Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters in this story.
Well, I will have a few OCs but no major ones.
"Sakura you're going to be late for school!" the woman at the foot of the staircase yelled up to her daughter.
"I'll be down in a second!" the pink haired girl called back. The girl finished tying a red ribbon in her long pink hair and stared at her reflection. She sported a typical uniform consisting of a plaid red skirt, a white blouse, and a red button up sweater that bore the school's crest. She looked herself up and down and sighed, it was fourteen year old Sakura Haruno's first day of high school. Konohagakure High School to be exact. Entering high school can be scary for any fourteen year old, especially for those whom have just moved to Konoha—like Sakura. She straightened her sweater and grabbed her messenger bag that rested next to the door. She ran down the stairs and into the kitchen where she was warmly greeted by her mother.
"Good morning sweetie!" her mother chirped, handing her a muffin.
"Morning mom!" Sakura replied as she happily accepted the muffin. She walked over to the refrigerator and pulled out a carton of milk which she then poured into a glass sitting on the counter top. She quickly ate her breakfast while half listening to her mother lecture her about stranger danger and other nonsense she heard for the millionth time.
"And remember if someone offers you a joint just say no and run to the nearest security guard!" her mother said sternly. She acted as if Sakura was going to kindergarten not high school.
"Mom!" Sakura exclaimed getting slightly irritated by the over protective parent.
"Okay okay," her mother said backing off, "you better get going if you don't want to be late." Sakura hopped off her chair.
"I'm not going to be late," she said kissing her mother's cheek goodbye, then headed for the door bag in tow.
"Have fun! Be careful! Make lots of friends! I love you, you'll be fine!" her mother yelled reassuringly as Sakura walked out the door. Sakura acknowledged those words with a wave goodbye then started walking down the street towards town.
Konohagakure High School wasn't too far from Sakura's house. She walked past shops and businesses opening for the day. She dodged busy street goers hurriedly making their way to their own destinations. Sakura however, was lost in her own thoughts not paying much attention to the bustling commotion around her. 'What if I get lost and can't find any classes? I'd be such a loser. What if everyone hates me? I'll be a loner through out high school, I-' her thoughts were interrupted when she ran into someone and fell flat on the cement. Sakura sat up slightly dazed and rubbed her back. She looked up at the looming figure that stood above her giving her a disapproving look. It was a girl about her age, wearing the same uniform as Sakura. Her fiery red hair matched her eyes that were glaring at Sakura from behind her glasses.
"Watch where you're going, idiot!" the girl snarled.
"I-I'm sorry," Sakura said apologetically lifting herself of the cement. The girl just huffed and looked away surveying the street like she was looking for someone. Apparently something caught her eye and the girl shrieked in delight as she ran off calling a name Sakura couldn't make out. Sakura stood up and dusted herself off. 'I haven't even made it to school and someone hates me.'
Sakura finally made her way to school with time to spare. She missed freshman orientation because she moved so late in the summer, so she had to go to the office to pick up her schedule. The hallways were already filled with rambunctious teens. People were hugging one another after their summers apart, a group a senior girls screamed "SENIOR YEAR BABY!" while some boys hooted in excited agreement. Sakura pushed her way down the hall and realized she had no idea where she was going. She decided she better ask someone before getting completely lost. She looked around hoping to find a friendly face when someone pushed her from her left. For the second time that day Sakura found herself on the ground.
"Oi! I'm sorry I didn't see you there!" a voice apologized from above her. She looked up and saw a bush of yellow hair and a wide goofy smile with their hand outstretched attempting to help Sakura up. She grabbed his hand and was lifted off the ground, she steadied her feet and thanked the boy.
"I'm Naruto by the way," the boy said still holding her hand but this time shaking it.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Sakura," Sakura smiled, shaking Naruto's hand. "Uh, Naruto do you know where the main office is? I have to pick up my schedule."
"Oh yeah!" Naruto replied, "Just follow this hallway down and make a left, it should be the first door. Its really hard to miss actually it has these two huge oak doors with the title 'MAIN OFFICE' over it."
"Thanks Naruto, I better get going before class starts!" Sakura said turning to leave.
"No problem Sakura!" Naruto called before turning and yelling to a group of people who must have been his friends and ran after them. Sakura headed in the direction Naruto pointed her in and sure enough as soon as she rounded the corner there it was. Sakura opened the door to the office and entered. She told the secretary that she was new and needed her schedule, who pointed her in the direction of the principal. She walked down a smaller hall in the office until she came to a door that had a plague with the name "Principal Sarutobi" printed on it. Sakura knocked lightly on the door hoping he would hear her. She heard a voice say "come in" from the other side of the door. She hesitated, because she became even more nervous than before, but then she tuned the knob and walked in. There across her sat and thin older man at a desk. He was looking at paperwork and looked up at Sakura when she came in. He motioned for her to sit in the chair in front of his desk. "Please sit down, Miss Haruno is it?" he asked politely a smile spread on his face. He appeared to be a very kind old man. "Welcome to Konohagakure High, I'd give you the grand tour myself but alas I have a meeting with the school board I have to get to. So here is you schedule," he said handing her two pieces of paper, "and a map of the school. The way to your first class is easy, just take the same hallway you came from just in the opposite direction and it will be the second door on the left."
"Th-thank you Sarutobi-sensei," Sakura said as she got up and headed for the door.
"Oh, because you're a new student I would like to speak with you at the end of the week, you know just to see how you're doing," Sarutobi-sensei called as she walked back out the door, she nodded in acknowledgement and headed for class just as the bell rang. 'Crap! I'm late!' Sakura thought and she quickly walked down the hall. She loked over her schedule:
1st hour: History 1A- Asuma-sensei
2nd hour: English 1A- Kakashi-sensei
3rd hour: Math 1A- Iruka-sensei
4th hour: Creative Studies 1- Hiro-sensei
5th hour: Biology 1A- Kurenai-sensei
6th hour: Physical Education 1- Gai-sensei
Sakura hurriedly continued walking to class with the directions Sarutobi-sensei had given her and found her classroom. She walked in as the teacher was handing out the class syllabus. "You're late." He stated not looking up at her.
"I'm sorry, I had to get my schedule from Sarutobi-sensei," Sakura muttered embarrassed.
"Since it's the first day of class I'll let it slide," he chuckled, " you freshman are always getting lost, please find a seat." Sakura looked around and noticed a familiar blonde waving his hand furiously from the back of the classroom.
"Sakura there's an empty seat here in front of Hinata!" he said pointing to an emptyseat in front of a purple haired girl who slumped in her chair at the mention of her name. Sakura made her way up the aisle and sat down smiling a thank you at Naruto. Asuma-sensei wet over his class syllabus which only took about twenty minutes, instead of starting the first lesson he let the class talk amongst themselves since he figured it's the first day and they all wanted to share their tales of summer to each other. Sakura pulled out her sketch pad and pencils and continued a drawing she had started in the car on her way to Kohona.
"Hey that's good," the voice belonged to Naruto who was standing over Sakura's shoulder staring at the drawing.
"Thanks, its just a doodle," Sakura replied closing the sketch pad. She didn't like sharing her drawings with anyone. Naruto sat back down and Sakura turned to talk to him.
"So, you're new huh?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah, I just moved to Konoha a few days ago," Sakura replied. She noticed the girl behind her—Hinata—was staring at Naruto with this look of longing in her eyes. She also noticed that Naruto was oblivious to it. She laughed on the inside thinking how cute this was. "So do you know anyone here yet?" Naruto asked trying to keep the conversation going.
"No, not yet," Sakura replied sheepishly, she felt like a loser admitting she had no friends.
"Well you know me!" Naruto exclaimed," and Hianta here too!" he pointed to Hinata who blushed.
"Y-yes, i-its nice t-to meet y-you S-sakura," Hinata stuttered. Sakura figured she was shy but most likely friendly.
"It's nice to meet you too Hinata," Sakura replied warmly, "so have you and Naruto known each other long?"
"Hinata and I have known each other since sixth grade! Along with our other friends, Ino and that idiot Sasuke!" Naruto happily replied. 'So they already have a crew' Sakura thought.
"Hey let me see your schedule maybe we have more classes together," Naruto said and Sakura handed over her schedule to the loud blonde. Hinata also handed Naruto hers so they can compare all three of them.
"Well looks like you and me have History, Math, Creative Studies, and Phys Ed together. Hinata is in math and phys ed with us," Naruto said. He looked pretty happy.
"Well that's good at least I'll have someone to talk to in those classes," Sakura said and then blushed, "I mean if that's okay with you two."
"Of course!" Naruto practically yelled, and Hinata nodded in agreement with a smile on her face. The bell rang which signaled the end of first hour. 'At least I survived one hour here.' Sakura thought. She walked out the door with Naruto and Hinata.
"See ya later Sakura!" Naruto yelled as he and Hinata headed in the direction of their class. Sakura waved goodbye and looked at her map. She looked up at the hall and turned towards another hallway. She walked down a few more hallways and found her next class. English with Kakashi-sensei. She entered the room with a minute before the late bell. She found an empty seat and sat down pulling her sketch pad out. She had been drawing a simple cherry blossom and she decided to add some background detail to the picture while she waited. Other students filed in the room but she kept her concentration on her drawing. She heard someone sit beside her but didn't look up, she was very determined to finish this drawing soon. She reached into her bag for colored pencils when the bell rang. Everyone continued talking since the teacher had yet to arrive and Sakura started adding color to the picture.
"SASUKE!" a voice screeched and broke Sakura's concentration causing her to look up at the source of the noise. It was the girl Sakura ran into on the way to school. 'Crap she's in my class?' Sakura thought. The girl made her way down the aisle towards Sakura. 'Oh shit is she going to hit me or something?' Sakura thought to herself. But when the girl stopped she turned to the guy who was sitting next to Sakura. Sakura hadn't noticed him at first. She couldn't get a good look the guy because the angry redhead was blocking her view.
"Sasuke why didn't you walk with me to class?" the red haired girl pouted.
"Karin I told you already, it takes too long to walk from my class all the way to your class and then here, we'd be late," a low cool voice responded.
"Hmph!" Karin said crossing her arms looking annoyed.
"Don't be like that," Sasuke said sounding equally annoyed. Karin sighed and then turned around facing Sakura.
"You, get up!" she said pointing to Sakura.
"Excuse me?" Sakura asked surprised.
"You heard me! I want to sit nest to MY boyfriend, and you're in my seat," Karin said. Sakura didn't know what else to do except gather her things and move. She didn't want to cause trouble. She put her stuff in her backpack and got up to move to the back of the class when Karin stuck her foot out and tripped Sakura who fell flat on her face.
"That's for running into me on the sidewalk earlier!" Karin hissed at Sakura. Sakura's face was so pink it matched her hair.
"Karin that's not cool," a voice said from above Sakura. It was Sasuke speaking, and he looked at Sakura. Sakura's stomach did a somersault. He was gorgeous, raven hair that was messy in all the right places and onyx eyes that stood out from his pale porcelain skin. Sakura had to remind herself to breathe. She hurriedly got up and went to the back of the classroom just as the teacher walked in.
"Hello, sorry I'm late," the teacher started but Sakura wasn't listening. She was too busy staring at Sasuke. Something about those eyes inspired Sakura and she pulled out her sketchpad and started drawing. She spent the whole hour drawing instead of listening to Kakashi-sensei. She had just started shading in the picture when the bell rang ending her second class. She packed her things and looked at her map to find her next class. She was excited to see Naruto and Hinata again. She walked down two halls towards her next class, and her friends.
So here is chapter one, pretty boring if you ask me but it will get better, I swear. This is my first fanfiction so I would like some feed back, and yeah I'll try to update soon.
-SW