Start Again

My life is brilliant.
My love is pure.
I saw an angel.
Of that I'm sure.

I woke up from the sun rays that stared down on my face. I groaned and was about to get up when there was a heavy weight that weighed me down. I looked down to find Karin—the girl that I recently picked up. Well, she's not the only girl I recently picked up though. I shook her gently and she moaned. She looked up and smiled at me, "Good morning Sasuke-kun" she said.

I got up and stretched my arms up. Yesterday night was the bomb—getting drunk with friends, picking up girls. It made me forget about everything; about the whole world—memories.

I looked at the watch that hung up in my white wall and it read 12:30 in the afternoon. Well, I'll be damned. Why did I have to be drunk on a Sunday night? I almost forgot it was Monday. I immediately took a quick shower and prepared my usual uniform in school.

"Going already?" Karin asked as she stepped in the shower with only a little towel to cover herself. I grinned at her and got out. "Yeah, I already missed half the school time" I said and closed the bathroom door. I got my boxers, placed them on and did the same with the uniform. I went downstairs to find Itachi cooking something. He looked up at me and smiled, "Good morning, brother!" he cried out.

I grumbled, "You didn't wake me up!"

"Well, you were with some girl" he grinned and tossed me a sandwich. I muttered thanks and got out of the house. I got into my red motorbike, placed my helmet on and got going for school.

When I arrived, I rushed through the corridors of the school and made my way to the cafeteria where everybody was. I quickly found Naruto, got myself a seat and they all laughed at my sudden appearance. "As per usual, late" Neji said, munching on a red apple.

"But not this late" Shikamaru commented.

"Guess what, Sasuke" Naruto started. He was my best friend in school, and will always be. We were like brothers. We have known each other since kids and the others just rode with us, I guess-but still Naruto is annoying.

"Hn?" I asked, picking up some fries from Shikamaru's tray. He glared at me and moved his tray away from my grasp. I groaned back when something in the corner of my eye passed—something pink. Well, whatever it was, it sure reminded me of someone. I shook the thought away, banning myself for ever thinking of that again.

"There's a new girl in class!" Naruto boomed.

"And she is one hot bombshell, I'd say" Neji said.

"You only have eyes on one girl, though, don't you Neji?" Shikamaru smirked and Neji rolled his eyes at him. "I've got no one in mind" he was lying. We can all tell when Neji was lying. Of course, you can only tell when he's lying if you're super ultra close.

"Anyway, I think she's way out of your type so would you mind and try being mean to her and make me become the prince charming?" Naruto begged. He always wanted a girl of his own. Geez, why couldn't he just settle with Hinata? I mean, she obviously has a thing for Naruto but Naruto is just so damn blind and a complete idiot.

"Yeah, man whatever" I muttered and reached out for Shikamaru's fries. "Hey! Stop that!" he cried out, putting his tray in the air. "Come on, I only got bread for breakfast!" I cried out.

"Well, it ain't my fucking fault that you woke up so late!" he cried back and I glared at him.

We snapped each other insulting comments until the bell for lunch break to end came and we headed to our classrooms. "Stupid Uchiha" Shikamaru muttered because he wasn't able to finish his lunch properly. "Whatever" I muttered back and we continued to glare at each other until we made it to the classroom.

As usual, I was greeted with girls on my back, making me their king—except for a girl in the classroom that was sitting at the corner. She was looking outside the window, deep in thought. I could tell…

My heart stopped beating as a wind came and it made her pink hair flow and the scent of strawberries and vanilla met with my nose and my heart tingled but was also slowly breaking into pieces. Why is she here? She can't be here…This is all probably some kind of illusion.

"Earth to Sasuke!" Naruto cried out and was already shaking me wildly. I looked at him and he looked at me, worried. "What the hell? I've been calling your name 6 times already!" he cried out. I took a deep breath and looked away, "N-nothing…j-just…I'll leave for a moment" I said and ran out the door, leaving my confused friends behind.

My mind was going crazy and my heart was pumping so fast, I thought it'd break through my muscles and my skin. I got into the male comfort room and looked at my reflection. I saw my eyes that were full of shock and my hair was in all places and I was breathing hard. I turned on the faucet and splashed my face with water. "Okay, you have to just chill, Uchiha" I said while facing my reflection.

I tried breathing normally once again and got my cool together. I fixed my uniform, my tie and everything else. I coolly got out of the male CR and slowly made my way to the classroom. I am positive that it was her-but I don't want her here.

2

"Sakura, I wish you luck in your first day" I said to myself in the mirror. My mother would've said that if she was here…but—she's off into the air, travelling the world with my father. They wanted me to come but I just didn't feel like it and I set myself on to a quest. So, I came here in Konoha.

I took a quick shower in the bathroom, prepared my uniform and looked ready for my first day of school. Although it was in the middle of the semester, I didn't mind. The uniform was also kind of cute. It had a blue checkered skirt that fell just a few inches above my knees and then a matching plain blue sweatshirt that had the school crest in the left side near the breast. Underneath the sweatshirt, my white polo was tucked in and there hung a black necktie. I didn't tie my hair and just let it flow loosely.

I got my bag and sling it down my shoulder and walked out of the apartment. I went down, greeted Mr. Lee a good morning and drove my pink vintage bike to school. It was an early morning. I made sure I was super early for my first day of school! It was a good thing that I got an apartment just not far from school.

Soon, I got to school, parked my bike in the corner where the other bikes were. People were taking glances at me and whispering to themselves. I sighed as I climbed the stairs and entered the school. It was really clean and nice. Lockers were places in each side, like one of those American high schools. The walls were a clean white and black stripes were painted in the lower part all the way to the end of the walls. The floor was a neat grey and the right side of the wall, where there was no lockers, huge windows were placed. This was the design all the way to the last floor.

It was the neatest school I've ever seen. I unzipped my bag and got out a piece of paper that had my section in class. "Hello, new girl" the sudden voice made me jump and look back. A girl with blond hair and was so gorgeous smiled at me.

"H-hello" I stuttered. She should be one of those popular people. Is she going to bully me? If that's the case then she shouldn't try because I've taken up Tae Kwan Do training the last year and won the finals. But she didn't and started talking to me again.

"Are you lost?" she asked after we shook hands.

"Well, not really but I am looking for my class" I said.

"Let me see" she said and took a peek of the paper I was holding. Her smile widened, "Well, what a coincidence! We're classmates!" she cried out.

Before I could open my mouth, she started dragging me around. We took 3 stairs up and immediately, got to our classroom. I was huffing with air because she was so fast and we freakin' took 3 flights of stairs!

"Thank you" I said between breaths. She chuckled, "My name is Ino Yamanaka and currently part of the student council!" Well, no wonder you talked to me first.

"Sakura Haruno" I muttered then she led me inside the classroom. Although it was very neat outside, the classroom looked like a tornado. There were papers everywhere and people were scattered and throwing stuff at each other, especially the boys. The girls were just at the corner talking about gossip or their life.

Once I got in, the people stopped what they're doing and stared at me. A knot tied on my stomach and butterflies suddenly were flying everywhere. "Alright guys, stop what you're doing please?" Ino cried out and people stopped what they're doing.

"This is Sakura Haruno, our new classmate!" she cheered out and the boys cheered with her while the girls snarled at me—well, whatever their problem was.

"Hello" I tried to mutter but nobody seemed to hear me. Ino led me to the back of the classroom where not so many people were and she started talking all about the school. Then, I remembered why I was here in the first place. "Then you can find the bathroom—"

"How about the boys?" I asked her and she laughed. "What, you looking for a boyfriend?" she asked.

"Not really, but just interested" I muttered.

"Well, the one with the blond hair is Naruto Uzumaki. He's a real loud mouth but he's sometimes funny too. The one that is sitting next to him…well, sleeping next to him is Shikamaru Nara—the real genius in class even though he probably just sleeps all day" Ino said and I watched her eyes as it took too long for her to stare at him until she finally moved on.

"The other one is Neji Hyuga, a real rich man but don't go for him, Tenten is obviously head over heels with him" Ino said and I giggled, "Who's Tenten?"

"She'll be here any minute. Oh and for Naruto, don't go for him too. Hinata is just in love with the guy that whenever he talks to her, she just faints"

"Alright then" I said.

"That one is Kiba, he's really…ew. He's like a dog in my eyes, a stupid stinking dog" Ino said as she growled at him. Well, that was a real insult. I wonder what happened between them that she really hates that Kiba guy.

"Oh and—"she paused as she looked around the crowd and frowned. "Anyway, there'll be another guy, always late and a complete playboy but also the hottest playboy ever!" Ino cried out.

"And who is it?"

"Sasuke Uchiha is the name!" she cried out and my heart stopped beating for a second and my eyes widened. Everything seemed to be in slow motion as Ino started talking more about the girls now. My stomach tied itself in a knot again and I felt tears about to come from my eyes.

"E-excuse me for a second, do you know where the CR is?" I asked and Ino looked at me kind of worried. "Are you alright?" she asked as she examined my face and started checking if I had a fever, "Your face is in different colors"

"I-I'm alright" I said and she told me where the bathroom is. I looked at my reflection in the broad mirror and splashed some water in my face—no, more like splash some sense into me. This is what I came for. I have to, what happened years ago…

"Oh god, I hope he just forgets me" I muttered but there I knew that at the back of my mind, I wanted him to remember me. I took on a deep breath and then Ino came barging in the bathroom, looking worried at me. "Is something wrong Sakura? Teacher is coming" she said. I showed her my best smile and nodded, "I'm perfectly fine. It's just that, I'm kind of tense with all this. I mean, me coming here in the middle of the semester and—"

"I see, well, let's get going!" she cried and grabbed my hand. She dragged me back to my classroom and the teacher was already there, sitting down in his chair. I was kind of shocked to see such a young teacher. He had white long hair and he had that weird mask that covered half of his face and his left eye was also covered.

"Ah! Well, she's arrived" he said and stood up. "Class, I want you all to meet your new classmate—"

"We already know her, Kakashi-sensei! Ino-chan already introduced us to her!" Naruto, the blond haired kid cried out and threw a paper airplane in Kakashi's way.

"Fine then, Sakura, I am Kakashi, your algebra teacher" he said and sat back down in his chair. Ino led me to sit next to her and she smiled my way—no actually, she was smiling at the person that was next to me.

I looked where she was smiling and a girl that had tan and her hair was in two Chinese buns smiled at me. "Sakura, I'm Tenten" she said and took out her hand to shake.

"I'm Hinata" the girl in front of me said and smiled sweetly.

"Oh, H-Hello" I said. My eyes roamed around to find the man I was looking for but turns out that he wasn't anywhere to be found. I became relaxed and smiled at the new faces I'm seeing.

3

Lunch came in no time. I hung out in the canteen for a while and then I still didn't see Sasuke. I wonder what happened to him and why he isn't at school and I also find it weird that none of his classmates—even his teachers don't seem to be too surprised by the thought that Sasuke wasn't around.

"Hey, uhm, that Uchiha guy that you're talking about?" I asked Ino as she took out some apples and handed one to me.

"Yeah? What about him? You better not touch him though! He's mine!" Ino cried out and giggled. I frowned for a mille-second and went back to my curious face as she started to explain, "You see, Sasuke is never at school not late. Sometimes, he even misses school for no apparent reason. Maybe because of drinking—"

"He drinks?" I asked. I never knew that…

'Yeah, he's a real playboy though but I dream to be in his arms and change him one day" she smiled at me. I felt uneasy. I couldn't talk to anybody about my certain quest. I sighed, no one should ever know. This cool just loves Sasuke—especially the girls even though he's a complete playboy. Now, I wonder, why is he a playboy?

Suddenly, the door banged open and there he was. My voice hitched and my body couldn't move. My eyes stared at him, hoping he would stare back—but he never did. He greeted his friends, our classmates, Naruto and the others and then were laughing and joking around or something.

"There he is! He's just an Adonis!" Ino squealed. I nervously laughed and munched on my apple. "Yeah, he is" I muttered.

"Hey! Why don't we eat lunch near the pool?" Hinata asked as we circled in our own little group. I smiled at them and shook my head, "Maybe I'll just hang out in the classroom" I said.

"But why? It's your first day of school! You should explore around here!" Tenten cried.

I shrugged, "I haven't been feeling too well because I just got here yesterday and I didn't get much sleep because I was super excited for my first day"

They all giggled, "Next time?" Ino asked. I nodded my head and stepped away from the group and made my way back to the classroom. Once I got there, I sat in Ino's area and looked out from the window. The breeze was so nice and the smell of cherry blossoms hit my nose. Hmm, I wonder where it came from.

I smelled it all and closed my eyes, remembering those times when I was with him beneath the cherry blossom tree and we'd laugh and he'd play the guitar for me and sing me a song and I would fall asleep in his arms and we'd stay there half of the day. The other half, we'd play around…

I opened my eyes and I felt tears about to escape from my eyes but I pushed them away. Then, I thought of that day—that rainy season and everything just fell apart…

"Kyaa!" I heard one girl scream. I sighed, I don't care. Maybe I should never have came, maybe I should have just gone with my parents, travel around the world—even marry a French man.

Another scream came and I was plain annoyed now. I looked around and saw the girls huddled all together and the boys were already there. Naruto, Shikamaru, and Neji were there. I looked around but no Sasuke. Where is he?

Naruto scanned the classroom and his blue ocean eyes landed on mine and he came running for me and sat in front of me. He turned his back to face me and he grinned at me. "Hello there, Ms. Beautiful" he said and I blushed a little.

"Hey, you must Naruto" I said and giggled. His grin got even wider, "Well, I am famous around here!" he cried out. "Shut up Naruto" Neji said. I didn't even notice that he was standing right beside him. I looked up and I noticed his eyes were white. I smiled at him, "Neji Hyuga" he said.

"I know—I mean, Ino told me all about you guys" I chuckled.

"Well, she definitely did her homework" Shikamaru said. He was sitting next to me and he was on his usual sleeping position. Head down, wrapped in his arms and ready to fall asleep in my seat.

"So, Sakura-chan! Do you want to hang out with us later?" he asked.

"Stupid, you just met!" Neji cried out and slapped his head to the side. Naruto looked up and glared at Neji who he returned back. "Dobe" a cold and all too familiar voice said. Neji and Naruto turned around and I saw cold eyes looking down on me. My skin shivered and I had to look away from his gaze. He has never stared at me like I was some stranger and it hurt like hell to see him look at me like I was hated. Maybe I really was, after what I did…

"Sasuke-teme! I was just inviting Sakura-chan to hang out with us later!" Naruto cried out but Sasuke kept his cold glare at me. He sighed and finally looked away, "Whatever, she's just probably one of those annoying girls" he said and walked off.

Ouch. That hurt like a fucking dagger at my back. I guess I deserve that though. "Eh, he's always like that but not to pretty girls. I wonder what his problem is" Naruto muttered.

"Don't worry about it, I'll be fine" I muttered and smiled at the blond haired boy.

"YES! I MIGHT HAVE THE CHANCE TO GET AN AWESOME GIRLFRIEND!" Naruto yelled at the classroom.

Neji and Shikamaru were talking by themselves like they were completely used to this nature but I didn't care about that right now because my eyes were looking at black orbs that stared at me with complete anger written all over it.

AN: Well, I hope you liked the first chapter:) Please review if you like the story!