Sing a song

Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto

A/N: After reading sooo many fanfics of Sakura x Sasuke… It has inspired me to write one of my own… soo Please enjoy!

Chapter 1 Sakura’s song

The bar was the kind of place he had always visited. Located underneath a bakery the fresh smell of bread always-helped cover up the smell of booze and cheap cigarettes. It was like that in Konoha these days. Things stacked up so much on top of each other. Soon the stores on the street wouldn’t even be used anymore. It was a small bar, in the wrong part of town to draw anyone with real money.

Uchiha Sasuke walked down the stairs into that bar that night expecting just another night of drinking. Another night of drowning his depression in booze. It was Thursday the night he usually went out with Ino and Hyoga. But tonight the two of them were out of town, on a lover’s vacation. Amazing how much better those two got a long when they had finally admitted their feelings.

He ordered the usual from the bar keep taking a seat at the back table where usually no one bothered him. The waitress brought his Screwdriver over giving him a wink and a smile before she returned to the bar. All the girls in Konohagkure loved Sasuke, young, old you name it! I guess you could call them fan girls… The table was rickety, nicked up wood. The chair hard, but it was easy to lean against the wall and prop his feet up in the table. It was from that position he could see the whole bar including the door leading in from the stairs.

Sasuke realized tonight was something they called open mic night. A sort of karaoke type arrangement. People could come sing their own songs, hoping to get noticed. Sasuke snickered figuring no star was coming out of the bar anytime soon. Or perhaps they just came to be heard. He knew what that was like, just wanting people to notice you. He had never been here on Thursday before and figured it would be good for some entertainment.

His eyes widened as the first person too the stage. A cute little brunette number was singing some song about a lot dog. He watched in interest cringing when she hit the wrong notes. She was bad, good looking but her voice was that of a dog. Sasuke had finished one Screwdriver by the time she was done and had already ordered another. The waitress brought it over not bothering to wink this time, since his eyes were glued to the stage.

A hot familiar pink haired woman was walking up the short stairs up to the stage her shoulders hunched over a little like she was scared. He had been taught to notice the little things when he was a Jounin. She was wearing a tight red dress that stopped just above her knees. It hung to her curves in all right places. She sat slowly down on the small wooden stool in front of the mic. She planted the crook of one of her high-heeled shoes on the bar of the stool. The red pump leading up to her well toned flawless legs. Sasuke’s eyes travelled up her body along the expanse of bosom the red dress revealed up her face, which was framed by cascading pink hair. His mouth dropped open, Haruno Sakura. The one person he never thought he would see again. Her glossy raspberry painted lips centimetres from the microphone she began to sing. He was even more surprised at her voice.

(Whenever sang my songs
On the stage, on my own
Whenever said my words
Wishing they would be heard
I saw you smiling at me
Was it real or just my fantasy
You'd always be there in the corner
Of this tiny little bar.)

He couldn’t forget the last time he had seen her. It was eight years ago, at that time had been a year since Sasuke’s cursed seal has been removed. Sasuke had swallowed his own pride and gone back to being a ninja. It was something that took a year of convincing to do. It didn’t matter that he was a defeated man. It didn’t matter the Cursed seal had controlled him. It didn’t matter that he didn’t remember a thing that happened in those few months. All he knew then was that he had betrayed them all. To them it didn’t matter. They drug him in front of a council of Hokage. He remembered like it was yesterday. Seeing all the evidence of his crimes. All Sasuke wanted was to be a Jounin again. They found him not guilty of his crimes. He was pardoned. But then came the worst part of the punishment. He was to leave the Academy behind. The only home he had ever known he was never to set foot in again. Haruno Sakura had sat on that council of Hokage.

(My last night here for you
Same old songs, just once more
My last night here with you?
Maybe yes, maybe no
I kind of liked it your, your way
How you shyly placed your eyes on me
Oh, did you ever know?
That I had mine on you.)

Her voice cut through his thoughts. So sad, so longing. What did the words of her song mean? Why was she here? Why wasn’t she back in her Academy living her perfect little life? Why weren’t the others here to see her sing? Her Jade eyes held a sadness that he remembered from the trial. She had sat across from him hand folded primly in front of her. Looking calm, cool, collected and perfect. But when his eyes met her he saw pain lingering deeply there. Pain that no one else could see. Why was she hurting so much? What went wrong? She looked like and angel up there in her red dress. Why was she alone?

He had tried to talk to her after the trial. But when he had showed up at her office the secretary told him that she was unavailable. Back then he didn’t even realize why he had wanted to talk to her anyway. Now he knew it was because he wanted to say he was sorry. She was the only one that mattered if she forgave him. No one else did. Not Naruto or Kakashi. It only mattered if Sakura forgave him for the wrongs he had committed. He had never gotten to say he was sorry.

(Darling, so there you are
With that look on your face
As if you're never hurt
As if you're never down
Shall I be the one for you
Who pinches you softly but sure
If frown is shown then
I will know that you are no dreamer.)

Her singing voice was so beautiful. Soft husky, sexy. Sasuke had always known she was an attractive woman. He had longed for her for many years. Never achieving it. Always fighting against Naruto to get her attention. That’s all he wanted was attention from his pretty pink haired teacher. All he ever got was biting comebacks and puberty boy flaunted in his face. Rejected from Jounin his life had become meaningless until perhaps this moment. This moment where he thought he might have a chance to say he was sorry.

(So let me come to you
Close as I wanted to be
Close enough for me
To feel your heart beating fast
And stay there as I whisper
How I loved your peaceful eyes on me
Did you ever know
That I had mine on you.)

(Darling, so share with me
Your love if you have enough
Your tears if you're holding back
Or pain if that's what it is
How can I let you know
I'm more than the dress and the voice
Just reach me out then
You will know that you're not dreaming.)

She finished her song, tears welling in her eyes. Something was seriously wrong with his former team mate. Maybe if Sasuke was lucky he could find out what it was. Would she talk to him now? A eight years since their last dreadful meeting. A year since they had looking into each other’s eyes. Would she notice him now? He prayed that should would. How to approach her? She stepped off the stage sitting down at a table in front her back to him. Everyone in the join applauded for her. Sasuke grinned and started to stand up to go wit with her. The waitress hopped up on stage grinning ear to ear.

“And now a special treat for all you ladies and gentlemen out there! One of our regulars has volunteered to shock us all with his wonderful voice. Everyone give it up for Uchiha Sasuke.” The waitress said applauding.

Sakura turned and looked at him her eyes wide. Sasuke groaned and shook her head. He couldn’t make a fool of himself in front of Sakura. He walked slowly up to the stage glaring at the waitress who was still grinning broadly. He stood next to her looking out into the crowd from the stage.

“Shoulda tipped better, big boy,” Susie whispered to him smacking him on the butt as he she walked by. He looked down into Sakura eyes seeing laughter lying there. He gritted his teeth into a smile.

He couldn’t believe this was happening.

A/N: End of chapter one! Well as you can tell… Sakura and Sasuke meet once again. Hehe I can be a real evil author sometimes… I’M MAKING SASUKE SING IN CHAPTER 2! Hehe how evil! BTW The song that is sung by Sakura is “Eyes on me” from final fantasy 8… Yeah I will be using Final fantasy songs for a while now… plz leave a comment… if I need anything to improve on… just tell me!