Every character you see is a real Naruto character, so search them up if you want to get a better idea of what they look like.

Hi guys, hope you enjoy this chapter. I'm trying very hard to not make this a typical high school fic where sakura becomes super popular and everyone loves her. Most high school fics that I've read, when Sakura enters the homeroom all the naruto characters are there and in a short space of time they become best friends for life, and have sleepovers, then she meets the Akatsuki and they all love her and blah blah blah. I want mine to be a lot more realistic, and a storyline with real plot.

Usually characters like Ino, Karin and Ami are demonized and shown to be bitches ect, and in my story I don't want to do that. why? because I, personally, dont like it when a writer's feelings towards a character are so overwhelming that it gets in the way of the story. and I know some people who like Ino or Karin or whoever, won't like it if their favourite characters are bashed for literally no reason, every single chapter. Overall I want you to read the story and be like, "Yeah, I can REALISTICALLY see that happening in a school" obviously there will be drama but I try not to make it over the top.

I'd also like to point out that all their parents have proper jobs, so no-ones father owns a multimillion company that happens to be the best in the whole of japan.

If you look at the genre for this story it says family and romance. The family is Pein and Sakura and how they try to fix their family ties and relationship. The romance is just what happens in between eg. sakura developing a crush on certain boy and pein realizing that he's falling in love with Konan. Pein and Sakura are the focus of this story, but we will gain insight into everyone's life. there will be lemons between Konan and Pein. Sakura will have some too so be patient.

hope you enjoy the story :)


The members of the Akatsuki, the school gang, relaxed in front of the car park at the beginning of the school day. Many students came in especially early just to see them drive in with their good looking cars, which they guessed probably cost a hefty amount. The consisted of nine members. Nine good looking members. Sitting on top of his matte black SUV was Deidara Namikaze. He had long blonde hair that reached the middle of his back and had the top part tied up. A mischievous grin adorned his face that caused his sky blue eyes to light up, to his left was a redhead name Sasori. Sasori's hair framed his face lovingly and the colour complemented his greyish brown eyes. In the other car space was parked a red vehicle and like Deidara and Sasori, the other members, Itachi, Konan, Kakuzu, Zetsu, Hidan and Kisame they also stood near the car and leaned on it. Each member wore their own clothes but all had on a black hoodie or jumper which was patterned with red clouds. On their fingers was a ring that held different colours and words. Konan looked around, a frown evident on her face.

"Where's Pein?" He was the leader and founder of the gang. He had bright orange hair and multiple face piercings. The man looked intimidating and this made a lot of people scared of him. The other members already realized that he wasn't there but said nothing. He was a man that they didn't question as he always knew what he was doing. But today was strange, every morning he was always there with them, and they always chilled before lesson started. Deidara shrugged and offered to call him which everyone agreed to. Just as the blonde pulled out his phone Pein car drove through the car park, but he didn't get out where he normally did. Today he parked his car close to the school entrance. All of the members had a curious expression of their face, which turned to surprise and disbelief when a young girl, maybe a year or two younger than them, stepped out of the passenger seat. She had pink hair and a snakebite piecing under her lips.

Cool green eyes surveyed the landscape before her, they took in all the students staring at her curiously. Some just looked downright hostile. Turning her head to the orange head man in front of her, she waited for him to either lead her to the office to get her schedule or leave her to fend for herself. Pein looked stressed out and tense, his shoulder were stiff and his eyes were colder than usual. He spared a glance to his friends before walking around the car, putting and arm around his sister's shoulders and walking her to the office. If the car park was quiet before, it was definitely silent now. This silence didn't last long as the students who openly gawked at them began to murmur to their friends asking who the pink hair girl was, if Pein was still with Konan amongst other trivial things. Behind them a purple hair girl looked crestfallen and the other members of the gang weren't quite sure what to say or do. They knew the two had problems in their relationship and Pein was acting odd for the last couple of weeks, but this was out of the blue and completely unexpected.

As the two of them walked into the school Sakura took more notice of them people staring at her, some stopped what they were doing just to look at them with the same level of curiosity everyone else had. The feeling of insecurity bubbled within her and she tried to shrink back on herself, Pein took notice and squeezed her shoulders comfortingly, "No one can hurt you while I'm here, imōto" was whispered into her ear with the aim of reassuring her. When they reached the office her held the door open for her, and gestured for his sister to enter, which she did hesitantly. Pein understood her emotions, her she was in a new country, new school, no friends and only her older brother that she resented for most of her life. Pein wanted to make things right between them by clearing up the misunderstandings that had wedged them apart in the first place and showing that she could trust him like a sister could depend on her older brother.

The room was spacious and stylish for the most part, there were two brown mahogany desks with computers with paper work stacked on top of each other one was two the left in the middle of the room while the second desk was at the back of the room to the right. At the opposite end of the room was a water dispenser with white chair next to it. The walls were decorated pastel green which created a soothing atmosphere within the office. There was only one woman at the desk she had long dark blue hair. There was a nameplate on the surface which identified her as 'Tsunami'. Her eyes were kind as she looked at Sakura, "You must be the new student, let me print out your schedule, dear", after typing a few things on her computer she moved to the other side of the room that had an A4 Tray Duplex Network Colour Laser Printer. Quickly grabbing the paper the woman handed it to Sakura and went back to her desk to presumably continue her work.

Outside of the office, Pein looked over the piece of paper and handed it back to her, he watched Sakura analyse it before frowning and biting her lip, although he would never admit it, he liked having his sister depend on him. This was the way it was meant to be, before he could think anymore he once again put his arms around her shoulders and led her back outside, "Let me introduce you to my friends, ok?" she nodded plainly and followed him. Once again Sakura's eyes were drawn to the students who kept staring but this time she decided to ignore them. When they were outside Pein walked them over to a group of people, as she looked at their clothes her eyes instinctively darted towards her brother. He's wearing the same design as them.

The remaining Akatsuki members looked over to their approaching figures and all greeted Pein as he neared them. Noticeably Konan had kept quiet and pointedly stared at the ground, suddenly finding it every interesting. Pein looked at her and a slight frown adorned his face, causing Kisame and Deidara to feel anxious over what was going to happen. All the while Sakura analysed the situation in front of her, and schooled her face to one of indifference. Pein cleared his throat before speaking, "This is my sister Sakura," their eyes widened in disbelief, even Konan's head shot up to look at him and then her, "She moved from Amegakure and lives here now." There was a tone of finality in his voice which told the others that questions could be saved for later.

"Nice to meet you Sakura." Itachi, polite as ever, held his hand out for her to shake. She looked at him for a moment before reaching out to grab it. Then all the others greeted her warmly and some even enthusiastically, except for the girl with purple hair who just had her eyes narrowed at Pein. He matched her stare with a cold look, this made her turn around and leave. Her absence caused a wave of awkwardness to fill the air and had Deidara clearing his throat in obvious discomfort. When it was time to get to homeroom the others left and her brother walked her to class.

"Who was that girl?" Sakura inquired, Pein sighed before answering.

"My girlfriend."

"She seems mad at you."

Pein shot her a warning glance and she gave him an innocent look in return, pretending that she hadn't tried to annoy him with her obvious statement. As they reached a door Pein turned to look at her. Holding one of her hands he spoke to her softly, "I know things haven't been good between us for a long time. But we have a chance to make things like they used to, and I can't do this on my own. If…when mom gets out of hospital it's gonna be us four again. Just like it used to be. We can catch up on the stuff we never got to do, we can be a family again. Okay? And this time, I promise I won't leave you. No matter what." Overwhelmed Sakura pulled him into a tight hug. He then took off his hoodie and handed it over for Sakura to wear, she looked at him questioningly but complied none the less. A light smile braced his face when he was that it was too big for her and she had to roll the arms up multiple times Pein ruffled her hair and chuckled slightly. So with a small, but joyful pout, Sakura turned and walked in to the class.

Pein watched her go with a warm feeling in his heart. The warm feeling turned to exasperation when he thought of Konan. The gang leader turned to go to his own homeroom, while devising a way to find out why she was angry at him. He didn't know what had happened for him to be on the receiving end of her anger. Yes, they had an argument but it was nothing major for her to storm off as she did. It was also very out of character. She was normally quiet and reserved, never angry and impatient. Walking around a corner he entered his class, spotted his girlfriend and immediately went to sit with her. As he walked up the steps he couldn't help but notice that a few more eyes were looking his way. Pein shrugged it off and linked his hands with Konan as soon as he sat next to her. She met his eyes slowly, with a little bit of apprehension within them before looking down slowly. Now it was obvious she was upset.

"Why didn't you tell me you had a sister? I thought we told each other everything." Konan mumbled this to him but he could still pick up the traces of irritation on her tongue. "You don't know what I felt when I saw you with her… I thought you left me…" Realization dawned on him and he squeezed her hand in apology.

"I'm sorry, I should have told you but I was sure I'd never see her again so I never mentioned it. I'll tell you everything at lunch. I promise" She nodded in compliance, their fingers still linked.

Meanwhile, as soon as Sakura entered, the class grew deathly silent with all of them watching her with an unabashed type of inquisitive gaze. Feeling rather fed up, she glared at them while taking a seat in the back by herself. The sudden lack of friends that she was faced with caused a deep loneliness to wedge itself into her stomach. No one approached her. No one spoke to her. At this moment Sakura realized that she was no longer in Amegakure surrounded by all her friends but in a very cold and isolated area named Konohagakure. Not really knowing what else to do, pick took her phone from her pocket and texted her brother. Right now, he was her only friend. Her only companion.

To Pein

This class is lonely… I miss home. Don't like it here.
Sakura.

She sent the message and scanned the class while waiting for his reply. The students were no longer looking at her, but decided to gossip instead. Gossip loudly.

'Just who exactly does she think she is? Walking in here like she owns the fucking place, god I hate girls like that, 'I know right? Plus how did she get that hoodie? I'm thinking typical S-L-U-T', 'I bet she's with Hidan, he's usually got a new girl every couple of weeks, right?' Sakura's heart burned with misery as she listened, it was starting to get harder to breath.

To Sakura

Why? What's happening?
Pein.

Looking at the message her hands typed furiously,

To Pein

I just walked in… and people are already calling me a slut. I haven't even said a word yet. You didn't tell me it was going to be like this. You said I'd enjoy it here…
Sakura.

Before the pink hair girl could sigh, the door swung open revealing Pein. On his face was a murderous expression, forcing the class to go silent again. In fluid steps his walked to the back of the class and sat next to her. Pein eyed his sister and could tell she was trying not to cry. Now, he knew Sakura wasn't a cry baby, she wasn't overly emotional, but the past couple of months had worn her down substantially and she was more than ready to burst. Talking a calling breath he asked her once, "Who called you a slut." This was loud enough for the whole class to hear, and the offender to an unsteady gulp to hide her fear, and tried to sink into her seat. All was in vail as Sakura nodded toward her direction without hesitation or fear over what her brother might to do to the girl. Pein stood, tall and menacingly. He strode over to the girl, "What did you call my little sister." All the students looked nervously at each other, none daring to end the confrontation.

"I won't ask you again."

"I-I-I c-called her a…slut. B-but I didn't mean it! I never knew she was your sister, I thought she was just some whore because… b-because…because…"

"Because what?" Pein spoke low, yet loud enough to be heard by everyone, "I don't think anyone, especially you, has the right to call anyone a slut. You think I forgot. You're the girl who sucked Deidara off in the boy's toilets oh yeah and on that art trip two weeks ago. Apologize. Now." There was no room for argument as the girl turned around to stutter a pathetic apology before fleeing the class in a heap of tears.

He gave a chilling glare to the class before nodding to Sakura who smiled in thanks. Once her brother had left, the class remained silent until the teacher arrived.


So what do you guys think? And pairing suggestions?

Rewritten: 07/AUG/2015