Sasuke could tell you everything about those first few seconds that she had walked in. The sun over head was casting sunlight over his arm as he sat in his assigned seat, the second row from the window, fourth seat back. The wind only blow in short bursts, coming in randomly through the open window and played with everyone's hair. The only noises were those of the Teacher, and the few shouts from outside where a class of first years were playing soccer. His mind immediately went back to the sound of her feet moving across the floor.

She wore her skirt at the actual length, not pulled higher like most girls at school. Her jacket was proper and neat, giving her a smart look, yet her face was so bright. Small faint freckles brushed only the area underneath her eyes, and they were so unnoticeable that Sasuke should have known by that, that something was up. Her hair kept falling over her eyes, giving her a shy overtone. Pink and pale was the shade of her hair, complimenting her pale skin very nicely. She made no audible noise, only nodding when the teacher said something to her. His eyes drifted over every part of her face, trying to will her hair to move away from her eyes so he could get that one last detail into his head.

Never had he felt such a pull, impulse, longing; then he did right now. Why, he didn't know, all he knew was that it was as foreign as then new girl standing up in front of the class. Her name hadn't even been said yet and here he was so occupied by her presence. This sparked irritation in him. Who was she to cause him to act this way? He quickly adverted his eyes, boring them instead on the sky outside. He body was tense as his mind kept trying to push his eyes back to her.

"Everyone, may I have your attention please?" Iruka-Sensei commanded suddenly. Sasuke eyes shot back to the girl. Damn it Sasuke growled to himself. "I am here to introduce Haruno Sakura. She is a transfer student from our brothering school, Hokage high. She will be completing the res of her senior year here with us, and we are very glad to welcome her here."

Sasuke noticed Iruka-Sensei hesitate. His eyes flicked to his teacher for only a moment to notice this. Grumbling in his head, Sasuke repositioned him self in his chair and glared out the window again. Sasuke didn't like this new girl, Sakura. He didn't like how his eyes kept getting drawn to her, how he marveled at her silent hidden beauty. He hated how he didn't know why he was doing these things. Sure Sasuke was popular with the ladies, but never had he felt drawn to one. He never asked for them to come near him, nor did he ever so much as touch one. So why then, did his curiosity peak when he thought of tasting her skin to feel its softness.

"Unfortunately," Sensei's voice cut through Sasuke's thoughts as he picked up speaking again. "Sakura here isn't able to talk. So please be patient with her as she adapts to this school."

Not able to talk? Sasuke's eyes widen a bit as he once again let his brain lead his eyes to her face. The first thing he saw was green. He breath stopped as he took in her eyes. They were turned downward as if staring at the floor, yet they looked unfocused. As if she was just blankly staring. Sasuke was taken back a bit. This girl who looked so beautiful had eyes that looked dead. He expected finicky eyes, those that should be on a girl that looked shy like she did. Maybe even determined eyes of a girl wanting to find her place here. But her eyes just looked dead. Sasuke leaned forward slightly.

"Sakura, if you please, would you have a seat next to Sasuke Uchiha. Raise your hand Uchiha." Sasuke snapped back to reality and his previous grumpy attitude came back. Sighing loudly, and glaring from under his eyebrows, he slowly and lazily raised his hand, his head coming to rest on the other hand, now propped up by his elbow. He heard her feet start walking as she made her way towards him, and his glared now dropped to the ground, not wanting to look at her any more. The moment she started down his row though, his eyes shot up watching her come towards him. Her eyes stayed on the ground as she walked, only to flicker up once to catch his eye. Flustered that she saw him staring, and panged with the same thought as why she looked vacant, he angrily turned his head away from her, a scowl on his face. He even went as far as to lean away from her, fingers tapping loudly on his desk. He didn't look at her any more during class, distracting himself as much as possible to keep from looking. Fueling his anger, he concluding she wasn't that pretty and that she probably was snotty smart. She was probably someone he hated, so that's just what he was going to do; Hate her.

"She's like a ghost." Kankuro muttered as they watched Sakura silently came into class. This was her seventh day, and so far Sasuke had successfully avoided any contact with her. He overcame that urge to look at her and now had barely spent more then a second each day on her face. Now here he was seated across the room, talking with his friends before the classes started. Kankuro was seated just so to where he was facing the door, and so had been the first one to notice her entrance. Sasuke didn't even glance over his shoulder. Neji, Sasuke other friend, followed her with his eyes. As expected Neji said nothing. While Sasuke preferred being alone and thus stayed silent, Neji was well just a quiet person. The quiet type, who when spoke, should be listened to.

"She doesn't even look at anybody. She does her work, and when shes finished she just stares outside. Its like shes a zombie." Kankuros voice, though quiet, was still a little loud for the almost empty class room. Sasuke could almost guarantee that Sakura had over heard this, thus causing him to scowl at Kankuro. "Dude why are you looking at me like that?"

Sasuke paused, and shook his head slightly realizing only then that he had felt like defending this girl he didn't even know. These past days, try as he might she was always in his head, always going from hiding her eyes to staring at him full on. His stomach twisted and he wanted to talk to her. But Sasuke knew she wouldn't talk back, or maybe it was she couldn't. All he knew was that he wanted her out of his mind. He didn't want to feel what he felt towards this girl he didn't know.

Just then Iruka Sensei walked in. Sasuke sighed and made his way to his desk. He slid past Sakura without so much as sound and smiled to himself for his strength of will.

Class continued on like this, much like every day since she had been here, with him catching small gusts of strawberries whenever the wind blow from her to him. He would shiver, enticed by the smell that fit her perfectly. Then whenever she moved, his peripheral vision would catch on it, and thus making him want to see what she did. Sasuke didn't lie when he said he had never felt this way. It was like her being was etching into his mind so profoundly it made him interested. Curious as to who she was underneath her silent dead exposure. She had no expression, no emotion, nothing to catch his attention but it did.

Sasuke grew up around his playboy of a brother. I mean sure, Itachi-Niisan was quiet, reserved like Sasuke, but Itachi had his fair share of girlfriends. Each one pretty, or pretty and smart. Each one knew what to say to make boys swoon. They knew what boys wanted in a girlfriend. Itachi ate it up, but Sasuke knew it was fake. He knew that wasn't who they are. They had interested him though. For someone to change their entire being just to get some attention from someone of the opposite sex, it was amazing. Sasuke knew that if he ever found love though, he wanted it to be for him, and not for someone he pretended to be.

But so far Sasuke never found anybody that peaked his interest like this girl stirred it. The closest had been a girl in his homeroom class his first year of high school. Karin. She was loud, proud, and spoke her mind. But the most she made him feel was silent approval. He liked that she stood up for her beliefs, but for the most part he found her annoying. She was probably the worst among the girls that liked to follow him around. After the first year though, he only rarely saw her. Which for him was good. Now he could applaud her spirit from a distance without her annoying come ons.

Sasuke's friend Neji, the quiet one had found a girlfriend though, last year. Everyone was surprised. A girl in the class down the hall, tall and thin, with brown shoulder length hair and tawny brown eyes. She was student body secretary, and was smart. They were a match made in heaven. Even though she talked a bit more then he did, she still said wise and profound things.

But Sasuke it was different. As before mentioned, his older brother dated a lot, and though this opened Sasuke to different women, it also opened him to the relationships. The arguing that ensued, the fights, the petty problems that at times seem stupid. Why would Sasuke put himself through this.

But the number one question still remained. Why was Sasuke even thinking about dating and relationships? He shook his head, focusing on what the teacher was saying. This all was becoming ridicules. He hadn't even talked to her. Enough of these thoughts about this girl, Sasuke thought as he jutted out his bottom lip angrily.

"Alright class dismissed"

Sasuke's eyes widened as his classmates got up and began a noisy exit to the door. Class over already? Did he really spend another class day thinking about her. That's it Sasuke grumbled. He was going to talk to her. He knew she couldn't reply, but maybe by him talking to her, he could finally see that in fact she wasn't nothing special. Standing up suddenly, slamming his hand on the table he quickly shot his head to the side, towards her desk.

Her desk laid there empty except for her school jacket. A glance around the room showed that in fact the class was empty too aside from Iruka Sensei. The noises from the hallway were dying down to, automatically meaning that everyone was heading outside. Sasuke grabbed her jacket, now reeling in the great opportunity to talk to her. He took off to the door.

"Careful Uchiha." Iruka's voice hit him as he reached the door. Sasuke paused looking back. Catching Sensei's eyes Sasuke stared blankly. Iruka frowned. "I don't Know why she's here. But I know she is not what she use to be. Something happened to her."

"Why are you telling me this?" Sasuke replied glaring. "I don't care about her."

"Oh really?" Iruka stared at the jacket hang limp in Sasuke's hand. "You've been distracted since she came. Glancing at her from the corner of your eyes. You can see a lot from the front of a classroom Sasuke."

Sasuke scowled. He didn't like her like that. She was just another student he had class with. She was nothing to him. She didn't even know his name probably. Sasuke bounded out the door before Sensei could say anything else. The hall was practically empty now as Sasuke maneuvered the corridors. His eyes flashed in fury, still irked at Iruka's comment. And like he didn't know something happened to her. It was obvious to anyone!

The hallway opened up into the front of the school, and Sasuke squinted at the sudden brightness, but it still didn't take him long to zero in on the pink haired girl. And quicker still to start his walk to her. Halfway there he called out her name but it was drowned out by the sounds of the other students. It wasn't until she walked out of the gate, and down the road did the crowd thin out and he jogged up behind her

"Haruno-San" She paused and turned around about the same time his arm grabbed on her elbow to stop her.

Then timed slowed. He opened his mouth to talk while bring up the jacket with the other hand, and then froze. Her dead emerald eyes seemed alive for that instant. Alive and scared. She was frozen in spot her eyes focused for once on nothing in particular. Sasuke didn't hear her exhale her breath, and she seemed to pale even more then she was natural.

"Hey are you ok?" Sasuke whispered. She looked completely terrified. Her eyes then traveled to his, so painfully slow. Once they connected, he saw her eyes mist over, her face crumpled up, and then she was falling. Without thinking his arms shot out to catch her, but the very moment he enclosed her she regained her legs and shoved herself away from him.

"No!"

Sasuke blinked. She just yelled no; her voice just yelled no. She was turned away from him, her arms pulling into her body. His hand twitched to touch her shoulder, to turn her around, but he thought better of it. It seemed whenever he touched her, he got bad reactions. Bullied? Maybe.

"Haruno-San, I meant no harm." His voice was quiet. "You left your jacket in class. I came to return it."

He saw a small nod, and then a moment later, she turned, her hair covering her face, much like when she first walked into class. Her hand came up to grab the jacket and while doing so he noticed it trembling.

"Sakura" He mumbled not thinking. "What happened to you?"

Her head shot up, the hair falling away from her eyes, and tears clinging to the corners. Her lip trembled, and the next second she twirled around, jacket in hand, and walked away. Sasuke thought about following her. But figured for now, that was good enough.

Maybe tomorrow he'll try talking to her normally. Maybe befriend her so he can find it out.

But then again, this was Sasuke were talking about. What does he care about befriending some girl.

Turning around it and heading back to school, he knew that for some reason he did care. And that pissed him off.