A Play That Spells Disaster
And xxasukachanxx returns with the long awaited release of A Play That Spells Disaster!
This is actually sort of the "prologue"- which means it was supposed to be longer by a few more pages, but I needed to release something XD, so here it is!
The story behind the conception of A Play That Spells Disaster is sort of different. It was ACTUALLY called Inside Konoha High, but SO MANY writers use "Konoha High", I had to change it XD.
I actually created this more than 2 years ago, but I discontinued it because I was writing the sequel to I Just Can't Let You Go, Sasuke, and after that I got the idea for Holding Her Last Breath, but I discontinued that to write Till the Last Rose Dies, which I never intended to be so long. It's actually ridiculous how long I made that fic XD.
I also didn't expect it to turn into a 1000+ reviewed story either.
I HAVE SUPER BIG NEWSS! READ THE END OF THIS CHAPTER TO FIND OUT!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO or my inspiration, Memoirs of a Geisha!
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"When are you leaving?"asked a boy as he sat down on the large water tower ledge beside a pink haired girl. She looked at him cheerfully.
The rosette averted her gaze into the distance, moving a long strand of bubblegum pink hair from her face before she spoke. "Tomorrow morning." she whispered. The boy looked away from her. "I see…" he mumbled under his breath.
The pink-headed girl smiled and turned to face the raven haired boy as the wind ruffled their hair. "Don't forget to hug Lee-kun for me. He was crying when we left today. Kiba-kun had to pry him off my leg." she giggled.
"Okay..."
The two sat quietly beside each other for awhile. When she spoke up again, she moved closer to him. "I'm going to miss Konoha..." she murmured, pausing to have her green eyes question him. "But you know what, Sa-kun? I'm going to miss you the most." she explained to him with a cute smile.
"I..."
She paused to gaze at him. "Are you going to miss me?"
Though the boy said nothing, his expression spoke for itself as he turned away, hiding the pink tinting his cheeks. A smile that could light up the sky shone on the girl's face as the sun began to set.
"Oh I almost forgot…" the girl said absently as she untied the red ribbon from her pink hair and handed it to him. "I want you to have this."
The boy looked at her wildly. "But- that's your-"
She moved pink hair from her eyes and grinned. "I'm not giving it to you to keep, Sa-kun. I'm giving it to you to hold for me while I'm gone!" the grin faltered slightly. "So you don't forget me…"
Shyly, he wrapped his short arms around her. "I won't. I promise." he whispered. The grin on the tiny girl's face returned. "It's a promise! So don't you dare lose it- or else!"
Obsidian eyes met her bright jade ones while a small smile crossed his lips. "…Aah."
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He awoke suddenly; sweat beaded his forehead as the sunlight poured in from his window. A sigh left his mouth. 'That lie again…' he thought in annoyance.
The same dream had been plaguing him for over three months. He was beginning to think it was a different type of nightmare that had appeared simultaneously after believing he saw a pink haired woman down the halls of his high school, Kishimoto High, three months ago.
The shirtless, raven haired man denied any memory that could've been linked to the "nightmare". His eyes had to have played tricks on him; girls didn't have pink hair after all.
His subconscious had suddenly made an imaginary, pink haired girl to satisfy his loneliness as a child- nothing more than that.
Yet…
Somehow, he found himself dragging out a tiny black box hidden in a hole in the depths of his closet. Once the box was placed in his hand, he opened it slowly, carefully. Inside it held an old red ribbon; un-aged from time.
But by doing this, somewhere, in the deep crevices of his mind, something scolded him. Yet it didn't stop the man from pulling the ribbon out of its box and running his fingers over it. The soft scent of cherry blossoms filled his nostrils as he brought it up to his lips.
'If it's a lie then why, why…?-'
But a maid's voice came from behind his closed bedroom door; breaking him out of his composed, calm state.
"Sasuke-sama, breakfast is ready."
He didn't utter a word, and waited for her to sigh before her footsteps left his door. Bitterly, he looked at the ribbon one last time before putting it back in its box and back in its hiding spot.
'It's just a lie.'
After dressing quickly, buttoning his white school uniform that held the leaf crest on the breast pocket and putting on the matching black tie and pants, he put on some socks and went down the large hallway to brush his teeth.
When he emerged from the bathroom, he walked past the maid who held a plate in her hands. Without a glance he went to the door, grabbed his bag and dark, navy blue blazer.
"S-Sasuke-sama! Won't you have anything to eat?" asked the maid meekly.
Sasuke shot her a hostile glare. "Shizune, you know I don't eat in the morning."
Though her eyes showed deep pain she had gotten used to his hostile behavior. After all, she had been taking care of him ever since he was little.
"But-you'll get sick! Don't you want something to drink? Please, be reasonable, Sasuke-sama-"
"No." he shot back. Shizune lowered her head. "Would you like a ride to school at least?" she asked after an inaudible, defeated sigh left her lips. She wished that the raven haired Uchiha would open up to her just a little bit.
After being entrusted to him by his mother, sometimes she wished that he would look up to her as older sister or even a mother figure. But to no avail. The Uchiha was a cold, harsh, impassive 17 year old boy; growing more distant with each passing day.
"I'll walk." Sasuke answered as he walked towards the door and slipped on his shoes. "Very well, Sasuke-sama. Have a good day at school." she replied as she bowed to him.
Without another word he walked out the door.
Waiting for him outside, against the elegant Uchiha territory was a blonde haired boy. With a grin threatening to crack even the sun, he greeted him cheerily. "Mornin' teme!"
"Hn." Sasuke answered while walking right past him. But his cold attitude didn't shoot down the blonde's happy mood as he slung an arm around the man nonchalantly. "Hmm…total-ass attitude, messier-than-usual hair…you just woke up didn't you!"
No reply.
The blonde impossibly grinned even wider. "Sheesh how does Shizune-chan live with you? I bet you didn't even eat the breakfast she made you this morning- y'know teme you should just give me your breakfast! I mean…"
The cerulean eyed man's voice trailed off to Sasuke. Even if he did listen to his best friend's mindless rambles…most of the time, something in the pit of his stomach was telling him today would be tiring.
…more tiring than usual.
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"Foreheadddd! WAKE UP!" whined a blonde haired girl as leaped onto a pink haired girl's bed.
Hi, my name's Haruno Sakura, and I'm a 16 year old, pink haired girl who goes to Kishimoto Academy…
With a groan, the pinkette covered her head. "Go away, Ino." She grumbled irritably. Yet, her blue eyed friend shone as she grinned. "No can do! Today, I'm on a mission!"
...3 months ago- just in time for KA's 2nd semester- I moved back here (Konoha, Japan) from Okinawa with my father. You've probably heard of him, since he owns Haruno Corp in Osaka...
A viridian eye gazed at her lazily. "For what?" she asked. Ino frowned as she jerked her friend's wrist upward. With a yawn, the pinkette was forced to sit up.
...This, here, in my room and violating me on my bed, is no one other than my best friend since birth, Yamanaka Ino…
"Saks, is there a BRAIN anywhere in there?" Ino asked as she knocked on it. Sakura glared at her as she went on. "A mission to sit next to that cute guy in row three!"
...Conceited, obnoxious, annoying, and boy-obsessed. You'd think she was a whore or a stalker if you overheard some of the topics she brings up when she talks with me. But I know better- or maybe I've just gotten used to it…
"Oh, Righttt…"'How the hell do I know who sits in row three!' she thought wildly but a sly grin found her lips.
Ino grinned. "So you need to get dressed, or the seats next to Sai-kun will be gone!" she protested as she dragged Sakura out of bed.
Inwardly, Sakura groaned. Sai wasn't one of her favorite people.
Flashback
"Gomen na sai!" Sakura apologized as she ran into the pale, dark haired man. A handsome smile crossed his features as the two bent down to gather his books while pink painted her face "That's alright. Try to be more careful next time, ugly."
"U…" she began as the boy continued to smile and walked away.
"UGLYYYYY?"
End of Flashback
"Oh-kay…" Sakura replied with a "knowing" smile. But her eyebrow twitched in irritation at the thought of the memory when Ino grinned and walked out of the room. The gym locker room wall consequentially got itself a new hole after that certain rendezvous.
...I've seen everyone from my childhood; Lee (only he's a third year), Kiba, Shikamaru, Chouji, Shino and Hinata. Well...maybe not everybody…
"Sakura, I swear I'll shave you bald if you don't get in the damn shower now!" Ino shrieked from the next room a few minutes later. With a sigh, Sakura complied and climbed into the shower.
...I used to call him Sa-kun, and we were best of friends, until I moved. But that was 10 years ago. I don't even think he goes to KA let alone live in Konoha anymore!
It was going to be a long day.
...He can't be in Konoha…I would've seen him by now. I would've recognized him…
…right?
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As Sasuke and Naruto made their way through the sea of classmates, the blonde began to jabber to him aimlessly.
"I mean ramen never spoils but this tasted like-"he rambled, but his voice instantaneously was lost as he was thrown aside by a herd of fan girls with only one list of things to do in life:
1. get to Sasuke first.
2. Get a glare or, on good days a grunt of acknowledgment.
And 3. either touch or take a strand of his hair.
All before first period.
"Good Morning Sasuke-kun!" a girl with short brown hair exclaimed.
"Ohayo, Sasuke-kun! Did you do something with your hair this morning? It looks positively-"rambled a red headed one.
"Sasuke-kun I love-I-I mean good morning!" stammered a nervous blonde one.
"Hn." He answered plainly. Not paying them any mind as they squealed with delight. He had acknowledged them after all.
He thanked Kami when the warning bell for first period sounded the halls. Almost immediately, his peers cleared the halls and scrambled to their first class. Naruto, miraculously, fought his way through the group of fan girls who left Sasuke's side reluctantly.
With a grin, he spoke. "Dontcha just love that warning bell?" he asked before the two turned a corner and to their first class, English with Yuuhi Kurenai.
Naruto rambled to him as he leaned against the wall; arms crossed and eyes closed-at least until he overheard a conversation coming toward him.
"I'm telling you, Saks, Sai-kun smiled at me!" squealed a particularly high voice.
Sai...?
He heard a dismissive sigh. "That's great, Ino…"
"Sakura, what's with you?"
Suddenly, one of his obsidian eyes opened in interest. 'Sakura?' he mused before glancing in the direction of the conversation. But his eyes widened when the scent of cherry blossoms filled his nostrils.
'It can't be…' he thought becase for a split second and down the hall Sasuke saw a glimpse of pink…
…hair.
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Okay, so that was the "progloue" Did you guys like it?
Anyways, here's THE BIG NEWS!
Yesterday one of my readers, The Queen of Flying Monkeys, PMed me asking if I wanted to co-write with her. And as you all know, I co-wrote with my good friend Astrocam and conceived the now 70+ reviews (I have over 50 on my copy and she has 20+ on hers since she put it out 2nd) Mitara Wakaru Desho!
We're currently working out the plot (even though she already had it planned out XD), so expect something from us soon!
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