand. Sasuke abandoned his kunai in favour of his katana. Unsheathing it, he flourished it before settling into a defensive stance.

 

“Where is Itachi Uchiha?”

 

The Akatsuki laughed. “That's not going to help you Uchiha!” The box fell onto the ground with a clatter.

 

Seething with fury at the humiliation of being ignored blatantly, Sasuke pressed, “Where is Itachi Uchiha?”

 

Raising both palms, Deidara thrust out his palms, sending a wave of tiny balls across the ceiling. Sasuke's eyes widened. Gunpowder…suspended in mid air? He tensed as he sensed Tobi darting around the room, occasionally stooping down onto the floor, seemingly to check for something.

 

The explosives expert roared with laughter. Grinning widely, he explained. “These little balls are special gunpowder and I can control and guide them with these two super magnets on my palm.” Sasuke made a move to step backwards but stopped abruptly as Deidara continued. “And Tobi has just set some land mines so you're now totally surrounded. One false step and you die. You may have survived the first round, but you won't survive this one, Uchiha!”

 

Sasuke's mind was reeling. He had to get out of here, and fast. Glancing at the masked man, he deemed him harmless and focused on Deidara. Seeing him reach into his pocket, Sasuke flung the katana against the wall. The Akatsuki drew out a lighter and Deidara flicked the switch, watching as the flame flickered in the light.

 

“This ends here Uchiha,” he smirked, “It was fun while it lasted.” And with that, he tossed the lighter towards the gunpowder casually.

 

I have to move…now!

 

Performing a back flip, Sasuke leapt onto his katana as the place where he previously occupied exploded with tremendous force, sending dust and dirt flying everywhere, obscuring everyone's view momentarily. In the midst of chaos and confusion, Sasuke sprang upwards using the sword's momentum and slashed across the blonde's front with his kunai. Shock was written all over the blonde's face as he fell backwards onto the ground, setting off the landmines as Sasuke landed safely on the crater.

 

Tobi's screams of “Deidara sempai!” were drowned out by the explosion as the blonde was swallowed by a gigantic fireball. The heat and shockwaves rocked the compound. Breathing heavily, Sasuke sat on the crater, feeling slightly stunned. Was it over? It just seemed too easy…too fast. Was it truly…over?

 

Ah damn. I still need to find Itachi…

 

Sasuke's gaze fell upon Tobi.

 

I'll just have to ask that one then…

 

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And I'll stop here! Yes! Ah, it's shorter, oh well XD bear with me =3 sooo, today's editor is…

 

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