Title: "The Model Student and the Problem Pupil"
Chapter 1 - "A Reason To Go To School"
Ring…
Ring...
Ring…
There it goes again, alarm clock ringing but is always ignored until….
BANG!
Poor alarm clock, it's only trying to help but was thrown against the wall by its owner.
"Why are school days so… boring?" A girl with long pink hair and emerald eyes lifted up her blanket to be blinded by the morning sun. She groaned.
Haruno Sakura, that's her name. Class President since first grade until now in her fourth year in high school. Student Body president and is a consistent honor student. Everybody expects her to be the responsible type. The teachers' pet. Everything, they want her to become perfect. But they're wrong. She doesn't want any of it. She never did and never is.
Sakura, the name her friends call her, grabbed her towel and went inside the shower to take her morning hygiene.
"Lalalala…." She sings while scrubbing her head with shampoo, then conditioner, and then rinses it off and then scrubbing the soap all over her body then washing it away with the water from the shower.
When done, she dressed up in her uniform then proceeded in drying her hair in front of the electric fan. She doesn't want to use a blow dryer. Why? Just because. After drying her hair, she put enough powder on her face which is appropriate for her age. Then, she put some lip balm and tops it of with a lip gloss. She doesn't want to apply a blush on for she already has rosy cheeks. She walked right in front of her mirror and stared at herself.
"Here we go again… I hope that anybody could just understand the real me." With a sigh, she grabbed her messenger bag and went downstairs.
"Good morning, Sakura." Her mom greeted her the time she was seen going down.
"Good morning too, Ma." Sakura replied back with a smile and sat on one of the chairs in the dining table.
"What's for breakfast?"
"Scramble egg, hotdogs, and toasts."
"Ooh. Yummy." Sakura cooed then grabbed some scramble eggs and hotdogs and took some rice then started eating. Breakfast is always normal in her family, same routine, same people to see, same people to hear and no people to share. That's how Sakura feels. She can't tell her parents what she wants. Even her mother. She's afraid of disappointing her parents. Oh, and if you're asking where's her father? Her parents divorced when she was in fifth grade and it really had a huge impact on her. Apparently, her father has another woman at another house at the other end of the region. That's why she rarely sees her father.
When breakfast was done, she grabbed her backpack, jumped into her bike and she was off for school for another school year. Her final year in high school.
The wind is blowing itself to her hair and face. But, she doesn't mind. Actually, she loves it! Sakura has always been down-to-earth and a nature girl. She loves anything that involves nature.
Her kingdom came crumbling down when she heard a very, annoying noise made by a motorcycle that's passing her.
She can't see the owner because of the helmet but she exactly knows who it was. Sakura sighed then continued on her little journey to school.
Meanwhile, let's check out the other world.
A motorcycle made its stop in front of the school to glance a little then proceeded in parking it. The owner jumped off of it and took off the helmet. Messy black hair that is spiked up at the back and onyx eyes was seen. It was really a sight. How can somebody have no problem in their body but have a problem at school?
Uchiha Sasuke. That's him. The MVP since grade school until now. Great in any sport. For short, the problem pupil.
"Hey! If it's not our MVP?"
Onyx eyes averted from the school to a brown haired guy with onyx eyes that's twinkling with mischief. He smirked. This is the only reason why he wants to go to school. Friends. For Sasuke, even if the teachers aren't really much fond of him, he still has friends. Actually, a lot of friends.
Meet Sasuke's best friend. Uzumaki Naruto. Another problem pupil.
Sasuke extended his fisted hand to Naruto while Naruto did the same.
"Hey, how was your summer?" Sasuke asked Naruto when they started walking.
"Fine, with all the girls in the beach wearing bikinis." Naruto replied sarcastically while trying to search for something inside his backpack. Sasuke smirked.
"What are you rummaging in your trunk?"
"First of all, this is not a trunk. Second, I'm looking for the picture of the girl I met at the beach." Naruto snapped but softened by the last part. Sasuke mouthed an 'O' and proceeded walking, not waiting for Naruto.
However, a bike that rang its bell caught his attention. There, he saw the student body president, Sakura. That's what he likes to call her. For him, she looks so peaceful. But he knows that deep inside, a whole new person is just trying to emerge from her. The real her, the real Haruno Sakura.
His was snapped out of his thoughts when Naruto shoved the picture in front of his face. He grabbed the picture and scanned it.
"She looks… Fine." Sasuke muttered while handing the photo back to Naruto.
"Fine? Just Fine?!" Naruto screamed while trying to catch up to Enzo.
Sakura parked up her bike with Ino.
Ino is one of her friends; she is beautiful, good in sports and is an eye catch. A lot of guys like her but just one wrong move, one wrong hairstyle for her, you are already a whore. For example, for her, tying your hair to the side is a sign of a whore. What a girl.
But Sakura ignored all the negativities from her. She just wants to look at the bright side.
"So, I heard that you aced almost all of your exams?" Ino opened up a conversation. Sakura laughed.
"Not all, only two of them. Mathematics and Science." Sakura replied, her voice smoothing and warm. How can a girl be so calm and cool? Ino smirked.
"Don't try fooling with me, Sakura." Ino laughed a mockery one and pinched Sakura's face.
"Ow… Ow… Ino!" Sakura protested while trying to pry off Ino's fingers off of her face while walking inside the grounds.
"Good Morning, Sasuke!" Girls squealed as Sasuke passed by them.
"Good Morning." Sasuke gave them a warm smile while continuing on walking to his locker. Naruto just grabbed a bite to eat at the cafeteria saying that he missed breakfast because he thought he was late and blamed it all at his alarm clock.
Before Sasuke could reach his locker, a ball was thrown to him while he caught it at ease with his right hand.
"Good Morning too, Hyuuga." Sasuke said sarcastically. Hyuuga Neji laughed.
Hyuuga Neji has black hair that is tied up in a loose ponytail with clear eyes. Neji's greeting is throwing his basketball into people. That's his way of greeting and annoying people.
Neji rested his back beside Sasuke's locker while holding the basketball.
"So, where'd you gone for summer vacation?" Neji asked Sasuke who is currently grabbing his books for first period.
"Summer house with my cousins, how wonderful, so great I could just die." Sasuke replied sarcastically while mocking a clap. Neji smirked.
"Good Morning, Sakura, Ino." A boy who is talking to someone on the phone looked up to greet Sakura and Ino.
Sakura smiled and replied a 'Good Morning' too.
People who passed by Sakura and Ino greeted them. Sakura replied back with a smile while Ino just smiled at them.
They reached their lockers and met with their other friends.
Hinata, the vice president of the student body is also Jackie's best friend. She been with her since first grade and has known each other very well. A pretty girl with clear eyes. A responsible person but also a slacker sometimes. She and Jackie always get in trouble when there's only the two of them and Ten-Ten. She's also the cousin of Neji.
Ten-Ten is the secretary of the student body and is also one of Sakura's best friends. She has black hair but is always tied up in two buns so people doesn't really know if it's straight and also has black orbs. A very teasing person and can get annoying so much if she wants to.
Mika (OC) is also a member of the student body. She ran for the spot of vice president of the other party but lost to Mika. However, this didn't ruin their friendship. It only made the bond between the friends tighter. Camille has a brown hair that is layered which reaches her shoulder and brown orbs. Mika is always rumored in having a lot of boyfriends and is always falling in love at first sight. She may also like boys which caught the eyes of her other friends but doesn't make a move on them. Because for her, friendship is more important than boys. Hey, boys come and go, but friends stay.
And last but not the least, Marianne (OC). She is the treasurer of the student body and is also a pretty one. She's got straight black hair and side swept bangs and has piercing onyx orbs. She also has a crystal brace on her teeth. She is the girlfriend of Rick (OC), one of Sasuke's best friends. But that doesn't mean that just because she is in a relationship with Rick, she and her friends are close to Sasuke's gang. No, they meet but they only greet each other that's all.
"Good Morning, guys." Sakura greeted them while Ino just smiled at usual then proceeded in opening their own lockers just like their other friends.
"Good Morning to you too!" Mika chirped while opening her locker. The others just laughed at her hyper attitude.
"So, Marianne, I heard that Rick introduced you to his family this summer?" Ten-Ten teased while leaning on her locker, waiting for her friends.
Marianne paused for a moment then continued on what she was doing. When she was done, she faced Ten-Ten, with a smile adorning her face. Ten-Ten smiled then circled her arm around Marianne's then told her to spill the beans.
Sakura and the others also slammed their lockers shut and ran up to Ten-Ten and Marianne. Sakura and Mika positioned themselves beside Marianne to hear her story better while Ino and Hinata positioned themselves beside Ten-Ten. So from the left their position is like this:
Jackie, Mika, Marianne, Ten-Ten, Ino, Hinata.
"Well, his parents are really nice and all. His younger brother kissed me on the cheek when we are about to--" Marianne was interrupted when Ten-Ten butted in.
"Wait, what do you mean, 'we'?" Ten-Ten asked.
"Well, Rick is going to drive me home." Marianne explained.
"Really? He's such a gentleman!" Sakura squealed while clapping their hands.
"Okay, back to the story." Hinata ordered.
"Well, as I was saying before Ten-Ten rudely interrupted me, his younger brother kissed me on the cheek when we are about to leave. His parents also told me that I'm always welcome at their home and that I'm pretty and nice." Marianne finished.
"Well, no doubt about that." Ino agreed about the last part and received nods of agreement from the other girls. Then silence rein them for a minute, they looked at each other then suddenly ran with smile on their faces to their assigned classrooms. If you're a girl, you'll understand that.
"Really? That's cool; my parents never approved all of my girlfriends." Naruto shared his opinion and experience to the rest of the gang.
"Well, that's just because all the girlfriends you had, nothing is good." Adrian (OC) teased.
Adrian is a guy with messy chestnut hair and auburn eyes. He likes Mika but never shows it. He is also a basketball player and is good at other sports too.
Shikamaru (OC) and Rick laughed at what Adrian just mentioned.
Shikamaru is a guy who likes Ino secretly. He has spiky brown hair and onyx orbs which always looks so lazy. He's also good at volleyball and basketball. But do you know where he's an expert? In hiding his true feelings. He'd rather bottle it up inside even if his chest will already blow in all of the emotions that's bottling up inside. Just like Sasuke.
Rick is a happy-go-lucky guy. He always gets in trouble because of his pranks in school. Like putting frogs inside the girls' bathroom and blowing up the sprinklers in the grounds, wetting everyone who's there including him. He has straight black hair but he puts on gel on it to have it in style. He also has purple eyes which rarely had that intense gaze on someone.
Naruto mocked a mockery laugh at them.
"At least, I had girlfriends. How about you guys?" Naruto retorted.
"Well, you don't have to ask us. Ask Sasuke." Rick replied back.
"You don't have to ask me, I'm just waiting for a right time." Sasuke already said before Naruto could even ask. Silence reins over the group until Shikamaru broke it.
"There are rumors that you like Ino, Sasuke." Shikamaru pointed out.
"Yeah, I know. That stupid rumor is…" Sasuke trailed off shoving his hands inside his pocket while the boys leaned much closer to hear the answer.
"Is true." Sasuke finished with a shrug. The guys sweat dropped.
'This guy is so straight to the point.' Everyone thought. But one of them, deep inside is burning with jealousy.
"Come on, let's hurry up, we're already late." Sasuke said after the bell rang.
Sakura took her seat in the middle of the classroom to have a perfect view of the board and the teacher. She doesn't have the same class with her friends. The other students also took their seats. A while later, the teacher came, he has messy black hair and piercing onyx eyes.
"Good Morning, class." The teacher greeted them while walking up to the front.
"Good Morning, sir." The class replied to their homeroom adviser.
Their teacher took out a folder and started out the attendance. The list went on and on until everyone was called until…
"Uchiha?" No reply. Everyone murmured about the one who owns the name. The teacher groaned in annoyance.
"Has anyone here seen Sasuke?" The teacher asked. He perfectly knew who Sasuke is for he's also the coach of the basketball team. His name is Hatake Kakashi. The class answered 'no'. If you are thinking why he isn't late, well it's because he decided to be early on the first day of school. That' it.
Then the door opened. There, revealed Sasuke with his first and second button unbuttoned, his tie is loosened up and his backpack is simple slung over one shoulder, his right hand holding the strap of his bag while his other hand is shoved inside his pocket. He glance over a seat at the back and walked over it.
The teacher faked a cough but Sasuke chose to ignore it. This time, the teacher made it louder and Sasuke chose to recognize it.
"Sorry for being late." Sasuke said with an intense gaze to the teacher.
"You know that being you coach, I could just kick you ass off of the team." The teacher told him. The class laughed. Sasuke smirked.
"You know that being a blackbelt; I could just kick your ass." Sasuke retorted to the teacher. The class laughed louder. Sakura just shook her head.
"That's it young man." The teacher said sternly.
"What, detention on the first day of school?" Sasuke asked sarcastically.
"No. Okay class, get out of you seat, we'll be arranging the seats now for the first semester." The teacher ordered while the class groaned but got up anyway.
The students grabbed their bag and stand at the back of the classroom. Sakura stand beside the door and leaned her head on it while watching the scene before her.
Sasuke saw Sakura passed by him. He followed her even until she already leaned her head on the door. His removed his gaze from her when the teacher already started calling names.
Sir Kakashi pointed at two seats in front, then to the next one while calling names, then to the next one and go on. There are two seats in each table.
Sasuke and Sakura's thoughts were snapped back to reality when they heard their names being called.
"Uchiha!" Sir Kakashi pointed at a seat at the side beside the window. "Haruno!" He then pointed to the seat beside it.
When the two had the information sunk in their minds they immediately snapped their heads towards each other with shocked eyes.
Calm Emerald met Intense Onyx.
The Model Student met the Problem Pupil.
Finally, the story begins.
