Accidentally In Love

Volume 1, Where She Belongs

Chapter One, The Shrew And The Squire

Sakura POV

The day the stubborn shrew met her venomed squire,

An unlikely love, that took only an hour,

To riddle their hearts with confusion and chaos,

A love that would devour both and hold them captive forever.

Such a lapidarian road that lay a head.

But neither would protest,

They had nothing else they required,

For their love, was all they desired.


Beep, beep, beep, beep!

Nani... That noise... Shut up...

I lifted my head up from my futon and stared blankly at the pink anime cat digital alarm clock on top of a stack of books. The time glaring at me with bright red numbers.

7:24am

"Chikushō!" I yelled.

I jumped out of bed and threw on my school uniform, fixing my skirt a little and putting my glasses on. I quickly brushed my teeth and rushed to the door and into the hall way. I grabbed my school bag and attempted to pull on my sock while running and brushing my my hair, all at the same time. A deadly combonation that only spelled pain and complete disaster.

"Whoa!" I yelled as I landed head first on the floor.

"Itaaaa..." I groaned and rubbed the growing red mark on my forehead.

I could hear my big brother Sasori laughing from inside the kitchen. I felt a vein pulse in my forehead.

"Quit laughing bastard!" I snapped. picking myself up off the ground.

"Oh, did the kitty wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?" Sasori joked.

"Gotta go, Nii-chan!" I yelled.

"Hey wait a minute!" I heard Sasori yell.

Sasori rushed after me and placed a ripe red apple in my hand and ruffled my hair, laughing at my annoyed expression.

"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And so is lunch." He said as he gave me my bento box.

"Thanks Nii-chan." I said and gave him a quick hug.

"Have a good day."

"You too Nii-chan."

I darted out of the apartment complex, rushing down the stairs. I breathed in the smell of the fresh November morning air. The birds chirpping happily on their perch in a near by cherry blossom tree, the bright flowers having their winter slumber, not planing on making an appearance until spring.

"Oi! Sasuke-teme! Don't run away you coward!" I heard a certin energetic blond neighbor of mine yell.

His compainion, the ever serious Sasuke Uchiha, was not amused at his friends antics, chosing to ignore him and walk on.

"Hey! I'm talking to you!" Naruto yelled.

"Naruto-san, there are people who are still asleep in this area. It would be best to keep your voice down for now." The calm, melodic voice of one Itachi Uchha graced my ears.

Itachi-senpai...

I stared out a head of me, watching the trio make their way to the train station. I quickly crossed the road to get a better view of Itachi.

Itachi is Sasuke's older brother and he's a Senior. He's the High School president too. Itachi is talented at whatever he does. He's so perfect! I guess that's one of his many beautiful qualities that... Made me fall completely in love with him.

I've been in love with Itachi since the entrance ceremony when I entered Konoha Acadamy. I was one of the four scolarship students that year. Itachi was one of the upper classmen who came to congradulate us and give us the list of all the clubs in the school. He never even spoke to me.

Probably because I was as quiet as a mouse...

But I watched him. His graceful movements. He moved with such an air of confidance and self assurance, I couldn't help but stare and slightly envy his natural talent. I wanted nothing more than to watch him for the rest of my life.

Itachi is truly amazing...

I hid my blush as best I could and took a shorter rout to the train station, the oppiste to what the boys were taking.

Get real Sakura You're the clumsiest person in school. You fall over so much because of your stupid DD-36 chest and glasses, plus the fact that you're only 132cm tall, and he's around 177cm. And...

He doesn't even know I exist...


I got to the train station right on time and hopped onto the train. It was packed but I was lucky enough to grab a seat. I got comfortable and pulled out one of my favorite English plays, The Taming Of The Shrew by William Shakespere. I laughed to myself at Petrucio's comical ways of courting Katharina. I sighed in longing.

If only a man like that were to exist in real life... Well... The only one that does is way out of my league... Why was I born with such a horrible personality? I'm sour, violent, but shy around most people and I've never made friends... Well I tried but they all ended up stabbing me in the back. Friends are just worthless. They only turn around and hurt you.

The train made a stop and an elderly woman got onto the train. She seemed to be struggling with a heavy shopping bag so I got up to assist her. I may be a bit of a grouch, but I was raised to have some manners, so I let the woman have my seat.

"Oh, thank you so much." The woman breathed.

"No problem." I smiled and went to hold onto one of the rails.

Just as I reached the rail, someone took hold of my shoulder and shoved me into an open seat. I looked up to see a teen boy with blood red hair and glaring jade eyes. There was what was either a red tattoo or a scar on the top left portion of his forehead. It was kananji, but I couldn't quite make out what it was because his hair was in the way. And once I came out of my daze and imeadiatly tore into him for his rude behaviour. I mean seriously, he didn't have to throw me into the seat

"Hey!" I snapped.

He glared at me.

"Take my seat, you damn martyr." He growled.

I sent him a glare back, ten times as deadly. I attempted to get up but he pushed me down again.

"Just sit down." He said.

I huffed and did as I was told. It was only then that I noticed he was wearing the same school uniform as me. He was A Konoha Acadamy student aswell.

"You go to my school." I blurted out thoughtlessly.

He looked down at me with an annoyed expression.

"Very good. You're eye sight is brilliant." He mocked.

I narrowed my eyes. I may be one of the most terrifying and bad tempered people in Japan in the morning, but this guy is on par with me with his foul mood.

"What crawled up your ass and died this morning?" I snapped.

Our vicious banter lasted all the way to the school gates. Even as we left each other to go to our classes we hurled insults back and forth until we were out of hearing range. Things along the lines of 'baka' and other childish insults. I really needed to work at my comebacks, they were seriously lame. Even elementary kids would look at me like I'm the worlds biggest moron.

I sighed in deep relief, happy to be rid of that pig headed idiot. His family must be super rich if he's in this school.

I made my way to my locker, taking off my outdoor shoes and putting on my white indoor shoes. Just as I was about to leave for my class I was stopped by two of the most infuriating headaches on the planet.

"Mornin' my Busty Bitch!" Kiba yelled, Sai following him.

I took a deep breath, trying to calm my anger. But Sai came a bit too close to me for my liking, taking a lock of my hair in between his fingers, rolling it slightly, a wolfish grin plastered on is smug face. I slapped his hand away, boiling rage coursing through my veins.

That's it! I'm getting sick of this ass hole's shit!

"Fuck off Dick-wads." I growled.

"Oh, someone's very feisty this morning. What could have happened to my precious Saku-chan to make her so angry?" Sai purred, pinning me up against the row of lockers, making it impossible for me to escape.

Of course the idiot would leave his legs open. Seeing my chance at an escape I quickly brought up my knee and landed a deadly blow on his crotch. He fell to his knee's, holding his now crushed reproductive organs, howling in pain.

"Shit!" He yelled.

"Serves you right, damn bastard." I growled.


I made a run for it, making my way to my science class. The teacher, Kakashi-sensei, was always late so most of the class talked amongst their own little groups. I made my way to the back of the class room and, having no friends, nor acquaintances in the entire school, sat alone.

I enjoyed my quiet life to an extent. But there were times when I craved the interaction between me and another human being. Even though I was so lonely, I could never bring myself to make friends. I still carried such deep scars. Trusting people had gotten me hurt before. I wasn't so keen on getting hurt like that again. There was no way I would be able to survive that again.

I guess I'm just not suited to having friends. No matter how much I wish I could have other people who care about me. I mean, look at me, I'm sixteen and I've never made a friend or had a boyfriend. The only person I could ever love doesn't even know I exist. I'm a complete nobody.

I was glad with going unnoticed for the most part. It was an easy existence. I had good grades, didn't get into trouble, didn't hang out with bad groups of teens.

I took out my book and began to read again. I was half way through the third paragraph when I felt someone sit down in the seat next to me. I turned slightly to see who it was.

My eyes widened in recognition.

It's that red-haired ass hole from the train!


DUN DUN DUN!

So how do you like it so far?

Something a little different than the usually 'HighSchool' fic.

BTW! The word shrew is used to describe a woman given to violent, scolding, particularly nagging treatment, as in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew. The animals of the same name were believed historically to behave aggressively and with cruelty, and to have a venomous bite. The term "shrew" was then applied to a person thought to have a similar disposition.

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Chapter Two: There's Small Choice In Rotten Apples

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