This one's not going to be a one-shot! I don't own Naruto! Enjoy!

Chapter 1

"Stop it," Sakura growled under her breath. She had placed herself in front of the first year he had been ready to punch. She stood calmly, both arms limp by her side. Her gaze fixed firmly on him. The look of disgust was evident on both their expression.

"Get out of my way, un," Deidara drawled lazily, "I'm not afraid of hitting girls you know."

"Please, I'm not afraid of you hitting me." She scoffed and gestured to the bewildered boy standing awkwardly behind her, "why do you want to hit him? What did he do to you? You're too sensitive."

His fist flew at her face. Before he could make contact with her nose, she nimbly caught his fist in her hand and with her other she pushed his shoulder down while twisting his wrist in the most excruciating manner possible. He made a grab for her elbow and tried to yank her wrist away from his shoulder but it was useless. Kicking his legs hard, she stopped them from supporting his weight. He stumbled to his knees and soon, she had forced him to the ground. Again he reached out his free arm and tried to get a hold of her ankle but she was too fast for him. She stepped to her right swung her right leg across his back and used her body weight to prevent him from muscling his way up.

He ended up face flat on the ground. She was sitting on top of him, her feet firmly placed on either side of his shoulders. She twisted his arm behind his back mercilessly. Good thing she always wore shorts under her school skirt.

"Fuck! Get off me!" He was furious. No one had been able to catch him off guard like that. This girl had not only managed to tackle him to the ground, she was also causing him excruciating pain. He slapped the ground as he felt multiple spasms of pain shoot up his arm and tried to shake her off his back, she wouldn't budge an inch.

"Can't even fight, what a baby," Sakura taunted him and twisted his arm another few centimetres. She fought back a giggle as he began to struggle against her strong grip.

Curious groups of students had begun forming a circle around them. The first year had muttered a quick 'thank you' to Sakura before joining the students. Deidara could feel the tips of his ears burn in embarrassment. He was never going to live this down. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see students and friends laughing and shaking their heads at him in disappointment.

"All right, clear off! Sakura get off him at once!"

A string of profanities could be heard from both students before Sakura got off Deidara.

"Tsunade sama, I'm not trying to push the blame onto anyone here, but the guy with the ponytail was about to hit a kid. I was merely protecting the innocent." Sakura crossed her arms and announced loudly before the principal could say anything.

Tsunade rolled her eyes; these types of incidents were a normal occurrence at Konoha High. Not a week would pass without her having to break up a fight in the school parking lot, and more often than enough, the privacy of her office would be invaded by students serving detention.

"It wasn't even any of your business, un." Deidara shouted at Sakura before stalking off in the direction of the back of the school with his group of friends. The circle of students began to giggle and whisper excitedly, gossip about the fight already spreading like wildfire.

Tsunade glared at the students and waved them away. Sakura dusted herself and walked off to where her friends had been waiting.

Hinata, one of Sakura's closest friends nudged Sakura and asked, "Why do you care so much? You could've been hurt."

"Yeah, why is it always when some kid is going to get attacked you bother to get involved?" Ino, another friend added.

"I hate seeing innocent people hurt," Sakura replied with smile.

"Man, that was fucked up." Hidan laughed at Deidara as they made their way to the field at the back of the school.

"Shut up, un. She got lucky and caught me off guard that's all." Deidara mumbled. He was in no mood for teasing now. His ego had been wounded enough.

"Hn," Itachi was never a man of many words.

"Keep telling yourself that." Sasori snickered.

"Yeah, it's no big deal." Pein said sarcastically. "Her psychomotor skills are just way better than yours."

Deidara stopped walking and flopped down onto the grass. He closed his eyes in frustration. Images of the fight replayed behind his lids, enacting a shudder from him every now and then. Her name was Sakura; the principal had called her that. She was the last person he would ever expect the beat him in a fight. She didn't even look like she knew how to fight what with her pink hair and all!

"Never trust a pretty face, un," He sighed and placed his hands behind his head, "especially not hers."

"So you think she's pretty?" Sasori asked a smirk playing on his lips. "The one guy here who's sworn off girls forever thinks the only girl who attacked him and succeeded is pretty. That's pretty messed up."

"No," Deidara sniffed, "She's not pretty, un. Her forehead's too big, she shouldn't pin her fringe up like that. And her eye colour clashes with her hair, un. Green eyes and pink hair, really? I doubt that's even her natural hair colour, un. A freak of nature if you ask me."

"Hn, that's hurtful." Itachi sat himself down beside Deidara and pointed out. After much thought, he added, "I think my brother knows her."

"Like he fucking cares, 'tachi. That bitch nearly maimed both his ego and physical health." Hidan exclaimed in between guffaws.

"She better watch out, un. I'm not afraid of hitting girls remember." Deidara spat.

"Maybe she was right; you're too sensitive Dei-Dei." Sasori chuckled. The glare Deidara gave him in response was enough to burn holes in the sides of his head.

She had one good point though; she didn't scratch him or pull his hair like other girls when they got into a fight.

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