Forehead Girl

Chapter 1: A Blast From The Past

Sakura was walking down the corridor, she was on her way to the Hokage's office, when she heard a voice behind her.

"Hey, Forehead Girl."

Sakura was surprised at the name she was called. Only Ino called her that.

She turned around with a raised eyebrow to find a group of three girls stood there. She studied them for a second and realised who they were - they had bullied her as a child before she was friends with Ino. One was a brunette, the other was a blonde and the seemingly leader of the group had blue short hair.

Not quite wanting to reply to 'Forehead Girl', Sakura remained silent.

"You've definitely still got the head." The blue haired girl smirked and the girls behind her laughed.

Sakura crossed her arms. She was disappointed that after all this time, and with everything she had achieved, people from her past still hadn't changed their attitude towards her. She was not upset, or angry, her emotions settled on indifference. She did not even want to put in the effort to reply, as it would likely only entertain them further.

"Still a mute too?" The girl grinned. "Does Ino have to speak for you?"

"I can speak perfectly fine," Sakura replied evenly.

"Are you still perfectly fine at crying too?"

Sakura attempted to keep her cool. These girls were obviously just pretty civilians. There was no point gloating about her successes. She doubted they would understand or care.

There was a long silence.

"You know what?" The leader stepped forward. "You're such a lucky bitch, your teammates are so hot, you do not deserve them."

Sakura raised an eyebrow. It seemed at 19 years old, these girls were still chasing after boys that were too good for them.

"Are you kidding?" Naruto shouted.

Sakura looked around the girls, noticing her team walking towards them.

Naruto bounced passed them and grinned at her. "Sakura-chan is the hottest member of the team!"

She smiled at him.

"Agreed," Kakashi smiled, but walked passed them all. "We get more guys chasing us on missions after you than we get girls chasing after any of us."

"Even Sasuke," Sai added as he followed Kakashi.

The group of girls turned to see Sasuke walk past them. Sakura could see the love hearts grow in their eyes and mentally face-palmed.

Sasuke ignored them and smiled at her. "I'll see you later at the training grounds, Sakura."

Sakura smirked at that. Her team weren't blind, they saw the situation she was in. Sasuke was helping to big her up. They had a team training session later, nothing special, but it seemed like the girls were very jealous.

The Uchiha dragged Naruto away and the blond shouted, "Come talk to us in Granny's office, Sakura-chan!"

The girls, annoyed as their eye candy disappeared around the corner, glared at her again in some kind of attempt to be intimidating. But they could do nothing to make Sakura see them as a threat. They were all taller than her, but she didn't fear ninja that towered above her, let alone three lanky teenagers.

"Naruto's still a loud mouthed idiot then." The brunette smirked.

"He is," Sakura nodded, "But he's also the village hero-"

"He is hot," the blonde interrupted.

The blue haired girl frowned. "Yeah, he's just something else you don't deserve, Forehead Girl."

Sakura smiled and shook her head, fairly amused at the girls' comments... Their hate for her was based upon shallow judgement and jealousy it seemed. They didn't know her at all, and they certainly didn't know Naruto or her team.

"Hey, Sakura."

Sakura raised an eyebrow when Ino walked towards her, for once, the blonde didn't call her 'Forehead'... she most likely recognised who she was talking to.

"Hey, Ino," she replied with a smile.

Walking to her friend's side, the blonde raised an eyebrow at the girls stood opposite them. "What's up?"

"Nothing interesting." Sakura smiled before turning around and walking away, waving over her shoulder. "Tsunade-shishou needs to see me, then I've got a training session with the guys, come and join us in the office."

As Sakura rounded the corner, the leader of the girls snorted.

"Do you have a problem?" Ino frowned.

"Sakura still needs your protection huh?" The girl smirked.

Ino laughed. "Sakura does not need protection. She's the Hokage's apprentice, one of Konoha's highest ranked medics. She's renowned for her brains, strength and beauty."

"Beauty?" The blonde repeated sceptically.

"Yes... Forehead's quite the man killer. I happily take a few hotties off her hands when they chase her."

The blue haired girl snorted. "She's just lucky, her team must have carried her to where she is today."

Ino narrowed her eyes. "Sakura is one of the hardest workers you will ever find. Ask anyone, preferably not someone like you who knows nothing of the dangers or skills of the ninja world. She's also well-known for her quick temper and monster strength."

"Yet she didn't retaliate." The blonde of the group smiled. "What does that say about her apparent strength?"

"That she is not only more mature than you, but obviously sympathetic to your stupidity, because she could have made you cry in fear and pain. You all would have wet yourselves if she got mad," Ino replied blankly, wholly serious.

"Yeah I bet." The brunette laughed.

"I see why she walked away. If I was in her shoes I would have hit you, but Sakura's always been the more rational and kind one out of the two of us. There's no point trying to argue with you, you're all stuck up bitches who have failed to grow up. Maybe one day Sakura will save your life, then you'll see just how much better she is than you." Ino smirked before turning around and walking away.

The blue haired girl went to retaliate, but Ino shouted over her shoulder and stuck up a finger. "Hopefully we'll never have to talk to you again, see you later, jealous cows!"

The girls stood there, horrified.

When Ino entered the Hokage's office, Sakura was stood with her team.

"Hey, Forehead, you all right?" Ino questioned.

"Yes, Ino," Sakura smiled. "I'm fine."

"Don't listen to those girls."

"Believe me," Sakura laughed. "I don't."

"I thought people had grown up, did they call you Forehead Girl?" Ino asked.

"So did I," Sakura shrugged, "Yep."

"Only I'm allowed to call you that!" Ino frowned.

"...Did you say something to them?" Sakura raised an eyebrow.

"Maybe." The blonde smirked.

"Ino!" Sakura's eyes widened. "You know they're not worth it."

"I know, I know, but I only threatened them a little," Ino grinned and then added, "Through the use of you."

"What?"

"Do me a favour... If they ever bully you again, give them one of your scary stares."

Sakura narrowed her eyes in annoyance.

"Just like that!" Ino smiled. "Or physically hit them. I told them you could make them wet themselves."

Naruto laughed. "She so could."

"Who are we making wet themselves?" Tsunade cut into the conversation, raising a curious eyebrow.

"Nobody, Shishou." Sakura shook her head. "It's just girls being girls... A blast from the past."

"I will happily shout at and threaten these females," Tsunade replied.

"I want to take part in the revenge!" Naruto announced loudly.

"There shall be no revenge, no shouting, no peeing pants... They're just some pompous civilian girls who's opinions I couldn't care less about." Sakura frowned.

"I say we give them a stern talking to." Kakashi smiled.

"They're already jealous that you guys are on my team," Sakura smiled and shook her head, "That will do."

"They also seemed pretty pissed off." Ino smirked.

"Next time, Ino, just let me handle it."

Ino pouted. "But, Forehead, you take the high moral grounds and walk away like the better individual, you're so boring."

Sakura laughed. "Whatever, Pig."

It was true, Sakura didn't care about what these girls thought... She had grown up, she was a different person than when she was a child, she no longer had these insecurities that people could attack her for. She was a stronger individual and was still bettering herself every day. Bullies could say and do whatever they wanted to. She would just have to prove them all wrong.

Author Notes:

Did I go a little too far with Ino? Looking back at it, I don't think so, she called bullies flat-chested at like the age of six. I see her being very good at cat fighting. I had this ready to upload a couple of months ago, but then I went on holiday and wanted to get my Amnesia chapter up first.

I was originally going to use the three girls shown in the episode where Sakura was bullied in the flashbacks during the Sakura and Ino Chunin exam fight, but these girls are just loosely are based off them instead.

Chapter two... Here comes the revenge...

Thanks for reading!