A/N: Hope you enjoy! And I promise it'll get better!
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Italics like this mean its thoughts in a characters head
A New Life
Ch. 1 The Move
Sakura slowly got out of her father's car and took a moment to stretch. She put down her arms and looked at the new house in front of her. Sakura and her father moved here in the middle of April due to her father's job. To her father it was oddly ironic; they used to live in the next town from here before her mother died. Sakura sighed as her long pink hair blew in the wind, she hated moving. There was only about two months before her junior year of high school was over but her father's boss said they couldn't wait. Now she was going to have to enter a new high school and start all over, not that she would tell her father that. She was all he had. She gazed at her new home as the moving trucks pulled up behind them. The new home was a beautiful two-story cream colored brick house. The shutters were a pale chocolate color to compliment the roof, and an assortment of colorful flowers had already been planted in front. Her father promised her they would have a beautiful home when he delivered the shock to her that they were moving. She bit her lip as she walked up to the house and opened the burgundy colored door. She gave a sad glance as she looked at the empty house, what was she expecting, the furniture wasn't brought in yet.
She turned as her father put a hand on her shoulder, "Isn't it nice?" Sakura plastered a fake smile on her face, "Yeah, it looks good." Sakura's father's jade eyes gleamed at her response, "Well go pick out whatever room you want for your bedroom." Sakura nodded with a smile and started to ponder through the house, the house wasn't a mansion or anything but it was for decently sized family. There was a beautiful kitchen connected to the dining room with humongous windows. There were two bathrooms excluding showers downstairs along with four large rooms. She quietly walked up the detailed stair case. There were two other fully completed bathrooms and five bedrooms. She walked into the one farthest back into the house and stared out the glorious window. She opened the window letting the spring breeze into the room. She had another flower garden in the backyard next to the patio, but what she loved the most was the large cherry blossom tree in the corner of their yard. She inhaled slowly taking in every scent of the flowers and cherry blossom tree. It was relaxing; she looked out behind her yard to see a large park a few miles back with a sparking lake.
Her father tapped on her door, "Is this the one you want?" Sakura turned as the breeze made her hair flow, "Yeah, I like this one." Sakura's smile was slightly genuine. Sakura's father ran a hand through his jet black hair, "Well I'm down the hall whenever you need me. It's good that one of the bathrooms in connected to your room." Sakura looked to where his gaze was directed; one of the bathrooms had two doors. One was connected to the hall and the other to her room. Sakura nodded recalling that it was pretty spacious. She looked at the window again, "Hey Dad, do you mind if I go down to that park over there?" Her father looked out the window, "Yeah of course, you can take the car while I tell the movers where to put stuff." Sakura smiled as her dad handed her the keys and she glided down the stairs. She got into the silver Toyota Camry 2010 that was received from her father's job and used the GPS to navigate her way from the house to the nearby park. She gazed at a few of the different houses as she drove around. She smiled whenever she saw small children playing with their friends in the yard. It was 4:00 pm so everybody should be out of school. She found the park and pulled in parking space.
She took a deep breath and remembered to put her pink cell phone in the pocket of her jeans. She was wearing a button up red top with a small white design that showed off her curves and white sandals with the jeans. She clutched the keys in her hand as she got out of the car and walked into the park. She walked down the sidewalk observing her surroundings. Children were playing on swings and playground as their parents sat on benches talking to each other or reading. Teenage boys were playing football or other sports on the grassy fields and teen girls were giggling with best friends. She sighed as a few best friends walked past her, she missed home. She shook her head. I don't need to be thinking that Sakura slipped her keys in her other pocket as she noticed a section of the park covered in cherry blossom trees. She walked towards them in awe; they were freshly bloomed and filled the air with their beautiful scent. She sat down on an empty bench under the trees and leaned her head back. She closed her eyes taking in the scent and feeling the breeze caress her skin. If she lived so close to something like this then maybe it wasn't quite so bad.
She stopped her breathing as she heard footsteps stop in front of her. She opened her jade eyes to see a boy around her age staring down at her with and eager look. She lifted her head up properly and watched him closely. The boy leaned down and placed a hand on the bench beside her head giving her direct eye contact, "You're awfully cute, how come I haven't seen you before?" Sakura gave him a calm glare, "Would you mind giving me my personal space back?" Sakura noticed a sick hunger swirl in the boy's eyes, "Come on, don't play so hard to get." Sakura glared at him harder, "I have no interest in you so would you mind backing off please?" Her voice was becoming hard. The boy gave an obnoxious chuckle, "I can make you have interest in me." The teenage boy leaned down to kiss her but before he got the chance Sakura plummeted her fist in his stomach. He gripped his stomach in pain and backed away breathing heavily. Sakura's punch had caused a lot of attention, "I told you I have no interest in you want with me." Sakura got up and turned to go back to her car but the boy grabbed her arm tightly in fury, "You bitch!" Sakura winced as his grip became painfully tight. The furious boy grabbed her other arm tightly and pulled her closer to him, "You little bitch! How dare you touch me like that!" Sakura tried to squirm out of his hands since the grip on her arms were too tight for her to punch him again. The boy raised one of his hands preparing to slap her as hard as he could. Sakura shut her eyes blocking her face.
"I don't think that's the proper way to treat a girl." Sakura opened her eyes to see a dark haired boy her age holding her attackers hand so she couldn't be hit. The blonde friend walked up and gripped her attackers other hand that was crushing her arm, "Let her go." Her furious attacker let go of her to make the two other boys let go. The moment they let go he quickly pushed Sakura in anger and turned to leave. Sakura grunted as she fell hard to the ground on her back slamming her head. The blonde boy growled, "You ass!" the blonde teen punched her attackers face hard as she pushed herself up from the ground and held her head in pain. The dark haired boy leaned down to her and spoke in a cool voice, "Are you okay?" Sakura looked at his dark onyx eyes and removed her hand from her head, "I'm fine." The blonde finally let her attacker leave after a good beating. Sakura stood up and staggered as pain shot through her head again. The dark haired boy held her arm to keep her steady, "We should take you to the doctor." Sakura shook her head and stood up straight letting him put down his arm, "No I'm fine, but thanks for your help." The blonde walked up to her, "Are you sure you're okay?" Sakura nodded and gave a genuine smile, "Yeah I'm sure." The blonde smiled back at her, "Alright, hey I don't think I've seen you around. What's your name?" "Sakura Haruno" The blonde smiled, "Nice to meet you Sakura-chan, I'm Naruto Uzumaki and the teme next to you is Sasuke Uchiha." Sasuke sighed waiting for some big reaction to her hearing the name Uchiha. "It's nice to meet you too. Thanks for the help but I'm gonna head home." Sasuke blinked in surprise, she didn't react to his name. Naruto waved at Sakura as she started to walk away, "Bye Sakura, and hey if you ever need us again just ask!" Sakura smiled happily and waved back and headed for her car.
Naruto smiled and slapped Sasuke's back, "Hey what's with your surprised face?" Sasuke slapped the back of Naruto's head, "Nothing, let's go dobe."
_back at Sakura's house_
Sakura pulled into the driveway noticing the moving vans were gone. She dug through the car and grabbed two pain pills and drank them with water. Her head hurt like hell but she didn't want to trouble Naruto and Sasuke anymore since they already helped her enough. She turned the car off and walked through the front door of her new home. She saw piles of boxes and furniture still stuck down stairs. Her father popped out of the kitchen, "Hey Sakura I had the movers put all our stuff in our rooms. They're going to come back tomorrow to help out more while you're at school. Sakura's mind screamed at the word school. She was going to have to go to her new school tomorrow and be forced to start all over. Sakura's father looked at her suspiciously, "Did something happen you seem…more exhausted than earlier." Sakura shook her head nervously, "No I'm fine." Her father looked at her for a moment, "Alright if you say so, you're new school uniform is in your room and dinner will be ready soon. Sakura nodded and ran up stairs. She shut her bedroom door behind her and looked at all her belonging in boxes piled on her bed and floors. She sighed as she looked at the school uniform, it was a white collared shirt with a dark grey skirt and red tie. There was also a long sleeves version of the shirt and a matching dark grey jacket for winter.
She opened her closet and hung the uniform in there and tried to find the box that held her beds sheets and comforter. She managed to find the white sheets and comforter with a beautiful threaded design with different shades of green on it. She put her bed together and decided to find and put away her clothes as she waited for dinner to be ready. It doesn't seem like I left anything… She sat down for a minute as her head continued to throb, she lightly touched the sensitive tissue. There was no breakage in the skin just swelling, she'd grab a bag of ice to put on it after dinner when her father wasn't looking. Sakura lifted up the sleeves going half way down her arms to see bruises of the guy's hands on each arm. She sighed as she covered them back up, it was an eventful first day living here. She got up from her bed and returned to putting away her clothes.
Her father knocked and opened her door, "Dinner's ready." Sakura turned to look at him and nodded. She followed him down the stairs and then saw the big dinner for them. Her father gave a nervous laugh, "I thought we could have a nice dinner as a new beginning here." Sakura smiled sadly, her father was trying so hard to make her love it here, "It looks great." They ate standing up and using the counters since the kitchen furniture hadn't been set up yet. The conversation was mostly lead by Sakura's father trying to think of all the good things about the town they now lived in, "Oh Sakura, You can take the car to school tomorrow since I'll be here all day helping the movers." Sakura glanced at him a little surprised, he'd never let her take the car to school before, "Thanks…" Sakura's father twisted his fork around in his hand, "I made sure my boss won't move my job again until you graduate. Also since we're going to be here for a while and you already turned seventeen last month I figured you should have your own car. I trust you with one and you could use it in college and everything." Sakura stared at her father in shock, "Dad it's okay, I mean I'd love a car, but you don't need to get me a car just to try and make me feel at home. I'll adjust soon enough, it's okay." Sakura's father started at her for a while and nodded. Dinner was pretty much silent for the rest of the time.
Sakura's father did the dishes as Sakura ran back up to her room. Dad's trying so hard! She laid on her bed and slammed her fists into her pillow. Her father always tried to so hard since her mother died from cancer when she was seven. Sakura didn't call her life tragic or go around repeatedly saying she missed her mother. She did miss her horribly but she wasn't going to let that drag her down while her father was trying his hardest to be a single parent and make up for the loss of her mother. She gripped her pillow as hard as she could and then sat up taking relaxing breaths. She rummaged through the boxes and placed her alarm clock on her dresser and plugged it in. School started at 8:00am so she set it at 6:15am since she didn't know how long it would take her to get ready or how far the school was. She then rummaged through her boxes and placed everything she used in the bathroom in its new place and looked at herself in the mirror. She lightly smacked herself and gave her best smile, sadness slowly crept back on her face as she stared at her reflection. She didn't want to move, she didn't want to be forced to start over again. She didn't want to be the new kid or go to a new school without any friends. Her jade eyes became watery as she thought about her first day of school tomorrow. She shook her head and wiped her eyes. Tomorrow is only a Thursday, I just have to bear through two days and then I can adjust on the weekend. She got dressed in a red t-shirt and black short-shorts for her pajamas and took another pain pill for her head. It was only 8:30pm but she was tired and crawled under the covers. The sooner tomorrow comes, the sooner I can get it over with.
_the next day_
Sakura woke up startled as her alarm clock screamed at her. She sighed recalling what today was. She avoided the boxes and turned her alarm clock off. She sighed and stepped into her bathroom, she painfully shut her eyes after she turned her lights on. She adjusted her eyes and turned on the shower. She placed one of her white towels next to the shower and slowly slipped out of her pajamas. She checked to make sure the water was hot and stepped into the shower. She sighed letting the hot water relax all her tense muscles. She washed her long pink hair thoroughly with her favorite strawberry scented shampoo. Once she was fully washed she turned off the water and reached for her white towel. She slipped it on and grabbed another one to wrap her hair up in. She walked back in her room and got out her clothes. She kept her hair up in the towel as she slid her new uniform on nervously. She smoothed down the dark grey skirt and tightened the red tied around her white shirt. She walked back in the bathroom and began blow drying her hair. Once her hair was dry she brushed it making sure it was smooth and straight. Thanks to her mother Sakura inherited naturally dark, long, and curved lashes. Sakura's eyes widened in alarm as she noticed the bruises on her arms were only half way covered by her sleeves. Shit! Her mind scrambled for what to do but she didn't own any foundation. Sakura pursed her beautifully colored lips. There was really nothing she could do, she groaned reminding herself to go buy some foundation after school.
She grabbed her red ribbon and tied it nicely around her hair like a headband. She checked her appearance again in her new uniform and gave a nervous gulp. She turned the lights off in her bathroom and sat on her bed. She slipped her knee length dark grey socks on and slipped on her white school shoes. She grabbed her school briefcase and gave a small smile at the pink flower key chain that was hanging on it. Her mother had given it to her. She walked down stairs with a sigh of relief noticing her father wasn't awake yet. Now he wouldn't see the bruises on her arms as long as she remembered to go buy foundation after school. She looked at the counter and saw some money with a note. "I'm sorry I didn't buy any breakfast food yet, but you can use this to buy breakfast and lunch today. Love, Dad" Sakura smiled and grabbed the money and the car keys sitting near it. She looked at the time, it was only 7:20am. She walked out to the car admiring the sunrise and set the GPS to find the route to the school. On the way there she stopped by a bakery she found and ordered her breakfast.
After a twenty minute drive she arrived at the school. Kohona High School… She gulped and nervously drove around the parking lot finding a spot in the middle hoping nobody usually parked there. She grabbed her briefcase and headed towards the school after locking the car. She walked through the school courtyard seeing groups of friends walking in early like her but they got there early to hang out. Sakura walked through the main entrance in shaking from nervousness. She looked around and saw a tan adult with dark hair smoking a cigarette. She walked up to him nervously, "Excuse me, where's the principal's office?" The man looked down at her assuming she was new since he was sure he'd remember a student with pink hair, "Follow me, I'm Asuma." Sakura nodded and followed. They walked not that long down a few halls and he opened the door to the office for her, "Here you go." Sakura gave a small smile, "Thanks Asuma-sensei." Sakura walked to the main desk trembling a little and looked at a woman with short black hair, "Excuse me, I'm suppose to meet the principal. It's my first day." The woman looked up at her and gave a caring smile, "Yes, you must be Sakura. Come with me." Sakura watched her get up out of her seat and followed her farther into the office. The woman knocked on the door and was commanded for entrance. The woman opened the door revealing a blonde woman at a desk, "Tsunade-sama I have the new student Sakura here for you." Tsunade looked up and smiled, "Thank you Shizune, you may leave her here."
Shizune left as Sakura stood in front of the principal's desk. Tsunade motioned for her to sit down as she pulled out a file. Sakura sat down admiring the beautiful principal. Tsunade opened the file, "Usually students have to take an exam to get into this school but with your grades I made an exception. I'm sure you'll do well here and that you'll stay out of trouble." Sakura nodded as Tsunade handed her a folder. "In there is your schedule and school rules. I have informed your teacher that your coming and that you should be able to catch up quickly due to your excellence in your previous school. I expect a lot out of you Ms. Haruno." Sakura nodded nervously and read her schedule. She almost jumped as she heard the first bell ring. "Well Ms. Haruno get to class and good luck." Sakura nodded nervously and gave a fake smile, "Thank you Tsunade-sama." Sakura shook as she walked navigating her way to her classroom. Her heart lurched as the final bell rang. She trembled looking up at the room number 703, her classroom. She took deep breaths and knocked on the door. She heard a man say enter and took a final breath before opening the door.
_authors notes_
So I decided to have a modern fanfic this time just to contrast my stories. It will get better of course since it's only the first chapter and I bet you can take an easy guess at who's in her class. So what do you think of my idea? It randomly popped in my head and I kind of liked it and figured I could make a good story off it. Anyway please review!