Fast Times at Konoha High
Summary: When Naruto spends time with another girl at school, Sakura thanks her lucky stars and continues her pursuit for the popular Sasuke… until she discovers that the only boy she ever wanted was the blond dobe she had let slip past her fingers. NARUSAKU
Disclaimer: Don't own anything, even the title which is semi-copied from that movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High! Haha, that movie was…well, you'll have to watch it to find out! I do, however, own one character…but, pshh, she's hardly worth a thing!
PROLOGUE
Haruno Sakura twitched. It was hardly a ladylike habit, but if you were seated next to an obnoxious blond named Uzumaki Naruto for your first period class, your entire face would be pulsating with uncontrollable nerves. For the umpteenth time during that particular period, Sakura smacked the boy across the head quietly so as not to create another scene. The last thing she wanted to do was attract unwanted attention towards Naruto and herself.
"Ouch, Sakura-chan, what was that for?" he whined in a hushed tone. He had learned via her daily beatings that if he did not oblige to her 'whispering agreement' that she would have no problem delivering a well-deserved black and blue blemish towards his cerulean eye.
She glared in response to his question, causing the blond to laugh nervously while scratching the back of his head. As soon as he stopped his nervous jibber-jabber, he proceeded to shut up, leaving Sakura alone to her thoughts. To her detriment, the class had ended abruptly. And so, Naruto continued his story of how he had gotten bitchslapped by Yamanaka Ino when he accidentally walked into the girl's lavatory in the morning.
Although she was quite annoyed with the dobe, Sakura had to admit it was probably the only genuinely hilarious story she had heard this week. "Naruto, you're such a baka sometimes," she chuckled to herself as she dialled her locker combination.
"Eh, it was an accident! So, could you please tell Ino-chan I meant no harm?" he pleaded, whilst taking out his books out of his own locker. How Uzumaki's locker happened to be only a meter away from hers was beyond Sakura's mind, and the fact that the boy actually owned books was just downright disturbing. Just what kind of books did he own? Well, she didn't want to know the answer to that.
She laughed, rolling her eyes subsequently. "Fine, Naruto, but only if you promise not to do it again. That includes the change rooms too."
"Oi, what do you take me for? I'm not a pervert like Kakashi-sensei," Naruto hollered as he travelled to his respective class. "Bye, Sakura-chan."
"Bye Naruto," she sighed with relief as she headed towards her second period class, meeting Ino along the way. Sakura smiled, glad that her friend had finished her vacation in the Sand Country.
"Hey Forehead," Ino replied absentmindedly as she read a piece of paper with great intrigue. Sakura knitted her brows together, guessing that the paper didn't have anything to do with school. The last time Ino had gotten excited about anything school related, it was about the basketball team practice, where the boys were playing shirts versus skins. Let's just say two certain Uchihas were both placed in the skin side…
"Ino-Pig," Sakura responded automatically. "What are you reading?"
Ino smirked, shoving the piece of paper, which now appeared to be an invitation, in front of Sakura's face. "Apparently, there's going to be a party at Uchiha's mansion. I guess he's finally come to the dark side" cue in the evil music "becoming more social" evil gleam in Ino's eyes "making use of all that dead space-"
"BAKA!" Sakura smacked the back of the blonde's head in annoyance. "That was low."
Ino was about to retort, until she noted the light smile dancing on the pink-haired girl's lips. "So says the girl who's thinking the exact same thing," Ino replied, snatching the invitation hastily. "Wanna shop after school?"
"Sure, but the party's not for…a month?!" Sakura glared, knowing fully well what was now going on…Only one certain blondie could be responsible for this, and it wasn't the platinum blond walking adjacent to her now. "I'm guessing he doesn't know anything about it…"
"Huh, what makes you say that?" Ino inquired with genuine confusion, obviously not catching on.
"Do you honestly think Sasuke-kun would throw a party and hand out the invitations one month early? Wait, do you even think he'd hand out invitations?"
"…no."
"Exactly. I'm thinking Naruto and Kiba are behind this," Sakura pursed her lips together. She wouldn't admit it, but she was happy the dobe was the brains behind the operation. Now, she would finally get the opportunity to talk with her long time crush…and possibly do more. The two girls entered second period biology, talking vividly about the party.
-xxx-
Sakura sighed. Today was fast becoming a troublesome day. Oh god, she was beginning to sound like Shikamaru, and that was never a good sign. She was highly aware that the boy reeked of laziness and that his disease was highly contagious by nature. Take, Suzuki Mimi, Sakura's fellow basketball mate, for instance. She was an average basketball player along with Sakura, but the moment the poor girl stepped into her co-ed PhysEd class and was partnered with Shikamaru in their freshman year, the girl transformed into nothing short of a couch potato. That wasn't to say she became the worst player on the team. Ino was bestowed that award and rightfully so. It was a wonder how the blond even made the basketball team in the first place. The girl was more likely to catch a bottle of nail polish rather than a ball…which is why this year her blond friend looked forward to joining the cheerleading squad instead.
"Oh God," Ino sulked as she settled down onto her stool beside Sakura. "I can't believe I'm in this class…"
The young blonde girl had been in vacation in the Sand Country for the first week of school, so she wasn't aware of what classes she had for the day. To her detriment, she was forced into seventh period chemistry…with Orochimaru-sensei. She grimaced. After having Orochimaru as her freshman science teacher and barely passing with a 56, she knew this year was going to be, more or less, hell.
"Ah, well if it isn't my star student," Orochimaru replied maliciously… Okay, so there was no malicious intent in his tone, but it was obviously meant to be a sarcastic jest; a jest that Ino would not take so lightly.
"Excuse me," she folded her arms in defiance.
Sakura rested her chin on her hand, "Here we go again. Just sit down and shut up, Ino-Pig, and we might get through this alive." The pink-haired girl was suddenly beginning to realize why Ino had come so close to failing last year. The rumours were, in fact, true: Orochimaru and Ino hated each other. The longstanding dispute between student and teacher was becoming more and more visible by the second.
"I'm sorry, do you want me to call the office," Ino threatened, which was quite unusual seeing as the teacher was usually the first one to reiterate that warning. She smirked, holding a tape recorder, "I'm prepared this year, sensei! You can't beat me, YOU IDIOT!"
"Baka," Sakura slapped her forehead. "You do realize you just tape recorded that too, right?"
Ino twitched. "Shit."
"Well, now that that's settled, you can leave my class, Yamanaka-san," Orochimaru gestured towards the door.
The girl's sad, embarrassing exit earned a few snickers all around the class. Usually, Orochimaru-sensei would slap the pointer stick on a table, preferably someone's lab area, and give a sick, inhuman glare to shut the students up, but he rather enjoyed watching others extract joy from Ino's suffering.
"As I forewarned you on Friday, you are to perform a lab today to test your knowledge on the basics of safety and the importance of intricate preparation for labs," Orochimaru informed the class with continuous eye contact that forced his students to squirm with unfaltering attention and concentration. Sakura gulped as his eyes rested on her, praying to Kami-sama for a bit of guidance during this traumatic moment of the day. "Since your partner effectively ruined the balance of the class, you may join Uzumaki and Uchiha's lab group for today, Sakura-san."
If only the dobe weren't in the way, Sakura thought bitterly, but still secretly thanked Ino for deciding to become an obnoxious, loudmouth that day. Come to think of it, Ino was like that everyday…
"Hi Sasuke-kun," Sakura greeted, and then acknowledged Naruto briefly, "dobe."
"Hi Sakura-chan!" Naruto greeted enthusiastically. "Oi, Sasuke-teme, aren't you going to greet Sakura-chan?"
"Hn."
A moment of unparalleled silence passed; a silence that could only be mastered by the one and only cold-hearted Uchiha. Bu, naturally, the silence would not last. Naruto was, after all, part of their lab group as well and silence was a something the boy could just not comprehend.
"Wow, Ino-chan walked right into that one… even I'm not that stupid," Naruto remarked, distributing the goggles around the table.
"She's an idiot," Sasuke stated, agreeing with Naruto for once.
Sakura was torn between sticking up for her friend or siding with Sasuke for the sake of conversation. She sighed. The old Sakura would have chosen the latter, but she was developing strong morals and betraying a friend was against the moral code. She glared, "No, she's not."
For once, Sasuke was surprised. He expected Sakura to side with him, but that didn't really matter. Her opinion still remained irrelevant to him and anything she said would not sway his thoughts. He smirked, "Oh, and are you going to defend her previous actions as a sign of intelligence?"
Sakura bit her lip, not believing that she was actually defending her ex-arch nemesis at a time like this. "While I admit my friend's train of thinking was… off at the time, I can wholeheartedly say that she is one of the smartest people I know."
"Seeing as the dobe is your friend, that's hardly an accomplishment," Sasuke scoffed.
"Oi, teme, I'm not dumb and Sakura-chan does not have dumb friends!" Naruto yelled, somewhat contradicting his earlier preconceptions about Ino beforehand. A few snickers were heard and a glare from Orochimaru was sent their way.
Sakura slapped her forehead in embarrassment. Yep, today was truly a troublesome day.
-xxx-
Mimi trailed to her last period class tracing her fingers along the wall. Just as she was about to enter the room, the bell rang, effectively ruining her confidence. She sighed, twisting the handle of the door and entering the class. She fiddled with her messenger bag when she noticed that all eyes were on her; it was a clichéd school moment that reminded her of the several teen movies she had to endure with her friend Ino.
She nervously scratched the back of her head, noticing that the attention was still focused on her. The fact that her new last period class happened to be a senior level English class was not easing the tension off her back either… 'Oh, Kami, why did I take the placement exam?' she thought to herself, suddenly regretting her choice to upgrade from her previous class.
The teacher, Hatake Kakashi, smiled, causing a few girls in the class to either blush or glare at Mimi. "Oi, Mimi-san, what are you doing here?"
"What do you think?" she asked with particularly no emotion, handing him her timetable and a note. As he skimmed both her note and timetable, Mimi glanced at the class. She noticed that the demographics seemed to be in favour with the widely known group, the Akatsuki. They were the dominators of the school that you didn't want to mess with.
"Ah, well class, it seems Suzuki Mimi is a new addition in our class. She's a sophomore, so I expect you all to treat her with the same respect you would treat your own peers," Kakashi advised the class, knowing fully well that they probably wouldn't listen to him. "Take a seat at the spare desk in the back."
Mimi nodded her head and obeyed her teacher, grateful that his attractiveness caused many of the girls to gravitate towards the front of the room. She hated sitting at the front. As Shikamaru had told her the previous year, a seat at the front limits the amount of time you're allowed to close your eyes… and to be perfectly honest, she planned on catching a lot of zzz's in this class. Any type of interaction with the other students would be sparse as no one would be caught dead socializing with someone two years their junior. It was 'social suicide'.
"Mimi, I'd prefer if you kept yours eyes opened this year," Kakashi replied absentmindedly as he searched through his papers. Well, speak of the devil…
"It's not like it's going to cause an extreme deficit to my mark, sensei," she yawned, covering her mouth. "And if you really want to go there, perhaps you should stop reading Icha Icha Paradise. Seriously, it's like amateur porn."
Kakashi widened his eyes. He would not let her get away with insulting his most prized piece of literature. "Unless you want your public squabble at the mall leaked, I suggest you stop talking and listen to me."
"Um, I'm pretty sure that's half way around the world now…"
"Well, you can confirm your thoughts by leaving my class," Kakashi replied pointedly.
She sighed, picking up her books. "Jeez, sensei, when did you become such a prick?"
Slipping her a pink slip, he winked, "About the time my student walked in here with a stick up her ass."
"But, sensei, Deidara's a boy!" she called out, exiting the classroom. She cringed as soon as she passed the door. That comment was going to bite her in the ass soon. There was no denying it. Curse, Shikamaru. His laziness and dry insults were still fused into her personality. She'd have to talk to him later. Then again, his house was an entire block away from her and that would be just too tiresome to walk... She'd let it slide for now.
Back in the classroom, Kisame laughed at the fuming blond in front of him who wanted nothing more than to wring the neck of the girl who had just departed from the class.
"Just who the fuck does she think she is?"
"LANGUAGE, Deidara!"
A/N: HEHE, I liked the ending of this chapter… and especially Ino's tape recording incident. This is just like an intro to some of the main characters, so you don't have to really take it seriously. This gives you a feel of the school's atmosphere.
Regarding ages, they are all aged according to Shippuuden (all rookie 9 are 15 and Team Gai are 16), except for the Akatsuki, whom I made 17 years of age.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it, and if you didn't, I urge you to stick with it 'cause this is just the beginning. There will be tons more interaction before Sakura realizes some things… HEHE. Please review and lemme know what y'all think!
Cheerssssssssssss!
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