A/N: This is for SasuSaku month on LJ, though it's not officially on their. I was going to write three kickass one shots for my given prompts, but things went awry (Cough, Read submission date wrong, Cough!)
I know, I know. I need to update my other stories. As compensation, I give the birth of a story that will snuggle you in a sadistic blanket. I am making progress in my other stories so don't worry…
Chapter 1: Welcome to Hell…
"Hello, class. My name is Orimo Ibeke and I'll be your 1st period history teacher this year," said a middle-aged man to a class full of teenagers.
There was an unrushed whisper of, "Who gives a fuck?" but the man did his best to ignore it. This was not your usual crowd of students. The boys here all dressed sloppily and talked to each other freely with no regard to listening to the teacher trying to talk. The girls wore scantily clad clothing and shamelessly flirted with the boys. Nevertheless, the teacher continued his orientation, but would not dare attempt to calm them down. Any action towards them considered negative could lead to verbal and possibly physical assaults. Wiping sweat from his brow, he turned toward the board.
Within the sea of delinquents, there was one student who was actually paying attention. A dark green pen bled corresponding ink across an open notebook, while the owner's green eyes glance every so often at the board. The girl brought her hand up to push a pink strand of hair behind her ear. She used the same hand to push her large, circular glasses up the bridge of her nose.
"That's all for today. For homework, you can start doing the reading for chapter 2." The teacher said to a deaf audience. The pink haired girl closed her notebook and pulled out another. She started to let her pen guide her into putting random scribbles together to make an image. She stopped for a moment when she ran out of ideas, and began to draw two floppy ears. Attached to those ears came a face, then a torso, and then some limbs. After 5 minutes, Piglet from "Winnie the Pooh" stared back at her with a large smile.
"You're really good."
The girl paused in her work and looked up to see another young woman staring back at her. Was she talking to her?
"T-thank you."
"Do you draw a lot?" The pinkette blinked. She wanted a conversation?
"When I get bored, yeah."
"Wow, it looks exactly like Piglet." The girl continued as she leaned over to get a closer look. "I should know, he's my favorite character."
"Mine too."
"Really? Most people would just say Winnie or Tigger."
"Yeah, I guess I just got attached to him."
"He's a cutie-pie, ain't he? I'm Kanna, by the way. What's your name?"
"Sakura."
"That's a pretty name. It means cherry-blossom, right? Is that why you dyed your hair pink?"
"Uh, no" she said as she pushed up her glasses. "It's natural."
When Kanna gasped, Sakura prepared herself for the accusations of her being a liar and the teasing that often followed.
"That's so cool!"
'Huh?' Sakura looked up to see Kanna grinning brightly at her. Her big brown eyes danced in excitement.
"Man, I hate you so much right now. I wish I had hair like that. Instead of the dirty brown mess I got stuck with," she continued as she grabbed a black stand of her shoulder length hair, "If I don't dye it regularly, I end up looking like a giant, brown mouse." The girl paused in her rant as she caught the pinkette's stare. "Something on my face?"
"Oh! Um, no. It's just that you've got to be the first person to believe me when I say that my hair is real." Sakura replied softly.
"Oh, that? Hair comes in black, yellow, red, every shade of brown you can think of, and after a while it turns fricken silver! Pink isn't all that crazy." Sakura smiled a little at that. Her sentiments exactly.
"Plus, it might help that a few of my cousins have green hair." She murmured a low, "Lucky broads…" to that. "But what I said is still true!" Sakura laughed a bit at that. This Kanna girl was funny. The sound of the bell caused the girls to stop their conversation and their classmates to gather their things.
"Can I see your class schedule?" asked Kanna.
Sakura dug through a white folder and presented a yellow paper. While Kanna examined it, Sakura took the time to study her new acquaintance. Her whole outfit consisted of black, from her thin jacket to her converse. 'Is she Goth?' she wondered briefly. She always admired the style, but was never brave enough to wear it.
"Hey, you're in a lot of my classes!" she exclaimed. "We got literature next. Want me to show you where it is?"
"Um, sure." She replied as she gathered her things. The two exited the classroom and began to further their conversation.
"So, are you a freshman?" asked Kanna.
"No, I'm a sophomore."
"Really?" replied Kanna, "Well that explains why you're in most of my classes. I'm a sophomore too. Uh, no offense, but you don't…look like a sophomore." She said as she looked down. Sakura was noticeably shorter than Kanna.
"Oh, yeah. The girls in my family are a lot shorter than the men, and I'm also fourteen."
"Fourteen!" exclaimed Kanna, "And you're a sophomore? Wow, you're really smart aren't you?"
"Um, I don't know about that," said Sakura with a small blush.
"Are you kidding? You must be the smartest girl in the whole sch-" Kanna cut herself off with a loud gasp. Sakura looked up at her strangely.
"What's wro-"
"Back up, back up!" Kanna commanded as she put her hand on Sakura's shoulder and pulled her back against the lockers.
"What's going on?" she murmured as she noticed that all the other students in the hallway were backed against the lockers as well.
"Shh! Just keep your head down and don't look them in the eye," whispered Kanna as she suddenly became fascinated with her Chuck Taylors.
"Who?" replied Sakura. She heard footsteps and turned her head. She immediately saw four figures heading her way.
The people in the hallway seemed to be in awe at the four boys walking through. The first boy Sakura saw was a brunette with brown eyes. He had his hair tied up in a spiky ponytail that she thought resembled a pineapple. He also had this heavy lidded gaze in his eyes that made it seem like he was half asleep.
The next one was also a brunette, only his hair was long and straight. It was smooth and tied at the back forming a low ponytail. 'It looks better than most girls'' Sakura noted. What was really striking was his eyes. They were a rich pearl color and had no pupils with in them.
The third boy had a slightly different aura then the other two. Lying atop his head was a spiky blonde mass of hair. His cerulean eyes showed playfulness and a bit of mischief. He had a laid back sort of attitude.
All these boys gave Sakura a feel of intimidation, but when she looked at the final one, she wanted to run and hide.
He was tall, and quite muscular. He possessed porcelain skin and the darkest eyes Sakura had ever seen. They had a sort of evil/beauty with in them. His hair was shaped in an odd style with spikes in the back and 2 bangs framing his face. His facial expression was similar to the pale eyed boy's, calm and collected. Sakura noticed though his expression was calm, he had this aura of intimidation around him.
"What the hell are you looking at?" he barked.
Sakura ducked her head as fear struck through her. Did he see her staring?
"You got something to say, fucker?" came another voice. Wait, they don't sound close. She took a chance and lifted her head.
The boys were all staring down another boy who was looking at the floor, too scared to meet their eyes. She let out a breath of relief that they didn't see her. Sakura recognized him as one of the boys from her first period class. He was one of the ones that was loud and obnoxiously wouldn't stop talking. Funny, he didn't seem so talkative now as he stared at the floor with his poker face.
"That's what we thought," said the blonde as he and the others began to walk again. Sakura took back the thought of his aura being laid back. He was just as scary as the others were. The pinkette ducked her head again in order to not suffer the same fate as the boy while their footsteps echoed away. When the hallway returned to their activities, Sakura turned to Kanna.
"W-what was that?"
"I'll tell you later." She replied as she led her towards their next class.
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"Those guys are the gang leaders" whispered Kanna. The language teacher had just finished his introduction and everyone was engaged in quiet conversation.
"Gang leaders?" replied Sakura.
"Yes, and keep your voice down!" she whispered. "Those guys have a low tolerance for gossip, and a lot of people are willing to run off and snitch in a heartbeat in order to get on their good side," she hissed as her brown orbs scanned the room for any spies.
"Well, what do you mean by gang leaders? They can't be much older than us." Sakura stated in a low voice.
"Well first off, as you can see, this isn't exactly a model school." Kanna made a gesture to a few of their classmates who were busy making fools of themselves. "Speaking of which, you're a child prodigy or something, right? What are you doing here?"
"This school is close to where I live," replied Sakura, "and even if it doesn't look it, it's a school that a lot of colleges look at."
"Well, that explains a bit. I'm here because of the college thing, too. Same goes for a lot of people here. If it weren't for that, at least a fourth of the students wouldn't be here.
Everyone around here knows that this school is practically home base to the Mangekyo. That's the name of their gang. They're basically the kings around here. They've got money, power, and lots of muscle. What you saw in the hallway wasn't even the whole gang, but those are the ones you want to stay away from the most. They're the leaders, so if they walk by, it's considered an insult if you block their way. And the last thing you want to do is insult them."
Sakura sat there for a moment, slowly sinking everything in. What in the world had she gotten into? Instead of coming into a slight troubled school like she thought, she transferred into the home base for a local gang.
"What are their names?"
"Well, the guy with the pineapple on his head is Nara Shikamaru. He's basically the brains of the group. People say that the guy has an IQ of over 200. The only reason he's not in a college right now is cause he's so effin' lazy. Most of the time, you can usually see him asleep somewhere. So even though he's a genius, it doesn't matter since he never does any work. His main fuck buddy is the head cheerleader. If you see a life size Barbie doll, that's her."
"What about the one with the white eyes?"
"That one's Hyuuga Neji. His family's pretty high class, but that does nothing for his personality. He can be a total ass to everyone, including his own family. He used to have a cousin that went here. She was really nice, too, but he treated her like shit. He would call her everything but her name, embarrass her in front of everyone, and there would be a few times that you would see him hit her."
"Why would he do that?"
"No one knows. There was a rumor going around that it had something to do with a family matter, but there's nothing to confirm it. If that wasn't enough, the blonde one had a thing for her."
Sakura's eyebrows rose. "The blonde one did?"
"Yeah, his name's Uzumaki Naruto. His dad is the mayor, so he gets a lot of perks. He'd always tease Neji's cousin whenever he saw her, but he'd call it flirting," Kanna used air quotes as she said this, "If they'd pass by each other, he would either grope or smack her ass. Then he would ask her 'effed up stuck like if she was up for a BJ, and his voice is way loud so if he said it, everyone heard it."
Sakura's nose wrinkled. "He sounds like a pig."
Kanna gave her a look. "He is a pig. He and Neji combined would give her all types of hell, so it was no wonder that she was so shy all the time. Hell, you'd even see her faint every now and then."
"Didn't her friends ever do something?"
"She didn't have any. People were too scared that Neji would treat them the same way he did her, if not worse. All in all, that girl put up with a hell of a lot more than what she deserved.
But one day, Neji got really pissed about something. He busted into her class yelling and cursing at her. The teacher didn't know what the hell to do. He then told her to get the hell out of his sight and spat in her face. She ran straight out of the school, crying."
"Why was he so mad? I mean, what did she do?"
"People say that she snitched on him or something and he got in trouble for it at home, but that sounds like a crop of shit to me. I'm thinking that someone else told and Neji just thought it was her."
"Why do you think that? Wouldn't it make sense that she told her parents?"
"You have to understand, Sakura, he put her through hell for half of freshman year. If she was dealing with it for that long, then she was probably too scared from the start to tell anyone. So, why is it that she supposedly snitched before things with Neji got worse?"
"I guess that makes sense. Who do you think did it?"
"It might have been some girl who wanted to try to get on Neji's good side, or some teacher that pitied his cousin and thought that telling her parents would be the best thing. I don't know the cause, I just know that the result is that she hasn't been back here since."
"What happened to her?"
"She must have transferred, but Neji hasn't been fazed by it."
"He didn't do anything after she left?"
"Nope, he's just silent half the time. The other half, he's either cussin someone out of beating them up."
Sakura paused for a moment. First this guy puts his cousin through hell, and then he doesn't even give a damn when she leaves? She was almost too scared to ask her next question.
"W-what about the other one?"
"What other one?" said Kanna. She was sure she explained them all.
"The one with the black eyes."
"Oh!" Kanna gasped. How could she forget about him? "He's the worst of them all!"
Sakura's eyes widened. He's worse?
"His name is Uchiha Sasuke."
'Uchiha?' Where had she heard that name before?
"He's the ringleader of the entire gang. He's also the richest and most dangerous guy in the whole school. His family owns Uchiha-corp, practically the biggest business out there.
So that's why his name sounds familiar. She had seen that name on several products around town.
"People say that this whole gang business was started by his grandfather. He'd rule the streets while in school and then rule the business world when he got older. The same went for Sasuke's dad and brother. It's how the Uchiha's remain on top everywhere they go.
He's also the biggest whore this school's ever scene. It's like he's got these magic powers that make girls literally drop their panties at the sight of him. He's probably screwed over half the school by now." Kanna then leaned in closer.
"Listen, Sakura. If you can help it, do not even be in the same room as this guy. When the other guys fight someone, it's bad. But when he fights, you'd think that he was trying to kill his opponent. He won't hesitate to put his hands on you if he wants to. I've never seen it, but he's probably not against hitting a woman." She paused and looked around the room in caution of any spies.
"They say that when he's mad, his eyes turn red!"
"Red?" Sakura nearly scoffed.
"Yes, red! With freaky black dots in them, too!" The black haired girl received a blank look.
"Look, if you ever see it happen, run like hell. Even if he isn't looking at you, don't get caught in the cross fire. Whatever you do, just stay the hell away from him!"
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Sakura walked slowly to her 7th period class, AP Geometry. She had just parted with Kanna in their art class. Her friend's bone chilling warning had frightened the girl terribly. Those few boys were so young, yet they had so much power in this school. The thought of it was frightening, yet she had seen it with her own eyes.
She walked into the classroom and looked around the open seats. The desks were arranged in six rows with two desks next to each other. She walked down the aisle and ignored a group of girls that glared at her as she passed them. She finally decided on a seat at the back corner.
"Oh my God, what the hell is up with her hair?"
"It looks like she fell headfirst into a cotton candy machine!"
Sakura sighed. Why is it that people couldn't be as accepting about her hair as Kanna? Everywhere she went, people were surprised or disgusted by her hair color. 'They could at least act like they know how to whisper…'
Taking out her sketchbook, she began to once again, draw. Now don't get her wrong. She liked to draw and all, but she wasn't trying to become an artist or something. She just did it for fun.
"Alright, class. Take out your textbooks and go to page 23. Once you finish problems 1-30, the rest of the period is yours." stated the teacher.
Sakura pushed her sketchbook aside and began to do the assignment. Five minutes passed and she already completed nine problems when the door opened.
"You're late." The teacher said as he filled in the attendance in the computer.
"What about it?" a voice growled.
Sakura stopped for a moment. Why did that voice sound familiar?
"N-nothing! I won't mark it!" stuttered the man as he looked to see who it was.
Sakura looked up to see the teacher at his desk turning pale. She glanced towards the door and inwardly gasped.
Uchiha Sasuke was standing there with a hardened glare on his face.
'Whatever you do, just stay the hell away from him!'
…uh oh…