O.k., so here it is: my very first fanfic. Ever. Please review (nicely!), and I will GLADLY accept any and all criticism that you guys give me.=)Everything will be in Sakura's POV, except for the very beginning and a few other select parts.
-I.M.B.
Chapter 1: Sweet Beginings
Third Person POV:
"But *sniff* Mommy! I *sniff* I don't want to go!"
"Sakura," the sniffling child's mother reasoned," You have to go to school, just like everyone else. Besides; you'll make so many friends, and have so much fun, that you won't even want to go home."
"Hey! That's MY toy; give it back, UN!"
Sakura looked up from her drawing to see three fourth graders standing over a…boy?...waving a stuffed fox over the crying child's head.
"And what if we don't want to give it back? What're you gonna' do about it, cry?", the oldest one with a brown buzz cut taunted. Both the short, greasy haired, blond and the chunky red head snorted out bits of laughter.
"That's not nice," a small, squeaky voice softly chided from behind the three tormentors. They slowly turned around, preparing their best death glares for whomever dared to correct them, and…they burst out laughing.
"Yeah, and whatcha' gonna' do about it? Huh, Pinkie?"
That did it. Sakura started trembling in what most would assume to be fear, but what was really an intense rage .There were very few things in the world that really made the small girl's blood boil, and she was now witnessing two of those things: someone was being bullied, and someone had just made fun of her hair.
She can't help it.
She was BORN with this hair.
Where did any one give them the right to make fun of the way she was born?
"Leave. Him. Alone. Now." Sakura enunciated each and every word loudly, slowly, and clearly. (A/N Way too many 'ly's …ha-ha. Too many Lees.)
"Yeah, well what if we don't wanna' leave, Shorty? What're you gonna' do? Cr-?"
His words were cut off by Sakura's fist. At first, it looked like nothing had happened, but then a loud CRACK resounded threw the surrounding area, accompanied by a girly shriek and a waterfall of blood.
"The *whimper* stupid Brat *sniffle* broke my fricken' nose!"
All four boys were stunned that such a small girl could do so much damage, let alone with just one hit.
"Y-you're n-not even w-worth our time. Let's g-go g-guys," and with that the three, big, bad, scary, fourth graders ran away from the small, pink haired, kindergartener. (A/N Lolz…the mental image)
Sakura then turned her attention to the stunned boy on the ground. He turned his shining cerulean eye up to look into hear jade ones…wait, eye? As Sakura actually looked at him, she saw that his other eye was covered by his long blond hair that would have reached his shoulders, had he not currently had it pulled up in a ponytail.
"T-thanks, un." He peered up at her, worried that he would say something about his-
"Why do you have a ponytail?" You could almost see the stress tumor that threatened to start forming in his brain.
"Because I like it, un. You got a problem with it?" Although he only saw curiosity in her eyes, he was just waiting for him to start calling him a girl or something, just like everyone else.
"Good. You should keep it. What's your name?" she asked while smiling down at him.
"Deidara. Who're you? I've never seen you before, un."
"I'm Sakura, and this is actually my first day here."
"tch. Well, the rest of your life here is gonna' be miserable. You just pissed off some of the biggest bullies here, un."
"Whatever," she responded while helping him up," I can handle them. Besides, they deserved it. No one messes with MY friends," she replied boldly.
"Oh, well- wait, friend?"
"Yeah, silly!" She glomped him back to the ground. "You're my friend, right?"
"Uh, y-yeah. Of course, un!" He pulled her back up with him.
"Well then, let's go swing!"
2 months later:
It was lunch time and, yet again, Shino Auburame (A/N Spelling?) sat all alone in the back of the court yard, right next to several sakura (cherry blossom) trees, whispering to beetles.
He didn't choose to sit alone…people just didn't like him because he liked bugs.
"Whatcha' doin'?" Shino jumped at the sound of the happy voice. As he turned to face the girl, he was surprised to see a smiling face, mere inches away from his.
"I was eating lunch," he explained, trying to gauge her reaction. Shino had never seen her before, and he was hoping that maybe, just this once, someone wouldn't run away from him and his bugs.
"Oh, okay then. Are you waiting for someone?"
" No. I'm sorry, did you want to sit here? I'll just move then…"
She flicked his nose and pushed him back down.
"Silly. My name's Sakura, who're you? Can I sit with you?"
"O-oh, um, I'm Shino. Y-you can s-sit w-with me if y-you want," he said as she plopped down next to him.
"Why do you always sit alone?" she questioned.
"People don't like me," he deadpanned.
"Why not?"
"I like bugs."
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"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard."
"Huh?" he questioned (oh so intelligently).
"There's nothing wrong with bugs. Who are the idiots that messed with you? I'll show them what happens when you mess with MY friend."
Sakura death-glared at all of the people that were staring at them.
"Well?" she looked at him.
"F-friend?" he stared wide-eyed at her.
"Well, duh. You're my friend! Let's go play!" she exclaimed while jumping up and running towards the swings
"Wait!" He lurched up from his spot in the shade and ran after her.
She actually wants to play! With ME! And she's a GIRL, too!... A pretty girl…Shino thought as he ran after her.
Over the next six months, similar situations happened with Naruto Uzumaki (He was being teased for saying "Believe It!" all the time), Sai Uchiha (because of his creepy smile), Tenten Aio (because she looks like Princess Laya), Rock Lee (do I need to say it?), Neji and Hinata Hyuga (their eyes), Kisame Hoshigaki (because he's blue) , and Choji Akimichi ('cause he's 'pudgy').
Okay, well, I'm ending it there. I promise that the next chapter will be A LOT better. More Akatsuki will come in later, and she's about to go through a MAJOR personality change. I'm pretty sadistic, so I've just got to make sure she's put threw a tragedy soon…Anyway, anyone who reviews gets a virtual cookie! P.S. Aio means blue, right? I don't really know…sorry…
