~ Hi no Kuni, Konohagakure no Sato, 07:30 am, Tuesday 1st April, Chiyo's Apartments, Apartment 23 ~
Loud snores echoed in the two bedroom apartment. The apartment was somewhat small, and it's walls were painted a light green colour, it had a small kitchen, a small area with a couch, T.V, low table, a fire place, and a set of drawers, it was kept apart from the kitchen, and hall way by a wall, and a sliding Fusuma door. Four doors were down the small hall way, one for the toilet, one for the bathroom, and the other two were bedrooms.
A small figure yawned as they made their way to the fridge in the kitchen, as they opened the door the light lit up the figure in the dim apartment. It was a six year old girl with just passed shoulder-length pink hair in two low pigtails, and big bright green eyes. She had lightly tanned skin, and was 3'11". She wore a white blouse, over the knee white socks, a navy neck tie, and a grey pleated skirt. She grabbed a box of strawberry milkshake, and pierced the silver circle with her straw, before taking a sip.
She glanced up at the large clock, having already learned how to read the time when she was four since her father sometimes over slept, and needed her to wake him up, and padded her way to her father's room.
She slid open the door, and made her way through the messy room to the large bed.
"Tou-chan!" She said, shaking her father's shoulder making his snoring falter as he woke up.
He blinked his dark eyes, as he met the eyes of his only daughter, messy spiky white hair fell around his shoulders, and face as he sat up.
"What is it, Sakura-koishii?" He mumbled as he yawned, stretching and making his back pop.
"It's 7:50." Sakura stated, looking bored, as Jiraiya nodded slightly still mostly asleep.
When what she said made it to his mind his eyes widened.
"Your going to be late!" He shouted, jumping out of bed, just to get tangled in his bed sheets making him face plant the floor as Sakura stared at him blankly with the straw between her lips.
He was 6'4", with waist-length spiky white hair, dark eyes, and line red tattoos from his lower lids to his jaw. He had tanned skin, and was muscular, and toned. He wore black pajama bottoms.
Jiraiya made a pained groan, before he untangled himself, and rushed to get ready, as Sakura went to the door, knowing that two of her Aunts would be there to make sure she got to school on time.
"He's just getting up, isn't he?" Tsunade asked, her eyebrow twitching.
Tsunade was a tall woman at 5'7", with honey blond hair in two low pigtails, and amber brown eyes. She had lightly tanned skin, a good figure, and large breasts. She wore black pants, a green long sleeved shirt, and low heel sandals which she removed as she entered her house. She also had a purple diamond on her forehead.
"Hai, Tsunade-ba-chan." Sakura answered, making the honey blond woman make her way to her younger brother's room, cracking her knuckles.
"JIRAIYA! You better hurry up!" She shouted as she walked.
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto shouted, leaping at his older cousin, and hugging her.
Naruto was four years old, with spiky blond hair, and bright blue eyes. He had tanned skin, whisker-like marks on his cheeks, and was 3'6". He wore blue shorts, a white t-shirt with a orange swirl on the front, and had been wearing sandals.
"Naruto-kun." She greeted, patting him on the head, before she looked at her other Aunt. "Kushina-ba-chan."
"Hey Sakura-chan, while Tsunade is getting Jiraiya ready, I'll make up some ramen." Kushina smiled, making her way to the small kitchen, and pulling an instant ramen cup from the cup board.
Kushina was 5'5", with calf-length red hair up in a high ponytail, and violet eyes. She had lightly tanned skin, and wore jeans, a long sleeved bright red t-shirt, dark orange socks, and had been wearing sneakers.
Sakura nodded, as she put on the T.V on for her younger cousin, who became engrossed in the T.V as soon as he saw his favorite anime was on. It was something about ninjas was all Sakura knew since she didn't watch T.V much.
Crash! "I told you to hurry up you lazy hentai ossan!" "Tsunade I can't hurry up if you keep hitting me!" "Talking wont get my niece to school on time!" "Ow Tsunade! Don't hit so hard!"
"Those two are always fighting." Kushina sighed, as she handed the cup ramen, and a pair of chop sticks to Sakura.
"Arigatou." Sakura said, bowing her head slightly. "Itadakimasu." With that she began eating.
"Kaa-chan, will I have to go to Shōgakkō like Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked, wrinkling his nose at the thought, he hated Kindergarten as it was, and didn't want to think about Elementary.
"Hai, in two year time you'll be going to the same school as Sakura-chan." Kushina answered, making sure Sakura had gotten everything in her red randoseru bag.
"But I don't want to!" He whined.
"To bad, brat." Tsuande said as she came back, when she saw Sakura drinking the broth of her ramen she wrinkled her nose. "Tomorrow I'm going to get here early, it's about time you get a real breakfast."
"What's wrong with Sakura-chan having ramen?" Naruto asked, a frown on his face, crossing his arms like he saw his mother do when she told off his father. "Ramen is the best! Dattebayo!"
"That may be, but growing children need proper meals or they wont grow right." Tsunade said, glaring at her nephew, who just stuck his tongue out at her, making her eyebrow twitch.
There was a reason she liked Sakura better out of the two. Sakura wasn't childish, though Tsunade was slightly saddened that her niece didn't act her age at all, but Naruto made up for it by being childish all the time.
"Gochisosama deshita." Sakura said after she finished the last of her broth, before throwing away the foam cup.
"Jiraiya! She's going to be late!" Tsunade shouted, as Jiraiya came walking down the hall, wearing dark pants, white socks, and a long sleeved dark shirt, his hair in a low ponytail.
"I'm ready!" He exclaimed, rolling his eyes at his older sister. "Let's go, Hime."
Sakura nodded, grabbing her randoseru, and put on her white sneakers. The others put on their own shoes, and walked out the door, Jiraiya only stopped briefly to lock the door, before the walked to the stairs, and then down to the parking lot. Kushina, and Naruto left the group with a wave, and a hug, already heading towards Naruto's kindergarten.
"Jiraiya-san!"
Said man turned to see his land-lady, Chiyo, coming towards him, holding the hand of her grandson, Sasori. Chiyo was 5'5", with dark eyes, and grey hair up in a bun. She wore a white blouse, a tanned skirt, and soft brown shoes.
Sasori was 3'10", with messy red hair, and big brown eyes. He wore grey shorts, a white shirt, navy tie, white socks, and white sneakers. He had his black randoseru on his back.
"Chiyo-baa-sama." Jiraiya greeted bowing slight to the woman, who did the same back.
"Jiraiya-san can you do me a favor, and take Sasori with you to school?" Chiyo asked, as Sasori scowled.
"Sure, Chiyo-baa-sama." Jiraiya agreed with a grin, making the old lady smile.
"JIRAIYA!" Tsunade shouted from Jiraiya's car, with Sakura in the back.
Jiraiya winced, and took Sasori's hand, bowing slightly to Chiyo, he made his way to his car. Sasori got in the back seat, while Jiraiya got in the drivers seat.
"Chiyo-baa-sama sleep in?" Sakura said, looking out the window.
"Hai." Sasori answered using the same indifferent though slightly bored tone as the girl. "You?"
"Same." She told him, making the boy nod.
~ Konohagakure no Sato, Konoha Shōgakkō, 08:35 am, Class 1B ~
Rin was half way through calling out her new students names when the class room door slid open.
Rin was 5'6", with shoulder-length brown hair, and brown eyes. She had lightly tanned skin. She wore a knee-length black skirt, a black shirt, and white slippers.
She turned to see a panting man holding two children in his arms.
"Gomen we're late." He gasped out leaning against the door frame as the two children jumped out of his arms.
"Ohayo gozaimasu, I'm Namikaze Sakura, and this is Akasuna Sasori-kun, we're meant to be in this class." Sakura said with a small bow, ignoring her father who was still gasping for air.
"Ohayo gozaimasu, I'm your sensei, Souen-sensei. Please take the free seats in the back Namikaze-chan, Akasuna-kun." Rin said smiling at the two children, who made their way to the back of the class, before turning to the gasping parent. "Are you okay, Namikaze-san?"
"H-hai." He gasped.
"JIRAIYA!" A female shouted. "YOU PROMISED TO TAKE ME TO WORK!"
Jiraiya groaned, before getting up, bowing to Rin, then took off down the hall not wanting to keep his sister waiting any longer, making Rin blink, and the children to giggle.
"Your dad is weird." A girl said to Sakura.
She was 3'10", with purple hair in a spiky ponytail, and light brown eyes. She had lightly tanned skin, and wore a white blouse, a navy neck tie, a grey pleated skirt, over the knee white socks, and white slippers.
"Hai, he is." Sakura answered.
"I'm Mitarashi Anko." She said smiling at the pretty girl next to her.
"It's nice to meet you Mitarashi-chan." Sakura said.
"Call me Anko, we're friends after all." Anko said with a grin.
"Are we?" Sakura asked, tilting her head to the side as she looked at the purple haired girl.
"Yep." Anko said, grinning brightly, making a small smile appear on Sakura's lips.
"I'm glad." Sakura said softly.
Though Sakura didn't show it, or act like it, she liked making new friends. She was pleased she made a new friend on her first day of a new school.
~ Konohagakure no Sato, Konoha Shōgakkō, 11:30 AM, Playground ~
"Hyuga-kun!" Many high female voices screamed in delight seeing the Hyuga.
Hyuga Neji was 3'11", with just passed shoulder-length brown hair, pearl coloured eyes, and pale skin. He wore grey shorts, a white shirt, navy tie, white socks, and white sneakers.
His eyebrow twitched as a crowd of fangirls surrounded him, making scowl.
"Neji!" A female voice shouted, making the fangirls glare, and his scowl lighten.
Heading towards him was his three best friends, and two other children. Tenten, Lee, Sakura, and Neji had been friends since they were three years old. Sasori was also his friend, though he was mostly Sakura's friend.
Tenten was 3'10", with shoulder-length brown hair tied into two chinese buns, brown eyes, and tanned skin. She wore the schools uniform. Lee was 3'10" 3/4, black hair cut in a bowl cut, big black eyes, and big black eyebrows. He wore the school's uniform too.
Tenten was dragging Sakura, who was talking to their new class mate Anko, and Sasori, while Lee walked next to her grinning brightly.
"Tenten, Lee, Akasuna-kun, Sakura-chan, Mitarashi-san." Neji greeted with a nod.
"Youthful Rival!" Lee greeted in a shout, making Neji's eyebrow twitch.
"All ready breaking hearts, Neji-kun?" Sakura teased sitting under a malpe tree, with Anko sitting beside her, making Neji throw a glare at her.
"So what club are you guys joining? I was thinking of Judo, or Kendo, may be Track." Tenten said sitting down next to Sakura, as Sasori, Neji, and Lee sat to.
"Kendo." Neji answered.
"I already do Judo every Saturday with Naruto-kun, so I'll be doing Kendo." Sakura spoke up, making Tenten raise an eyebrow at her.
"I would of thought you were too lazy for that Sakura." Tenten said, thinking about all the times her cousin would fall asleep in class in kindergarten, and how she seemed to hate doing a lot of work.
"Naruto-kun said he wouldn't go to Judo on his own, so Kushina-ba-chan asked me to go with him, since you're already busy with Judo, and Karate, and Kyubi-kun didn't want to go to Judo since he likes Kyudo more." Sakura explained with a shrug. "I'd rather be sleeping, or watching the clouds."
Tenten shook her head, before looking at Lee, Sasori, and Anko.
"What about you guys?" Tenten asked.
"I'll be joining the youthful Judo club, Gai-sensei said I should train as much as I can so I remain youthful, even when I'm not training with him." Lee declared with a thumbs up.
"Kendo, or Baseball." Anko answered with a grin.
"Chiyo-baa-sama wishes me to join Baseball, but I wish to join the art club." Sasori answered.
"So you're joining art?" Sakura asked, though she knew the answer before Sasori nodded.
~ Konohagakure no Sato, Konoha Shōgakkō, Class 1B, 04:25 pm ~
"Now who can tell me who was the first two children of Izanagi no Mikoto, and Izanami no Mikoto?" Rin asked, looking around her class room looking at all the raised hands till she saw Sakura sleeping her head resting on her desk.
How long has she been sleeping for? Rin thought with a sweat drop.
"Namikaze-chan? Namikaze-chan?" Rin called. "NAMIKAZE-CHAN!"
Sakura shot up with a start, looking at her new sensei were slightly wide eyes, though her face was mostly blank.
"Hai, Souen-sensei?" She asked, as some of her new class mates giggled.
"Can you tell me who the first two children of Izanagi no Mikoto, and Izanami no Mikoto were?" Rin asked, a slightly twitch to her eyebrow.
"Hiruko who was later known as Ebisu, and Awashima." Sakura answered bored, covering her mouth after as she yawned.
"Very good, next time try to keep awake in my class Namikaze-chan." Rin said. "Since it's 4:30 you can pack up your books, and leave. Akasuna-kun, and Namikaze-chan have cleaning duty today."
Sasori rolled his eyes annoyed, and packed his books away into his black randoseru, as Sakura did the same with her red randoseru.
"See you tomorrow, Sakura-chan." Anko said, waving before she left.
Sakura, and Sasori both went to the back of the room, taking out a broom, mope, and bucket to clean the class room.
~ Konohagakure no Sato, Chiyo's Apartments, Apartment 23, 05:20 pm ~
"I'm home." Sakura said opening the apartment door.
"Welcome home!" Jiraiya greeted from the kitchen, a folded towel wrapped around his forehead, and his hair up in a high ponytail, and he was wearing an apron.
She slid her feet out of her sneakers, and placed them next to her father's shoes in the genkan, facing the door, before she stepped on the slightly raised platform to the apartment.
"Kushina called, she asked to see if your still doing Judo with Naruto on Saturday." Jiraiya said, chopping up some vegetables. "Since she didn't know if you wanted to stop going with him because of a club you join at school."
"I'll go." Sakura said, placing her randoseru next to the low table.
Though she wouldn't tell anyone, she enjoyed doing Judo with Naruto, and didn't really mind that it cut into her sleeping time.
"Good good." Jiraiya muttered, as he put the seafood in a light batter into the boiling oil.
"Tou-chan? Will you be go to Kumo for some research again soon?" Sakura asked, thinking of Kumo's many onsen, as she placed two sets of chopsticks on the low table, and two glasses.
"I'll be leaving on Showa day." He told her, making her nod.
"I see." She muttered to herself.
~ Konohagakure no Sato, Thursday 3rd April, Konoha Main Street, 04:50 pm ~
"I can't wait to get home so I can watch Tenshi Nami, she's so cool!" Anko exclaimed, stars in her eyes.
"Tenshi Nami?" Sakura questioned, from her place in the middle of Neji, and Sasori.
Anko turned to her shocked.
"You don't know who Tenshi Nami is?" She asked slowly.
"No, I don't watch T.V much." Sakura answered.
"Tenshi no Nami is the best female hero there ever was!" Anko exclaimed with fire in her eyes, slightly unnerving her friends. "She protects earth from the evil Orochi with her kick-ass bow, and arrows! And she goes to school like a normal kid! She beautiful with long blue hair, and light blue eyes, and goes by the name Nami Kairi at school, but when she's saving the world she's Tenshi Nami!"
"It seems your show is on T.V." Sasori said, looking for the window of the shop next to them at the T.V behind the glass.
Anko squealed, and stood in front of it, with Tenten, Lee, Neji, Sasori, and Sakura behind her, when she read on the headlines what was happening, her heart sunk, and her eyes widened with tears in them.
"They cancelled it." Sasori said blankly.
"NOOOOOOO!" Anko screamed, making Tenten, and Lee cower back as she clawed at the glass window, as she slid to her knees sobbing.
"There, there, Mitarashi-chan." Tenten said, as Lee, and her patted the crying purple haired girl on the back.
"I'm sure they'll bring Tenshi Nami back." Lee said soothingly, calming Anko down.
"Nope, they say it's cancelled forever." Sasori stated blankly, making Anko wail, and Tenten glare at him, while Lee tried to get Anko to stop crying.
"I don't think you should of said that, Sasori-kun." Sakura said, watching Anko break down because of her beloved Anime was cancelled.
"Baka, now we'll never make her stop crying." Neji said, watching as the only two emotional people who wasn't having a break down tried to calm her down, while he, Sakura, and Sasori just watched, ignoring the crowd watching them.
"Tenshi Nami!" Anko wailed, throwing herself into Tenten's arms, crying her eyes out.
"It'll be okay Mitarashi-chan, if you remain strong, and full of youth!" Lee exclaimed, with 'Good Guy Pose 33#'.
But it didn't work, for the young Mitarashi carried on crying, making Sakura sigh softly, before she grabbed the shorter girl's shoulder, and turned her to face her. With a quick snap of her hand, she slapped Anko across the face, making Anko stop crying, and look at Sakura with wide eyes, stunned that her friend had slapped her.
"Calm down, there's other Anime's out there you can watch." Sakura said.
S-sakura-chan? Anko thought, as she watched the sunlight hit Sakura, making her look like an angel in Anko's eyes, before her eyes went starry, and a blush came to her cheeks, and she threw herself into Sakura's arms.
"Arigato Sakura-chan." Anko said brightly, making the others sweat dropped.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Sasori muttered to Neji, who nodded in agreement.
Both boys had a feeling that this day started something they will wish never happened.
Koishii - Dearest/ Sweetheart.
Ossan - Old Man.
Hentai - Pervert.
Onsen - Hot spring.
Judo - Judo is perhaps the most popular of Japan's traditional martial arts. It was developed about a century ago from jujutsu (a form of weaponless self-defense) by one Professor Kano who founded the Kodokan, an institue for Judo.
Kendo - Japanese fencing.
Kyudo - Japanese archery.
Genkan - Entry way.
Fusuma - Sliding paper doors.
Shōgakkō - Elementary School.
Randoseru - Elementary School bags.