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"talking"
thoughts
inner thoughts
Chapter 16: The Truth is Always the Best Policy.
I soooo wanted to click on the post button…
I really wanted to click it.
But I couldn't.
He told me quietly to get out of his house after I told him that I would post that picture of him when he got pantsed on his fansite. I think he's seriously mad at me now…
Why did I do that?
I wanted payback right?
So why couldn't I click that button?
You're scared that he'll ignore you again.
…
Maybe my inner was right.
--
"Ino, do you think I should post that picture of him on his fansite?"
"Hmmm…Why do you want revenge anyway?"
I gulped, "Huh? No reason! Sooo…what do you think I should do?"
"Why are you asking me? I don't even know why you want to post that picture up…"
"I need someone to help me. Maybe I should just give him back the picture…"
"No! Sakura, you can't give in! You have to fight that guilt trip!"
"Didn't we already have a conversation just like this?"
"Who cares?! Sakura! That's what he wants! You can't give him what he wants!"
"Sooo…what do I do?"
"Let him give you what you want."
"Ohhhhh…I see…"
...
Wait…huh? I don't get it.
--
I was sitting in my room peacefully, trying to finish my assignment that I received from Kurenai-sensei. It was a group project. My group was (oddly enough) was Chouji, Hinata, and I. Everyone in the class are supposed to go two weeks without telling the truth and lie every second. It's supposed to teach us to help control our emotions so people won't tell if we were lying. If anyone could tell if the person is lying, then the person will automatically lose the bonus.
The group who succeeds this project will not have to take the next test.
And trust me…Kurenai-sensei's tests are hard!
Sooo…my assignment…well, I'm supposed to start with lying to my mom. It's difficult because my mom always happens to know when I'm lying and Chouji, Hinata, and I have to get this boost!
I suddenly hear a knock at the door and I hear the door open.
I was trying to get my mind focused on what I would lie to my mom about...maybe…
"Sakura!"
My mom yelled from downstairs.
I didn't feel like going down so I just sat on my bed and yelled back, "What?"
"Uhhh…You know what…Nevermind!"
What was that about?
Do you hear that? I think she's coming upstairs…
Why do you think she's coming up here for?
How am I supposed to know that?
I watched the doorknob turn and the door open.
Ohhh…crap…
Ahhhhhh!
I knew now that lying would be difficult to be successful at.
--
"W-What are y-you doing here?!" I panicked.
Oh yeah…my group is going to lose…
"Ino told me you wanted to see me."
That bitch!
Did I forget to mention that only one group will win? One group with all the other classes combined! Ino needs to win this! That traitor! That cheater!
"Sasuke…get out of my house."
"Don't go there, Sakura. I'm still mad about that picture. You wanted to see me so talk."
"I didn't—"
Hey! Careful! You can't tell the truth, remember?!
"—actually…you know what, Sasuke? I do need to talk to you…"
Damn this project…
"About what?"
"I'm sorry about the picture…"
He raised his eyebrow and didn't say anything.
"I'll give you the picture…"
"Why? Didn't you post it up yet?"
"Actually I didn—"
Lie!!
"I did…I'm sorry…though, I think you also getting fanboys now…"
"Sakura…"
"Don't worry Sasuke…the image got downloaded only 5,283,903,402 times. I wrote down the number to show you."
Sakura…that's the number of times you felt unnoticed…
I changed my mind…Lying is actually fun!
"Sakura…you've gone too far."
With that note, he left me sitting in my room by myself.
What is this feeling?
Guilt…
--
"Sakura!"
"What?!"
"Come down here!"
"Alright, Mom!"
I ran down the stairs after a few moments, just thinking how hard this 'lying project' will be. Sasuke left already an hour ago and I wonder where he went. I kinda felt bad…
"Sakura, your teacher Kakashi came to the house just now to give you this letter."
She handed me the letter. I took it from her and was about to open it until—
"He told me to tell you not to open it until you're alone…"
I could tell she was worried but instead I ran back upstairs because I was just really curious about what the letter was about.
I entered my room and sat gently on my bed. I breathed in calmly, trying to ease the tension.
Slowly, I opened the letter.
Sakura,
Lady Tsunade has a letter for you.
Kakashi-Sensei
That was completely useless...
Yeah! Why the hell did he want you to read it in private?!
I have to admit...This was getting interesting...
All of a sudden, a kunai came flying through my window and caused it to be broken into pieces.
I screamed but only because I was scared.
What is going on...?
Attached to it, the kunai was holding a small little letter.
I took it and opened that letter.
Sakura,
I know it's the weekends but something important came up. Report back to the training hall after you receive this.
Tsunade
What?! Way to ruin my weekend, Tsunade-sama...
Problem #1: The Lying Project and Problem # 2: Tsunade-sama...
--
I told my mom that I would be back before dark because I knew that Tsunade would take forever with whatever she needed me for.
What if we failed the lying project?! Sakura! We need to pass this class!
Shut up! Calm down! We have to pass!
On my way toward the training hall, I bumped into someone I soon felt guilty about.
I gasped, "Sasuke?!"
He didn't even look at me and he didn't help me up after I fell to the ground.
"What?"
"I'm so-"
Lying project...
I'm sorry...
Was this project that important?
"Sasuke, did you get a letter from Tsunade?"
He finally looked at me, a bit taken back (a bit), "You got one too?"
I shook my head because I had to keep reminding myself that I was lying.
--
"Sakura-chan! Sakura-chan!"
"What?"
"I got an envelope from Pervy Sage! A tree came crashing through my door! Now! I need to buy a new door since it's now fixed into pieces!"
What...?
You know that Naruto's in Ino's class right? He has to lie too. So here's the translation: 'I got a letter from Grandma Tsunade! A kunai came crashing through my window! Now! I need to buy a new window since it's now broken into pieces!' There...happy?
What class is Sasuke in?
"Dobe...what are you talking about?"
"Let's go! We have to be late!"
--
Hehe...some people have the weirdest conversations...
As everyone waited for Tsunade, we talked in our 'lying' conversations.
One random boy was talking to another guy. "Hey...did you eat about the mail?"
"Yes...? I didn't get one...I talked it wasn't important..."
Then I heard Naruto talking, "Hinata-chan! Do you not want to get ramen?"
"No."
"What?! No?!"
"Yes, Naruto-kun."
"So yes?"
"No..."
"No?"
I was starting to get annoyed. First of all...It's kind of confusing when people were trying to lie...And second of all...Naruto didn't get any of it... "Naruto..."
"No, Sakura-chan?"
Ok...he sort of lied?
"Keep talking!"
Translation: Shut up!
"Ohhh...I get it!" he turned back to Hinata, "So do you not want to leave?"
Hinata and I sighed.
--
Everyone was conversating within their groups until Tsunade then comes into the training hall and her loud voice booms throughout the room.
"Thank you all for coming! I appreciate it if you all would stop lying now!"
I suddenly got the clue. This was a trick. Kurenai-sensei must have set this up to happen. I remember now the instructions she gave us before we left the classroom that day. She said that 'whatever you do, don't stop lying until I say so.'
"Yay! Did you hear that Hinata-chan?! No more lying! Woo! Now I can ask you if you would come with me to go get ramen!"
What an idiot...
"Naruto!" Ino screamed. Practically louder than Tsunade's voice when she entered the room.
I laughed because I remembered that Naruto was in Ino's group...
Victory!
She yelled again, "You ruin everything, you idiot! We needed that bonus!"
"Wait...there was a bonus?"
I think...Naruto was the only one who didn't get the hint that this was important and that this was a trick...
--
After Ino, Naruto and Shino (who was unfortunately in the group) were disqualified, everyone was sent back to their classroom...the classrooms that they had their lying class in...
This is crap...
We sat in our groups and prepared to be tested.
Wait a minute...it hasn't even been two weeks yet...what's going on?
What if Kurenai lied about this whole project...?
Oh...My...God...
There was no teacher in the room at the moment and it was dead silent. I looked at both Chouji and Hinata and they seemed surprisingly calm.
Do you think they noticed too?
It looks like it...
To increase the suspense even more, the door opened, revealing Kurenai herself.
She walked over to her desk and sat down. She stared down every one of us with her crimson red eyes that reminded me so much of Sasuke.
I think my heart broke into pieces when she called my name as I was just thinking about the number of ways to say sorry to him about the whole 'prank thing'.
"Haruno Sakura..." she kept staring at me. "I want you to go to Lady Tsunade's office and wait there."
I gulped. What now?
--
I felt like I was on death road, walking toward Tsunade-sama's office. This was bad...maybe she read my thoughts? Maybe she heard what I was thinking? Maybe she read that I was thinking about the truth?
'Lie even in your thoughts because people can read them, no matter what.' She told us that and I forgot.
Damn...
I arrived at Tsunade's door and slowly turned the knob. I crept into the room and saw Hinata sitting in her desk.
"Hinata...what are you doing here?"
"I don't know? Right after you left Kurenai-sensei told me to come here. I don't know why..."
"Me too..." I almost jumped as I heard a new (unexpected) voice in the room.
"Sasuke...?"
"Orochimaru-sensei told me to come here."
"Why...?"
"I can't say. The Truth Report."
I forgot that Sasuke had this project too...wait...who else is in his group?
"Hey Sakura-chan!"
Tenten...Oh crap...
--
"I'm glad that you all came." Kurenai sat in Tsunade's chair as she calmly tapped the desk with her nails.
"Why are we here?" I asked.
"You are all here because you four are finalists."
"What?!" we were all surprised.
Tenten added, "Kurenai-sensei...it hasn't even been a week..."
"So you noticed. I lied about that. Everyone was supposed to expected that when they first arrived at the hall. I won't deduct any points if you lie here-"
That's a lie.
"-so speak up now or forever hold your piece."
No one spoke.
"Good...see that's why you are all finalists."
Hinata spoke softly, "With all do respect, Kurenai-sensei...but there are more people who should be finalists."
"I know but you four are the first group to pass."
Tenten disagreed but still knew that she needed to lie, "Kurenai-sensei! We are all in the same class!"
"I know..."
We were all still confused...
As if on queue, Naruto came busting through the door, screaming, "Kurenai-sensei, I found the document you wanted! You know! The one about how the whole project was a lie and everyone really doesn't have to take a test at all!"
Ha.Naruto.Ha.Wait.What.Did.He.Just.Say?
"NARUTO!"
Naruto sweatdropped as he realized that we were standing right there.
"I TOLD YOU TO GET THE DOCUMENT FOR ME! NOT READ IT AND SAY IT OUT LOUD!"
"Oh..."
Kurenai doesn't yell like that...
"Tsunade-sama?"
"Naruto! Come here!"
Sooo...let me get this straight...Kurenai was really Tsunade, and this whole project was a fake, and I stressed out about it for nothing, but I still don't get the whole purpose of this all happening...
"Tsunade-sama?"
"What?!" she stopped chasing Naruto and looked at me. She was back to herself and not Kurenai.
"What was the whole purpose of this?"
"It was to teach you what to expect about lying. You never know whether the person in front of you is lying or simply telling you the truth. You need to read their minds or something like that..."
"Where's Kurenai?"
"Oh...She's sick with the flu...That was me the whole time and she gave me instructions about her class and all that. She told me about this project and how to unveil everything but thanks to Naruto...it wasn't supposed to end this way. I told Naruto to get the document because...well...he was the only person available at the moment..."
"So the project is over?" Sasuke asked.
She sighed, "Yes...I hope you guys learned something out of this experience..."
"What a waste of my-"
"So I don't get a detention?"
"Naruto!"
And the chase was off. I closed my eyes and tried to ignore the noise...What a project this was? Tsunade chased Naruto around her table and around us. But NARUTO had to just physically push me so hard to escape Tsunade's wrath and I ended up bumping into Sasuke.
And like every classic, retarded, sappy, love story someone always has to bump into the girl and the girl bumps into the boy and in the end guess what happens?
They accidentally kiss.
Oh...my...God...
We both fell to the ground with him on top of me (stupid love stories) and his lips landed on mine (obviously).
Sasuke-lips-tongue-mouth-onto-mine...what's happening? This feeling I've never had before...
You know...I guess I'm starting to like classic, retarded, sappy, love stories...
His lips parted from mine after a few minutes and we just stared at each other. He wrapped his arms around me as if he didn't want to let me go and I followed his movements by wrapping my arms around his neck.
I know my ears picked up whistling (coming from Naruto) and some random camera flashes (coming from Tenten) but my mind was too busy working, trying to comprehend what had happened.
Of all those years...what have I been missing out? Being unnoticed, ignored, and not willingly to talk to him? Lying to him about my feelings? I wonder if he ever lied about his too?
But as he kissed me again (this time more passionately than before), not caring about the other people in the room, it felt like he was finally telling me the truth.
Maybe this project did teach me something...
The truth is always the best policy.
So this was just a crack at some fluff. I freakin' suck at writing fluff but it was worth a try and I hoped you guys at least smiled that it happened. Once again, I sincerely apologize about the late update! I hope this chapter made it up to you guys! I hope everyone enjoyed it and I will seriously try to update earlier!
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