DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto.
NOTE: I am sure you really want to kill me right now, rip my insides and smash them to pieces for deleting my other fiction. Oh well... I hope you enjoy. Please read and review! I put effort on this one too, SHANNARO! It's a semi-AU where they still have jutsu and shuriken wielding people... But all of them are in High School.. Most of them...
Aa... Sou dayo. Students who are in high school are still considered as academy ninjas. After they graduate, they are still genins and still has to work to be a chuunin then a jounin or ANBU.
POST DATE: 09.21.08
EDIT DATE: 09.27.08
T H E I R D E S T I N Y
oh… uh… present.
Today's the first day of NINJA school; elementary, middle and high school (of course, college too), for that matter, so keep your eyes peeled and do NOT, I say do NOT turn away from the monitor.
That's better, isn't it?
Probably, you've read stories whereas it's morning, and our precious heroine Sakura-chan wakes up and then heads to her new school because she's just moved from some place and is going to be the new kid, meets Sasuke-teme and the gang, etcetera, etcetera. You know the story, right?
Am I right?
Am I?
Ugh… Just say yes already… Alright then, let's just pretend you already said yes… Alright, alright; I'll stop… Enough with the rambling and on with the story!
As I said earlier, it's the first day of school in all of the levels, but we'll just focus on our favorite pair, okay?
Okay?
Quietly, Haruno Sakura walked through one of the marvelous halls of her school, Konoha Gakuen (the best and only boarding school in the country of Fire). Her best friend Yamanaka Ino, heiress of the Yamanaka clan (filthy rich, play girl and rather bitchy), had a different class from hers (Sakura is in Class III - B, Ino belongs to Class III - D) so naturally, they couldn't walk to class together, the way they did when they were still freshmen and sophomores.
She wasn't at all rich (believe me, she got in that school through scholarship, since the fees would take half of her life time working in the quaint café where she served as a waitress). Sure she has Ino, but the stubborn girl just didn't want to take advantage of her best friend.
How they met by the way, is when Sakura was working, then at school. They hung out and became the best of friends. Well, there's more to that of course, but that's another story.
She was day dreaming of her date. No, not boy friend; date… She's been dating someone over the vacation. Oh come on, she's eighteen for heaven's sake! She's never even had a man in her entire life! Well, except her dad (which lives all the way in the poor country of Amegakure no Sato) but that doesn't count.
Sakura is a girl of priorities, and her first priority is to get her dad (only living parent, since her mother died after giving birth to her) out of that stinking village and into the city. Konoha City; the most modernized, richest city in the world… You get the point.
Er… Let's get back to her date… He was named Uchimura Satoshi, hair a mixture of blue and black (think of a chicken butt), with extremely dark eyes that contrasted his pale skin. It was a blind date Ino had set up when she turned eighteen last March twenty eight. Of course she wasn't an idiot and didn't give out her real name. Haruka Sayuri was what she identified herself as.
The two of them met several times, and she grew to like him. He was at the age of twenty two, while she was eighteen.
So what? Four years isn't that much of an age gap. He was quite rude sometimes, but there was a playful tone in it. He absolutely loved to tease her… Though nothing lasts forever… Summer had ended and she had to study in order to be accepted in a college, where she hoped she could pursue her dream and become a medical ninja someday.
A sigh escaped her pink lips as she continued walking around the familiar halls of her school. She's been there since the start of her high school years, and yet nothing's seemed to change. Taking a glance at the bulletin board, she noticed there was a new teacher. Shrugging, the girl walked to her destination.
'Class III - B… Why do I have a feeling this year wouldn't go exactly as planned?' she pondered to herself.
A raven headed man walked to the principal's office to finally get his schedule. He is a teacher. Who knew the great Uchiha Sasuke, who is currently twenty two years of age, a prodigy and etcetera having finished college by the age of twenty and is an ANBU, would end up as a teacher?
Well, the heir to the oh-so famous Uchiha company (honestly, it's that famous; it's known worldwide for advanced ninja training, as well as the ever so infamous breeding place for the best ANBU there is as well as Sharingan wielders) is working as a teacher; why? His father, Uchiha Fugaku, had him working as to learn how to be independent and not depend on the company all the time… Oh, and also to find a wife before he turns twenty five (because his dad wants him popping out Uchiha babies; he has a soft spot for children).
His mind didn't stay on this subject for long though. Actually, another thing was occupying his mind.
Or should I say, someone was occupying his mind.
They've met through a blind date, though he's introduced himself as Uchimura Satoshi (he wasn't sure that if she knew his name, she'd act all fan girl-ish, besides it's his first date thanks to a certain Hyuuga heir), while she named herself Haruka Sayuri.
It's a nice name. Although, the first thing that came into his head were cherry blossoms that started to bloom at spring and not small lilies in a distant land (Sayuri means small lilies while Haruka stands for far off; he got that form a book) when he saw her, and thought the name 'Sakura' fit her more (her pink hair and green eyes reminded him of Sakura trees). Well, he couldn't change her name, so he just acted cool with it.
No woman has treated him like how she has treated him before; he was rude and proud of it, but instead of crying like a stupid little girl, she'd retort with a load of comebacks. When he commented about how he likes women with black hair, she just crossed her arms over her chest and huffed, saying he didn't have to pick a date with her.
She never once spoke of being in a commitment as well, which drew him into her without the worry of her bugging him to get married.
Yes, he thinks he's found the one. Someday he's got to tell her the truth. Someday he will…
'Haruka Sayuri, you will soon be mine.'
Murmurs spread throughout Class III - B as the pink haired girl walked in. Though most of the students were her classmates the previous year, she still felt awkward around them thus not leading her in to making any new friends… Besides Ino of course, but the blond isn't with her now is she?
She wasn't shy; she just hated the negative attention from people around her (for one, they keep asking if she dyed her hair; for two, most of them are bitches and bastards). Sakura sighed for the nth time today before taking a vacant seat near the back, where she couldn't be easily noticed. After a few boring minutes, she found out that the new teacher was going to be her homeroom teacher.
'Great,' the pink haired girl inwardly thought 'Now I have to deal with this new teacher and I don't even know if he or she is nice or anything.' She got her Science text book before scanning it with ease. She always was a book worm.
Her thoughts were interrupted when a man walked into the classroom. 'Must be the teacher…'
She lifted her head to look at the person, before her eyes widened the size of saucers.
'S-Satoshi-kun-n's our teacher?!'
The man whom looked a lot like her date the past summer spoke. "Ohayo minna… Ore wa Uchiha Sasuke desu; I'm going to be your homeroom teacher as well as Ninjutsu teacher for the rest of the year." he said in the same bored tone her 'Satoshi-kun' always uses.
Some of her female classmates squealed at the cuteness of the man while most of the boys sent him dirty looks. That's when they realized that the one who was teaching them is the Uchiha Sasuke, an heir of the Uchiha clan (next to his brother, Uchiha Itachi). More of the female population squealed and lustfully eyed him.
Not minding the class, he proceeded to take their class cards and check their attendance.
"Sabakuno Gaara."
"… Hn…" At least the silent red headed teen responded.
"Nara Shikamaru."
"Tch.. Troublesome."
"Uzumaki Naru-"
"UZUMAKI NARUTO'S IN THE HOUSE 'TEBAYO!" yelled the hyperactive knucklehead.
A glare was sent towards the Naruto's way. "If you expect to even make it through this semester Uzumaki, I expect you to keep quiet." The tanned boy huffed and muttered 'teme' underneath his breath. A white eyed girl who sat next to him tried to comfort the blonde.
"Hyuuga Hinata."
"… A-ano… P-present-t." the girl next to Naruto said quietly. Sasuke glanced at the girl before an image of another Hyuuga appeared in his head. He inwardly smirked. 'So this girl must be the one Neji's talking about. His cousin...' He glanced at the 'dobe' and remembered that the heiress already had a boyfriend. 'THAT is her boyfriend? She sure has bad taste. Tch... The Yamanaka girl is missing from my list. She must be in a different class.'
"Aburame Shino."
"… Hn…"
"Inuzuka Kiba."
"Present!"
"Haruno Sakura."
The pink haired girl's breathing hitched. It's the same tone her 'Satoshi-kun' uses. Same features, same tone of his melodic voice. 'Is this really Satoshi or is it just coincidence they look alike?'
"Haruno Sakura?" his tone was getting impatient.
"Oh… Uh… Present." she said stupidly. The man heard the familiar voice, and looked from his stack of class cards.
Emerald eyes met onyx. His widened a tad bit. 'Sayuri?!'