Sakura looked at her dreary surroundings. The small room held her tighter than any rope could have. She closed her eyes and imagined her old room. The familiar blue was what she saw. This new room was a gross light pink, as if she would like that color, it reminded her too much of her hair. She sighed and looked around at the furnishings. There wasn't much to look at, the furniture was mismatched and ugly. Her new 'caretaker' had promised he would get her a new set, but she new not to trust him. She had been in and out of too many of this god forsaken homes to fall for that trick again. There was always something they wanted. The money the government gave them, a little serving girl, or in one case she remembered a playmate for the other siblings and for the abusive father.
She shuddered. A knock game at the door. "Sakura?" The voice called out, the voice was strained, but she could understand why. She had given this man nothing but hell since he had adopted her. He would probably give up on her soon. She stifled a scream and opened the door. "What?"
He looked a little shocked, but just smiled at her. His face was covered by a scarf, but his eyes twinkled enough to give her the impression of a smile. A small part of her wanted to smile back, but she knew how to quench that feeling. "Would you like to go to the store to buy your things now?"
Sakura shrugged her shoulders. "Whatever floats your boat, man. Its your choice to spend money on a guest."
The man looked as if he was going to argue, but thought better of it. He rubbed his hands to keep them warm. "Well, let us go then."
Sakura rolled her eyes an nodded. She grabbed her worn leather jacket and walked out of the room. She shoved the jacket on over her tee and jeans. She walked to the front of the small apartment, passing through basically what was the whole place. It was pretty shabby, she decided. You came into a little room which on either side had a door to the kitchen and the living room. If you went in either of those they were only separated by a breakfast bar. The theme was reds, and very classic Japanese. Off of the living room was two doors for her and her foster 'parents' room. In the kitchen there was one door for a bathroom. She shrugged. His room seemed nice enough. It was a nice blue with a set of mahogany furniture. The bathroom was green.
She pulled on her boots as she got into the small room at the front and pulled on the handle to escape the confining little house. She walked out onto the balcony that they had to walk down every time they had to leave. She started down as her foster 'parent' locked up. She walked over to his little car and immediately got in the back.
"You can sit in the front, you know." He said. Sakura just rolled her eyes. "I'm perfectly fine here." He shrugged. "Whatever floats your boat." Mimicking her earlier phrase.
They drove to t he nearest furniture store. Sakura looked at the prices and her eyes widened. Was he really going to spend this on her? She shook away the shock and decided to buy whatever she wanted. She grinned and walked towards the biggest bed she could find. It was a massive king sized bed with an oak headboard. She shook her head and moved on. She looked around and her eyes lit up when she saw the perfect bed for her. She walked over to a queen size black cast iron bed. The iron was woven so it twisted like a tree sprouting from the bed. She smiled. With it was a black, plain cast iron wardrobe, nightstand and desk.
"This," she said to her new guardian. "This is perfect."
He nodded and pulled out his cash. He walked over to the cashier and started talking to her about it. When he walked over, he said, "They are going to bring it over later tonight. Let's go get you some paint, a computer, and some school supplies."
Sakura whipped around. "What did you say?" she said in a deadly voice.
"School supplies?" He said with a mischievous grin. "Because of your previous, well, skirmishes with your foster parents the state is forcing me to have you enrolled, in well, Remembrance."
Sakura's eyes widened at the name. "REMEMBERANCE?" She shouted. "Thats a school for, for-"
"Delinquents? Yes I know." He said softly.
"Whatever, I'm sure as hell not going there."
"Yes, yes you are. And you are starting the day after tomorrow."
Sakura's eyes widened in disbelief. "I don't have any school supplies, or clothes or anything! I can't go."
"In case you haven't noticed we are in a mall. What do you think you will be doing here?"
Sakura scowled. "LET'S GO THEN!" She shouted. She stormed off toward the door that led into the mall and to the department store across the hall. She walked around aimlessly for a few minutes and then started grabbing clothes. Whatever suited her tastes. 3 hours later she had four bags of clothes, and 3 new pairs of shoes. She glanced over at her foster 'parent'.
He grinned and she scowled at him. "Now all we need is the paint, a computer, and your things for school." He said, "I will be right back. Let me put this in the car."
She nodded and walked over to the home improvement store to the paint section. She found a green color that was the color of the forest that used to be behind her house. She grabbed some other greens, a black and some brushes she knew she would need.
When he returned, Sakura looked up. "Do care what I paint on my walls?"
He looked at her curiously. "As long as its 'appropriate'." He said with air quotes around the appropriate. She glared at him and he nodded. She went up to the cash register. "Here," she said. "He will pay for this." She said pointing to the silver haired man who stood watching. His eyes met hers. She looked away and headed to the supermarket. She needed school supplies. She went and looked at the list she had been given for the school supplies. She cursed at how many classes she was taking. She grabbed the supplies color coordinating them because thats just how she was. She left the shop and headed back to the car. He sat in the car when she got there. She smiled uncertainly.
"Thank you," she said softly, "Kakashi."
AUTHOR'S NOTE!
I know most of you smarties probably figured out it was Kaka-sensei, but I just figured I would hide it until the end and see. Ya know? So I really am excited for this one. Writing about Sakura at school is going to be a blast. Her classmates are going to be fun too. Guess who they are? Couch, cough, the GENIN NINE AND THE SAND SIBLINGS! Haha, and the grade above her? Of course, I put in meh DD-kun! Well I look forward to the next chapter, and I am sorry this is so short, but I am pretty sure I am going to keep these chapters short. Under 2,000 words each. Review. TY. Jezzi.