Warning: OOC! I'd like to play with their characters for a bit. This time, it's not actually Sakura who will obviously fall in love but instead, she's the dense one and Sasuke's the one who is protective and all that. Lucky for him, though he's obvious, Sakura will still not get his different way of expressing love. hehe

I am really enthusiastic about this story because it has been playing around my mind for quite some time already. Anyway, I would like to share the ones who inspired me to do this. First, Ouran H.S.H.C which I just finished watching after a friend let me borrowed her CD's and Special A. I just finished reading the manga! I got most of my ideas from Special A. :)

So here's the story! I hope you will like it since I really enjoyed typing and making it. Reviews please! Enjoy!

A Bizarra Love Story

Chapter one- obvious feelings

Another day has begun and the sun seems so happy today. It is shining so brightly as if something good is bound to happen. The birds seem cheerful as well for they were singing a lively chorus in a language that they only could understand.

"What a lovely morning," Sakura thought and sat up from bed. She smiled to herself and stretched her long and slender arms. After that, she stood up and headed to the door, wondering what's for breakfast.

"WHAT??" She ran to check her calendar and started panicking.

Yes, the morning was so beautiful that she has completely forgotten that today is the first day of her last school year in high school.

"Crap, how could I forget?" She slapped her large forehead and quickly glanced at her clock, sighing after seeing that it was not yet late. "Whew!"

She went to the bathroom to take a bath and did her morning-before-school routine. Lastly, after taking her unusually heavy breakfast, she took a last glance at the mirror to check her appearance. She brushed a few strands of her pink hair away from her face and did a little more fixing before she smiled in satisfaction and went directly out of the house.

"Sakura, you left your lunch." Sakura's maid called before Sakura can leave. She was as usual, alone in the house with their helpers since her parents are working abroad.

"Oh, sorry I forgot to tell you. Ino's making our lunch today. Gotta go!" She went out and walked her way to her school.

"What should I do? I should get a boyfriend soon before mom and dad could arrange a marriage to someone I do not know." She lowered her head, wondering what she should do.

When Sakura went to high school, her parents told her that she needs to have a boyfriend before she graduates. The reason is because Sakura is an only child and she's the only one who would inherit their company. Meaning, if she doesn't get a boyfriend, her wicked and mean grandfather will let her marry someone rich for the sake of their name and the company. So actually, it was not her parents who were forcing her but her grandfather.

In their family, it has always been a 'requirement' to marry someone noble for the sake of their name that's why arranged marriage is pretty usual. In fact, Sakura's parents also married because of her selfish grandfather. Lucky enough, they already knew each other before that happened so falling in love wasn't that hard.

Now, just thinking about this is making her head ache. "Can I just ask someone to pretend to be my boyfriend?" She asked herself but abruptly changed her mind since she knew that her parents would eventually notice.

"..but it's worth trying." She smirked. "Aha!" She suddenly yelled.

"Know that I think about it, this is my last time to beat the arrogant, idiot and ugly Sasuke!" She whispered to herself and suddenly got energetic. She gave out a wicked laugh. "Okay, maybe I'll take back the ugly." She thought and started laughing wickedly again.

The Haruno's and Uchiha's have known each other for a long time. Due to this, Sasuke and Sakura have been friends, classmates and most of all, RIVALS ever since. As of now, Sakura has two goals: To get a boyfriend (which she thought is pathetic) and to make Sasuke will cry out of defeat!

At first, she thought she was smart and really gifted until she met Sasuke! He was always one step ahead of her and no matter how hard she tries, she can't win against Sasuke in any aspect. May it be academics, sports, ANYTHING!

So after she met the prodigy, her aspirations in life changed. "I will definitely tear you into pieces this time, Uchiha Sasuke!" She thought with so much determination. "I practiced the whole summer just to beat you!" She laughed evilly again. Now, speaking of the devil, she just spotted Sasuke from across the sidewalk, walking gracefully and calmly as ever.

"Che, how could you be so calm when you know someone is going to finally beat you!" She hated him for that. He was always calm, not that he wasn't working hard too. He was just cool and she finds it irritating because when everybody is trying hard, he would always look as if he would not need any effort.

"Now you will see! I will beat you to school and for the first time, I will see your face in shock!" She laughed inwardly and started to run to school. She was of course confident since Sasuke did not seem to see her a while ago. "I will arrive there first Uchiha Sasuke!" She ran and ran without even getting tired. "I'm here!!!" She gave out a dark laugh and wiped her sweat off from her forehead. "Finally, I won!"

"Good morning Sakura. You seem energetic today, what could be the reason?" A voice from ahead of her said.

"WHAT???? How did you get here first? I saw you!!!! You were there!" She couldn't believe her eyes. She saw Sasuke a while ago. He was walking and she was sure that she was ahead of him but now, he was standing there at the gate with arms crossed and closed eyes without even a drop of sweat.

"You ran didn't you?" She accused and pointed her finger at Sasuke.

"Oh, did I? I wonder, was I walking too fast?" He finally opened his eyes and gave a teasing look at her.

"Or you used a car, you cheater!!!" She said and went to Sasuke. "You're a cheater! You should fight fair and square!!" She was yelling something else but Sasuke didn't want to listen anymore. All her yelling was getting into his nerves.

"Will you tone down your voice?" He finally said with a hint of irritation in his voice.

"You cheated! You're unfair! I should have won……" She was sort of provoking him.

..More babbling..

"Aren't you going to stop?" Now he was really getting irritated.

"No unless you tell me how you got here first."

"You're not really going to stop are you?" He smirked and she did some funny sounds which caused his smirk to get even wider. "All right then," he said and leaned closer so he could touch her soft lips.

Sakura's eyes got really wide but that was enough to stop her nonsense babbling. After 3 seconds, he parted and you can really say that Sasuke was enjoying the sight before her: A shocked beautiful pink-haired girl because a guy kissed her. Not just that, he smirked even wider because of the whispers around him. Now you could really say he was loving it.

After getting enough enjoyment and satisfaction, he walked away, leaving the wide-eyed Sakura alone with a huge smirk on his face.

"What was that?" She asked herself and covered her face both from the embarrassment and the tears that are starting to come out. Her eyes were a little teary because of what happened. She actually wanted to cry because she was embarrassed.

She stomped her way to her classroom, ignoring the curious eyes around her. When she arrived, she hugged the first friend she saw: Naruto.

"Whoah Sakura you're red!"

"Naruto! That was terrible!!" She cried this time, not noticing that Sasuke was just beside Naruto. Naruto was a bit startled at first but he didn't mind, she was a close friend anyway.

"Hey Sakura, what happened?" He tried to ask but Sakura just kept on telling that it was terrible and embarrassing and all that. He glanced at Sasuke and when he saw that the Uchiha was twitching and narrowing his brows, Naruto grinned.

Naruto hugged Sakura back and laughed when Sasuke gave him a deadly glare after seeing that he was rubbing Sakura's back for comfort. Inwardly, Naruto was enjoying the look on Sasuke's face and at the same time getting amused at the unconscious affection the Uchiha is showing.

"Hey, dobe. How long do you plan on staying like that?" Sasuke finally asked when he couldn't take it any longer.

"What did you call me?" A vein popped out from Naruto's head and yelled at Sasuke.

"I called you dobe, bastard."

"What? You jealous jerk!" Naruto fought back. The two completely forgot about Sakura.

"Stop it!" She shouted when she let go of Naruto and that was enough to stop the two from fighting over something unnecessary, as if she wasn't trying to start a fight with Sasuke a while ago over something useless. She rubbed her eyes from tears and sat on her seat.

"Hey, I'm sorry okay? Just think of it as a gift." Sasuke definitely didn't sound sincere. Sure he did what he just wanted to do. Pervert. So in return, he received a punch but he immediately caught Sakura's hand.

"Are you going to forgive me or not?" Sasuke said, more like in a threatening voice while holding Sakura's curled fist.

"No." She plainly said. Her eyes were still watery and her nose still red.

"Then do you want another kiss?" Sasuke teased and there he was again. His arrogant smirk was again plastered on his face.

Sakura bit her lip and after a few seconds she said, "Kiss me and you will go to hell and even if you're already burning in hell I will still NEVER forgive you." She warned but again, he was smirking like crap.

He kissed her, again, and this time it was longer than the first. Naruto was holding his laugh back.

After the kiss, Sakura attempted to punch Sasuke again but of course, he caught her again. She was holding her tears. "I hate you!" Sakura said.

"Am I in hell now? I don't think so." Sasuke mocked and moved his face closer to Sakura's, making her almost fall out from her seat from trying to move away from him. "Are you going to forgive me now? Unless you want ano-"

He was cut off when she immediately said "Fine."

Sasuke laughed and Sakura was blushing and biting her lip, obviously holding herself from punching Sasuke's perfect face again. She knew anyway that he will just catch her. "Sakura!!" Ino ran from the door and hugged Sakura. "What did you do to my Sakura you pervert?" she gave Sasuke a threatening glare.

"I kissed her." Sasuke said, raising a brow as if wanting to tell her, 'is something wrong with that?' Now thanks to Sasuke, Ino was already surrounded with burning aura, ready to kill him anytime. "She already forgave me." Sasuke muttered coolly.

"What? You forgave a pervert like him?" Ino asked Sakura who looked like she received all the problems of the world. "I said yes but I didn't mean it." Sakura put out of her tongue and made a face at Sasuke. Sasuke just sighed and ignored the two girls while Naruto was chuckling and giggling alone as if he has a world of his own.

"What are you laughing at?" Sasuke who was getting irritated asked, but Naruto ignored him until he smacked the blonde on his head. Still, after being smacked, he didn't stop laughing. Has he gone insane?

"Nothing! I was just enjoying sending the picture of the two of you kissing to some people!" He laughed again.

"WHAT?" Sakura and Sasuke stood up and charged at Naruto who was laughing a while ago but know crying in pain.

"My, my." Kakashi said when he entered the room. Obviously, he is again their homeroom teacher and as usual, he was late. The grey-haired teacher chuckled at Naruto who was grumbling cursed words, Hinata who was comforting the just-abused Naruto and Sakura who was now stopping Sasuke from torturing Naruto.

"Did you run into a gang fight, Naruto?" Kakashi laughed and the class laughed with him.

"Shut up." Naruto said.

"Before I start, I heard some great news Uchiha and Haruno." Kakashi teased while some of the students were engulfed with mixed emotions. Some were making teasing sounds, some were whining and some, you wouldn't want to know.

Now, thanks to Kakashi, the two were blushing madly.

Lunch time:

"I prepared lunch for you girls!" Ino cheerfully said while arranging the bento boxes she brought to school. Sakura, Hinata and Tenten helped Ino with the preparation. The four of them were at their usual spot under the Cherry Blossom tree at the back of their school. When they were done arranging their lunch, they sat down and started to eat.

"Say Sakura, I received a picture from Naruto. Mind explaining?" Tenten waved her phone in front of Sakura's face. It was a picture of Sasuke, with eyes closed and smirking, kissing a shocked Sakura.

"You're blushing Sakura-chan." Hinata giggled but Ino protested. "That pervert!" The blonde girl cursed.

"It was embarrassing. He did on purpose and…" Sakura stopped and bit her lip. She was really blushing. She wasn't getting red because she wanted it and was happy but shy. More of anger and regret.

"And?" Tenten urged, wanting to hear what Sakura will say next.

"He did it twice." Sakura shyly said and got a giggle from Hinata and Tenten and a cursed word from Ino. "Twice? Okay, that I didn't know. That bastard!" Ino was really fired up today.

"Is that okay with you?" Hinata questioned Sakura who was still mad and at the same time, quite embarrassed.

"Well, I don't really care. Not that it meant something. However though, it was my first." Sakura answered. Tenten who was more experienced than the rest just sighed.

"Dense."

"Anyway, I've had enough. Let's talk about something else." Sakura gave a reassuring smile at them.

"Your cooking is really the best Ino-chan. These taste really good." Hinata complimented and Ino gave her a hug while the two other nodded in agreement.

"Did someone say food?" Naruto jumped out of nowhere and went to them like a dog.

"Hey, where did you come from you dog?" Ino grumbled and whacked Naruto in the head. "Hey, enough. I've had too many of that today already!" Naruto protested.

"Sakura, I promise. I only sent it to Tenten, Hinata, Shikamaru and Neji. Oh, and to Kiba too and to Chouji and Shino I think." Naruto tried to apologize but only received a sigh from Sakura. As if she could still do something about it.

Suddenly, Sasuke, Neji and Shikamaru came too. Neji gave a peck on the cheek to her girlfriend, Tenten while Sasuke and Shikamaru sat with the girls. "Hey, who said you're invited? This is a girls-only party!" Ino complained but soon gave up since the guys just ignored her.

Now Sakura was getting red again since Sasuke sat beside her. Everytime the eight of them eats, he would always sit beside her.

Sasuke suddenly grabbed a tempura from one of the bento boxes and started to eat. Ino just let the others eat since she already foresaw this. "Bastard!" She thought, eyeing Sasuke who was so serene and calm.

"Hey," Sasuke said to Sakura who was trying her best to ignore him. He sighed.

"Sakura, don't be childish!"

"I'm not talking to you."

"Sasuke, it was her first." Tenten finally said and sighed.

"Oh," was Sasuke's quick reply. "I already said sorry." He said after a few minutes. He just can't stand not talking to her and he hated it.

"Sasuke's persistent" Naruto whispered to Shikamaru and nodded at what he said. "I know. That's why girls are troublesome," Shikamaru answered.

"Why are you so affected anyway?" Sasuke still didn't stop trying to talk to Sakura. "I'm not. I'm just-" Sakura didn't know what to say next. "Why did you kiss me anyway?" She just asked unknowingly but Sasuke didn't answer. Oh, the Uchiha has lost his words. "You know Sakura," Naruto whispered at Sakura's ear but the others can perfectly hear it so it wasn't a whisper after all.

"What?" Sakura asked so Naruto continued. "When a guy kisses a girl suddenly, it means that.. Hey!" Naruto yelled at Sasuke who threw a shrimp at him. "Don't poison her innocent mind idiot." Sasuke angrily said while already readying himself to throw the other food he was holding to Naruto. "My food!" Protested Ino.

"I was only saying the obvious Sasuke." Naruto pouted and received a nod from the others. "Shut up." Sasuke looked away, clearly embarrassed.

"What are you all talking about?" Sakura asked, apparently, clueless. "I pity you Sakura." Tenten gave a pitiful face to Sakura.

"Huh?"

"I know you are dense but I didn't know that you were THAT dense." Tenten sighed and to Sasuke's gratitude, he still wasn't discovered by Sakura, at least. Now he wonders, will Sakura ever get it if what she was thinking now is just nonsense stuff like beating Sasuke to be first and things like that? Somehow, he feels relieved.

"Uchiha Sasuke!!" Rapidly, Sakura's mood changed. She was now burning with enthusiasm and was having a face as if she just thought of a wonderful idea. "I'm going to take revenge!" Her eyes were burning in flames and Sasuke could only sigh to this.

Technically, the whole rival and challenge thing was just Sakura's idea. He didn't care whether he loses or not though he admits that he enjoys getting challenges from her. Somehow, Sakura's persistence and view on things were fascinating to him that he didn't want to lose either.

At first he thought it was annoying and he concluded that she will get tired of these kinds of game someday too but seeing her try and try made him want to challenge her more. He just doesn't want to show his own enthusiasm regarding this thing. You know an Uchiha's attitude.

"Revenge?" Sasuke's eyes became glittery to the others view which made them get scared for some reason.

"Yes! Revenge!" Sakura answered with still so much passion in her loving voice.

"Does that mean you will kiss me too? Without my permission?" Sasuke smirked again, having a whole lot different concept of revenge in his mind from Sakura's view of revenge. The next thing he knew, he was covered with ramen noodles.

"You atrocious brat!!!! Get lost already!" Sakura roared in anger.

"Sakura!! My food!" Ino cried.

"I'm really sorry Ino." Sakura bowed, repeatedly saying her apologies to Ino. "I just got carried away!" Sakura bowed again but Ino just shook it off.

"Enough already," she comforted. "I would have done the same too, you know. That Uchiha is an annoying pervert!" Ino continued and Sakura just laughed. "I know."

"Now, you go inside now." Ino told Sakura and received an okay. She accompanied Sakura home since their houses were just a few blocks away. They gave each other a hug before Sakura went inside the house.

"Sakura-sama, just in time. Your dad is on the phone." One of their maids said and handed Sakura the telephone.

"My dad?" She asked obviously in disbelief and their maid nodded. "Well, thanks." Sakura said and their maid went away.

"Umm, dad? How are you doing?" Sakura said over the phone with an anxious tone. She cleared her throat so she wouldn't sound that uneasy. "Your mom and I are doing fine honey. How about you? How was your school?" His dad asked, surely trying to be a father. "Well, a couple of unusual things happened but overall, I am completely fine and healthy!" Sakura responded.

"Well, the reason why I called is because your grandfather is expecting to see you with you know, a month from now."

"WHAT? A MONTH FROM NOW? But daddy!" Sakura complained, finally taking back what she said a while ago about this day being lovely. Surely, getting a boyfriend is not as easy as picking something that fell on the floor.

"Let me talk to her." She heard her mom say to her dad from the phone. "Hello, sweetie?" She heard the voice of her beloved mom and she eventually felt 'homesick' or 'parents-sick' would be a better word to use.

"Mom! Why so soon? You said after I graduate!" She was nearly crying now.

"I'm sorry dear. You know your grandfather. He orders and we follow. Unless you would convince him that you have a boyfriend… but having a boyfriend is not just as simple as saying it. Dad is picky, you know him." Her mom's voice sounded really apologetic and caring.

"Mom, I don't want to get engaged to someone I just met!" Sakura's tone was like she wanted her mom to do something about it and for some reason, her mom got it. "I'm sorry Sakura. As much as we would like our daughter to be happy, we couldn't do anything about it. Oh, they are calling us already. We have a meeting dear, I'm sorry. Your dad and I will see what we can do. We miss you dear! We'll see you in a month."

"Bye mom. I love you and dad." Sakura was really feeling down now. She needs to find a boyfriend who has already a name in one month? Or worse, she would get engaged with someone she doesn't know?

"Me? Very young? Engaged? Why is this happening? How will I beat Sasuke if this is happening?" She swallowed. She just could not put all the engagement stuff together in her head. She was still confused why she would need to be engaged so soon and to think that it was her own grandfather who wanted it.

"Well maybe, I could just give my best this final exams so I would get a higher grade than Sasuke!" So easily, her attention and thoughts were diverted when she thought about Sasuke.

"..but wait! A MONTH? That's so soon!" She suddenly remembered. Somehow, her thoughts are really disorganized that you wouldn't actually know what she was thinking because it would move from one to another every second!

"What will I do??"

There, chapter one finished! I hope you liked it! I will try to update as soon as possible because I want to make another story. Reviews please!

Just to make it clear, I wanted to make Neji and Tenten a year higher but when I read the chapter again, I realized that they're already in their fourth year so meaning, if I will make Neji and Tenten older, they would already be in College. Hehe. So in this story, they're in the same year as the others, but still older than them.

Thanks!