I DON'T OWN NARUTO! I Sure Wish I Did!

What Sasuke Taught Me About Life, Love, And Tomatoes

Chapter 1

Knock! Knock! Knock! The noise of somebody banging at the front door scared the crap out of my mother. Again. She's been like that since dad left on a mission to make more money for the family, so we could pay the $100,000 debt we owe to the Uchiha family. She turned to me and said, for the ten millionth time,

"Sakura, go hide in your room." I sighed.
"Mom, it's NEVER the Uchiha collection force, so why do I have to keep hiding?"
"Because I said so. Now get in your room." I scowled and walked into my room, which was adjacent to the hallway. I put my ear against the closed door and listened.

"He-"
"Good morning, Mrs. Haruno. Do you have our money?" I opened the door and slipped out to watch my mother cower in fear at the sight of Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Itaryu standing in the door way, with a burlap sack.
"I-I need another week!"
"You are aware of what happens when you cannot pay your debts, Mrs. Haruno."
"Please! I need one more week! I don't even have children! All I have left is my husband, and I haven't seen him in forever!"
"Mrs. Haruno, if you don't have children, we're taking everything you own." At this point, I was so angry at my mother that I was half way out of the hallway when I said,

"No, mom. We can't pay our debt. I'll be okay. Don't worry." I looked at the two Uchiha in our kitchen.
"Please. Take me instead of the money my family owes." I said, holding out my hands, anticipating the chains that were almost immediately put on my wrists.
"S-Sakura."
"Mom. This is the only way out. I'll be home soon." I looked at the two men standing next to me, the burlap sack being placed over my head.

"T-there is a way out, isn't there?"
"Of course. Granted, it's nearly impossible, but there is one!" Itachi said, putting me in the back seat of a car.
"What is it?"
"You have to become a Jônin!"
"W-what? That's almost impossible!"
"Not really. Where you're going, you won't need to worry about not being able to. You'll have Jônin level skills in a matter of years. The real question is, are you better than the OTHER kids? You have to take them all down and then we send you to the Jônin test!" Itaryu told me. "Fabulous. Now there's no way I'll be able to see my family again."
"Nonsense! We can tell you really want to see your family again, so we're gonna be nice and not give you the shitty teachers we give most people who are happy to be here."
"How the hell would anybody be happy here?"
"Well, most of the people we take come from shithole families and are happy living here where we provide room and board for them. You get it pretty good where we're going."
"That's nice. I still don't want to be here. Can't I just pay off half the debt?"
"Your family has half of the money?"
"Yeah. My mom has a one hour break between the three jobs she has and I work two jobs myself. We've been trying to pay your stupid debts since dad left."
"Maybe we shouldn't have taken you then. Oh well."
"What the hell do you mean 'oh well?'"
"You can't just return somebody once we've taken you, stupid! If your mom can fork up the rest of the dough, then we'll have a chat with her about getting you back. But in the meantime, here's your schedule. Classes start tomorrow. If you have any questions, feel free to ask." Itachi said, thrusting a piece of paper towards me. I looked it over. It was kind of like school.

Hour 1 - Battle Strategies - Hyuuga Neji
Hour 2 - Taijutsu - Rock Lee/Rock Lea
Hour 3 - Discerning Medicinal and Edible Plants - Yamanaka Ino
Hour 4 - Weapons - Tenten
*Lunch*
Hour 5 - Free Hour
Hour 6 - Chakra Control and Open Fights - Hyuuga Hinata
Hour 7 - Medical Ninjutsu - Yamanaka Ino/Uzumaki Karin
Hour 8 - Ninjutsu - Uchiha Sasuke

"So kid, any questions?"
"Just one."
"And what's that?"
"Why is an Uchiha teaching classes?"
"Oh, Sasuke's my little brother. He's about your age and he's almost surpassed me on the level of ninjutsu he can use. The only reason he's teaching instead of coming to collect was because he thought it was inhumane to take peoples children from them."
"Well at least he has common sense."
"Watch your mouth brat." Itaryu said as we pulled up to a huge house with an even bigger building behind it.
"That's the training facility. And your room is in there." Itachi said, pointing at a building to the side of it.
"Oh my god it's HUGE!" Itachi laughed.
"It has to be huge! We can't have you kids escaping!" He said.
"We only have dorms where the windows start." Itaryu said. I looked up at the buildings and saw that the windows didn't start until about a hundred feet off the ground. It wasn't high enough to kill a person if they jumped, but enough to make them immobile until they could come and take you away. They parked the car and opened the door for me to get out.

"A room is ready for you already, Ms. Haruno. Please make yourself comfortable."
"Do you have different clothes for me to wear?"
"A tailor will be coming in tomorrow during your free hour and will be making you new clothes. You will be given formidable training clothes for your morning classes until she comes."
"Oh, okay." I said, thinking of what it'd be like until I was able to get home. Mom was probably selling all of the possessions I owned that I didn't want or like or could fit into, but kept anyway, to make money to bring me back. Itaryu and Itachi talked all the way up the stairs to my new room, which was on the second to top floor. When we got to my room, Itaryu opened the door and I gaped.

"Th-this is my room?" I almost screamed. The room looked like an apartment. No, more like a penthouse. There was a kitchen, a living room with a couch and a TV, two bedrooms, a large bathroom with a bath tub and separate shower, and a large walk-in closet, soon to be full of new clothes.
"W-wow."
"What do you think? All of the rooms on the top five floors were designed off of Manhattan penthouse suites. All you have to saw when you introduce yourself to people is Haruno Sakura, 33rd floor. You see, people who are under floor thirty respect people from the top five, so you won't make any enemies that you know about." Itaryu said.
"That's good." Itachi smiled and said,
"But remember, don't try anything with Sasuke. He has enough deranged girls after him, so we don't let girls get trained by him. You're getting a special chance to get trained by the best."
"Why would you think that I would try something?"
"When you get your first look at my brother, you'll know. Also, if you're ever in a group of girls, don't bring up the fact that you're in his class unless you want to die a slow painful death."
"Okay. Thank you both. I think I'll get settled in now."
"Alright. Good night, Sakura-san." They both said in unison, as the two walked out of the room. The second I sat down, there was a knock at my door. I opened it to find four girls standing there. One had purple hair and white eyes. Another had blood red hair and the same color eyes. Another had a blonde ponytail and bangs that covered one of her blue eyes. The last one had her brown hair up in two perfect buns and eyes to match.
"Hi! I'm Yamanaka Ino!" The blonde one said.
"I'm Tenten." The one with the buns said.
"I-I'm H-Hyuuga H-Hina-Hinata." The one with the white eyes said.
"I'm Uzumaki Karin." The one with red hair said.
"R-really? You all teach me something!"
"Really? That's interesting. What do I teach you?" Ino asked.
"Umm, Discerning Medical and Edible Plants and then Medical Nin with Karin over there."
"Really? Cool! See you then! Umm, what was your name again?"
"My name's Haruno Sakura. I'm only here to get out. Itaryu and Itachi said I was learning from the best."
"They say that to everybody. Lemme see your schedule. We're the only ones who can discern if that's true or not." I handed the blonde a piece of paper. She looked it over and her eyes almost popped out of her head when she got to my eighth class.
"They put you in SASUKE'S class? You lucky bitch!"
"Oh yeah, Itachi mentioned something about not mentioning being in his class to a group of girls." Ino frowned and made a noise that sounded like she was going to spit.
"Those two are morons." Ino said.
"You can't trust the Uchiha. No matter how friendly they seem, all they are is bad news. Until you meet Sasuke." Tenten added.
"Once you meet Sasuke, you think that all is right with the world." Karin said dreamily. Tenten smacked her on the back of the head.
"You know what, we should just leave. The new girl has to get settled in." Hinata said quietly.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Karin said, and the four of them walked into their separate rooms. I plopped down on the couch and watched TV for a few hours before going into what I assumed as to be the master bedroom, as it had an even bigger bathroom connected to it. I sat down on the bed and was asleep in a few minutes.

Okay! There's the first chapter! (I seem to have a habit of not having the main male character in the story until a few chapters in, don't I?) But anyway, Sasuke won't be in for a few chapters! Sorry! R&R!