Chapter 18

The End Yet the Beginning

"I'm so sorry!" Shizune repeated as she continuously bowed her head to Deidara.

Sakura smiled nervously, "It's okay Vice Principle, you didn't know. We forgive you..." She nudged Deidara lightly with her elbow, "Right Deidara?"

He stroked an invisible beard on his chin and regarded Shizune seriously, "I don't know...Get on your knees and bark, and then I might forgive you, yeah..."

He bit his tongue hard to stop the yelp from escaping his throat as Sakura's fist connected with his gut, and her hand grabbed his ear and dragged him out.

When they were outside the room and the door had shut behind them, she turned to look him in the one eye that wasn't bandaged, "What the hell was that for!? When someone apologizes like that you don't tell them to do something like that!"

He groaned in pain as he gently rubbed the area she had hit him. The stern look turned to worry as she immediately felt guilty and walked forward to touch his stomach lightly.

"I-I'm sorry...I forgot...I didn't mean-" He snickered and made her let out a gasp as he hugged her. She blinked as it dawned on her, "I hadn't really hurt you had I!" She accused, lifting her head to glare. He grinned and kissed the tip of her nose.

She blushed and looked away, "I'm still angry..." She muttered, but smiled nonetheless.

"As much as I love to see you two being all lovey, is it really okay to do it where people can see?" A bored drawl asked.

Sakura pulled away to face the familiar person, "Oh...Sasori..."

Deidara visibly tensed and narrowed his eyes.

"Look Sasori...," Sakura started only to stop when he raised his hand to silence her.

"No need to make yourself uncomfortable...I already knew what your answer would be at the beginning..." He patted the top of her head and smiled slightly. He paused and frowned curiously after a moment, "Why are you crying?"

She quickly raised her arm to rub her eyes, "I'm not crying!"

He sighed and held out his arms to let her hug him. She quickly agreed to the invitation and held him tightly, "Will I still get to see you?"

"Of course, I am your friend after all...I won't just leave you...," He sighed and looked up, "Now will you let go before stupid over there runs out of patience and chokes me?"

Sakura smiled and pulled back, "Thanks Sasori..."

Startling both Sasori and Deidara she stood on her toes and kissed his cheek before pulling back to turn and grab Deidara's hand, "C'mon, let's go Deidara, we're going to be late for class!"

Sasori watched them run down the hallway, his hand placed gently on his cheek.

The days passed by and eventually next week arrived and Graduation Day. Sakura sat in the front row, clutching her seat with her hands as Deidara stood in front of the stand, ready to give his speech. That's right, someone had been stupid enough to make Deidara in charge of the senior speech!

It didn't help when Sakura glanced to the side to see Kisame snickering and giving Deidara a thumbs up in the line of seniors waiting to get their diplomas. She gulped, hoping to GOD Deidara didn't do something to ruin this entire thing.

She glanced past Kisame to Sasori who tried giving her a reassuring smile to calm her down.

Deidara cleared his throat, "We are gathered here today to celebrate and remember the boys and girls now about to become men and women. This year was full of surprises both pleasant and bad.

Smiles and frowns.

Laughs and cries.

All to prepare us for what lies ahead of us in the future. For those of you out there who are smiling I smile back for I know you are looking forward to our growing up.

For those of you crying I cry with you for I know you are just hoping that we'll be able to take care of ourselves and are hoping for the best, yeah. The year I have spent here has been a year I will never forget for as long as I live.

I made new friends...," He looked towards Ino, Hinata, Kiba, and Shikamaru.

"I made enemies..." He looked up at the ceiling and frowned slightly, everyone already knowing who he was most likely thinking about.

He looked back out to the crowd and then smiled, "I fell in love with the most wonderful girl..." Sakura blushed darkly and coughed.

"And I became a new and better person. There is one person I know that I should thank for all of this...and that person is Sasuke."

Everyone looked at him bewildered and whispered among themselves confused as to what was going on.

Deidara continued, ignoring them, "So that is why I spent this last week making a sculpture I hope will be remembered by all for years to come. " With that, the curtains behind him opened to reveal a large marble sculpture of Sasuke, naked, holding a sign in his hand that said, 'I'm a douche with a small dick'.

Shizune and Tsunade along with everyone else in the room and Sakura gaped. Tsunade clenched her fists,"DEIDARA!"

"Now that is all, yeah!" He shouted into the microphone before running down the steps and out the door, his robe billowing out behind him at the speed.

After everyone had been calmed down, and the names had been checked to the last, Sakura ran home and waited in her room, arms crossed, and a large frown on her face. She didn't care if he was going to be leaving the next morning, she was seriously pissed.

I swear, if he isn't here in the next 5 minutes I'm going to-

"You're going to what, yeah?" A voice chuckled. Sakura turned her head as he hopped through the window and shut it behind him. He turned with a smirk on his face, "Still so easy to read twerp, yeah."

"HOW COULD YOU HAVE-," She stopped herself from shouting, remembering that her mom was fast asleep down the hall, and whispered instead. "How could you have done something like that on such an important day!"

He sat crossed legged in front of her, "I had always promised myself that I would leave graduation with a bang, yeah." He laughed.

"You're the most irritating-!" She sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose.

He pouted, "I'm sowwy Sakuwa I'll be good I swear, yeah!" She looked at him with a frown and then sighed, before smiling slightly.

"You better...Or I swear I'll kick your ass."

He smirked and raised an eyebrow, "Oh really now...Would you be able to kick my ass if I did...this!?" He reached forward and tickled her sides making her instantly start to giggle.

"S-Stop! M-My mom is a-asleep! HAHA!" She fell back onto the bed as he hovered over her and continued to tickle her.

"What's the magic word, yeah?"

"P-Please!" She choked out between laughs. He stopped, and dropped his hands to the side of her head and laughed quietly.

After a moment and their laughter had subsided the smile on Sakura's face slowly disappeared, "Don't do anything stupid while you're away at college..." She muttered.

He smiled softly, "I won't, yeah."

"Try to make good friends..."

"I will, yeah."

"And don't...," She turned her face to the side to look at the wall, "And don't find some other pretty girl to be with..."

He blinked, surprised, and then chuckled, "I don't think that'll be possible, yeah." He leaned down and placed his lips gently on hers, and then pulled back to sigh when she bit her lip and started to cry. He leaned back to sit, and pulled her forward so as to hug her.

"I-I'll miss you..."

"I know, yeah..."

"I-I love you.."

"I love you too, yeah..."

The next morning Sakura and Deidara hurried through the crowds of people to reach the plane. "I can't believe we woke up so late!" Sakura shouted as they continued to hurry. Once they passed the gate, Sakura gasped when she saw the people in his flight boarding.

"Hurry, hurry!" She shouted, shoving him forward. He paused making her run forward to push him forward again, "What are you waiting for!? You're going to miss-"

He turned around suddenly, wrapped his arms around her waist, and kissed her deeply and passionately.

He worked his tongue onto hers to distract her from noticing the object he placed in her pocket, before he pulled back and ran through the door just as the last passenger boarded.

She stood there speechless and breathless from the kiss they had just shared, before she ran to the window to watch the plane drive out, speed up, and take off.

She slumped onto the nearest seat and dug her nails into her knees to try to stop herself from crying again.

He's gone...I won't get to see him until another year..., she thought, realizing how the situation was. She stood up and choked back a sob, dropping her arms to her sides only then to feel the hard object in her pocket.

She dug her hand in and pulled out an object that made the tears immediately fall.

In her hand was the small sculpture of herself she had walked on Deidara making the day she had confessed to him. Tied to the head of the sculpture was a piece of paper which she quickly scrambled to unfold.

Once it was unfolded and she had smoothed the creases out of it she read it.

She blinked, and then read it again.

And again.

And again, before she laughed and rubbed the tears away, "Of course you idiot..." She whispered to herself as she walked down the airport placing the sculpture back into her pocket along with the message that read:

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Sakura, will you marry me?

-Deidara

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The End

Me: (bursts out crying)

Kisame: This is the end!?

Me: The end! The finish! The completedness!

Kisame: Finally I can go home...

Me: That's all you have to say!?

Kisame: No...I also wanted to tell you that you'll be killed for the FINISHING the STORY with a CLIFFHANGER that will NEVER be gotten RIDDEN OF.

Me: o.o

Kisame: So yeah.

Me: B-But...Now they get to look forward to the TWO new chapter stories that'll be coming out!

Kisame: (blinks) T-Two...?

Me: Yeah! A Crazy Case Called Love and I Hate My Big Sister reached a tie! So...I'll be doing them both!

Kisame: Oh god...

Me: But before that, I would like to say something to one person whose name I will not say... Please do not criticize work that the author doesn't WANT criticized! Thank you... -.-

Kisame: You don't like constructive criticism?

Me: I do, but I don't WANT it!

Kisame: Oh...Okay...Well...So Deidara proposed in a note?

Me: Yup!

Kisame: Wuss...

Me: I think it's romantic!

Kisame: I think he's a wuss...

Me: Shut up! Now...Please Read and Review, for this is the end! :D

Kisame: Now I can finally go home...(walks out of story)