Hello to all readers of Naruto,
This is my third story for Naruto characters, filled with hardships and romance. While I looked at Damleg fanarts of Konoha High School, I developed another idea of writing a contrast story from it. I hope you all will like it. (Right after or during Attack in Konoha I will continue with this story.)
Chapter 1: Konoha High
Konoha High School was a distinguished school which stands apart for all the students. Students must work very hard and excel their learning progress, and their teachers were very strict and wait to see exceptions from every student. The school dress code was highly mandatory for all the students and there was never a day for free dress. Girls must wear standard black skirt and white shirt with knee-length socks, and boys wear white shirt and black pants. They all must change their own shoes into white school shoes.
There was Uchiha Sasuke, one of the top student in the school, was the most cutest and popular guy which every school girl was attracted to his looks. He has black eyes and chin length hair (spiky at back and side bangs). Truthfully, he is mostly a loner and self-centered person, but he has two friends he mostly hangs out with—Naruto Uzumaki and Sai. He was the nephew of the Police Chief Uchiha Madara, and he has an older brother, Itachi, who is studying in the USA. He personally lost his parents from a tragic car accident when he was six, and his uncle took him in and raised him since then. His main goal is to attend the police academy and train becoming a detective like his father was. Furthermore, he is also skilled in martial arts. Without anyone notice, he has a slight interest on Sakura because she is so different from all of his fangirls—her personality and academics; she always treat him like a normal classmate. Unlike his worst stalker (Karin), she would always seduce him by showing her chest and talking sexy, but he would disgustingly push her away and ignore her.
Naruto is Sasuke's childhood friend, and they have an inseparable bond. He has blue eyes and spiky blond hair), and he always wear a black headband with an orange swirl image and a black cloak over uniform. He was considered as a knucklehead and a pain in the neck to all teacher and classmate. He does very poor in all of his classes, and he would always complain at his teachers about test that he wasn't notified (he doesn't pay attention enough). He is an orphan but lives with his godfather and adoptive father, Jiraya, living with him; therefore, his mother died in childbirth and his father from a car accident when he was four. He mostly wears a blue crystal quartz necklace in the memory of his father. His father was the head of the Uzumaki Company; after his death, Jiraya took his place. Therefore, he wants to take over his father's business and work well like his father did before he died. In addition, he does poorly in all classes so that he attends summer school to get his credits. He doesn't know that Hyuga Hinata has a deep crush on him; however, he originally had romantic feelings for Sakura since elementary school. One time in middle school, he asked Sakura out on a date which she accepted friendly; then he eventually confessed to her but got rejected. However, they agreed to stay friends since then. Whenever he has problems, he has his friends helping and giving him advices.
Similar with Naruto, Sai is an orphan and lives in a home with his foster father, Danzo. He has pale skin, and black hair and eyes. He is a talented artist and won many art competitions; he is also smart in his classes. Furthermore, he had a foster brother named Shin who treated each other as real brothers and stood together. However, he lost Shin from a rare disease two years ago; thus he became lost with his emotions and shy toward people. He mostly hangs out with Naruto, who supports him to understand others, and he is very appreciative to him.
Hyuga Hinata is a quiet and shy student, but she is intelligent with excellent grades. She has dark blue hime hairstyle and white-lavender eye color. She has a deep crush on Naruto for his strong attitude of not giving up, and he holds courage and unity. Truthfully, her family is wealthy by her father running the Hyuga Company, and she is the heiress of the family business. She has an overprotective cousin, Neji, who despise Naruto and sees him as a brother. He always warns her about Naruto and calls him the son of a murderer. However, Hinata ignores him because she doesn't see Naruto that way at all.
Hyuga Neji is the cousin of Hinata and the nephew of the Hyuga Company headmaster. He has long brown hair and white-lavender eye color; also he is highly skilled in martial arts and respectful towards his teachers. He is dating Tenten and friends with Rock Lee. When he was six, his father died from a car accident and he heard some rumors in the family that Minato was responsible. Since that day, he held a grudge on Naruto, and he hates every time when he sees Naruto close with Hinata.
Yamanaka Ino is a popular girl with strong positive attitude and has passion for fashion. She has blue eyes and long blond hair, tied in a high ponytail with a bang covering her right-side face. Her mother owns a flower shop, and her father works as an interrogator for the police. When she was young, she saved Sakura from bullying and helped her gain confidence; they became friends with Hinata together. She is also unknown that Sakura is jealous of her self-confidence. She is personally dating Sai and understands his troubled emotions, so she teaches him with communication and to open up. In comparison, she is an expert of floral design and had won many schools' Spring Flower contest. Furthermore, her father is best friends with Sakura's father.
Last, Haruno Sakura is one of the prodigious female with many excellent grades; she is the second top student. Therefore, Naruto has liked her beauty and kind heart. She has bright pink waist-length hair and green eyes. She is the daughter of Haruno Kizashi who is Japan's well-known, bravest police detective for solving many crime and cold cases and arresting most dangerous wanted criminals. Her two best friends are Ino and Hinata since kindergarten, and they have always stayed by her side. When she was young, she was bullied by her classmates for her forehead; she had been called as Forehead. Until Ino came to her rescue and helped her gain confidence, and gave positivity about her forehead. She dreams about going to medical school in order to become a talented doctor and herbalist for medicine; as a result, her grandmother died from a terminal illness when she was five. She does community service and joins school science clubs for her resume; also she helped many school activities to her teachers. Whenever she is exhausted, she would go and sit under a cherry blossom in the school yard. She personally has a crush on Sasuke, but she keeps her distance to give his space. She often speaks with him whenever he has questions about class assignments and exam notes.
The worst of all in the school is Karin. She has red hair, one side long and the other uneven, and red eyes wearing glasses. She is a school troublemaker and gossipmonger because she bullies Sakura and her friends about their fashion taste and spreads rumors about them. She has a huge crush on Sasuke and tries everything but always fails to get his attention. She has a competitive attitude for fashion (similar with Ino), and she personally holds a grudge on Sakura for getting close with Sasuke. Every time she sees Sakura and Sasuke talking, she gets angry and plans something to do to Sakura.
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In a class:
Sakura was reading her history textbook, preparing herself for next week's test. On her desk, there were her notes which she was reading them all, along with her books. She studies every day in the same manner; even so she was her teachers' favorite student. Later, she got tired and dropped her things on her desk, rubbing her head to calm her stress. Studying every day really gave her a headache, but she was eager to focus and pass her classes.
"Hey, look at Forehead," Karin's blonde friend, Aiko, whispered. "She again looks dead from books." Karin giggled.
"Everyone, listen up!" Their teacher, Kakashi, announced. "Just to make sure that everyone knows that we have our next week's test, so study over weekend." Kakashi has been their teacher for three straight years; he has white spiky hair and face mask. No one knew why he was hiding his face or how he looks like, but they would imagine it in their minds.
"Hai!" all the students said. Naruto groaned and banged his forehead on his desk because he didn't know or noticed that they have a test next week. Thus, he doesn't have any notes or didn't study much. I'm so dead! He grew depressed aura above him.
After school-In the Girls Bathroom:
Ino was applying a shimmer-pink lip gloss which made her look beautiful. "You guys should try this on," she recommended them.
Hinata commented, "That color looks so pretty!"
"Are you trying to attract Sai, Ino?" Sakura asked with a smirk. Ino tensed and steamed red, chuckling nervously. Sakura and Hinata giggled for knowing Ino's crush on Sai. He was one of the cutest guy in the school, compared with Sasuke.
"Maybe he will ask you to make a painting of you," Hinata teased giggling. Ino grabbed Hinata by the shoulders and teased her about her crush on Naruto which also embarrassed her. Sakura laughed humorously.
"Well, if it isn't the three losers of Loserville," they heard Karin. She had her two friends with her; Aiko, and a dark wavy chestnut hair colored girl named Aya. "Trying to look pretty? Looks like you doing a horrible job."
Sakura and her friends glared deadly at her without insulting back. "What's wrong? Has a cat got your tongue?" She teased more. Karin and her friends laughed, but they still haven't heard them say anything back.
Sakura and her friends were scaring their enemy with glare and silence, for it was better to not say anything back to them. Sakura's parents had taught her to ignore people's mockeries and avoid starting catfights, so they told her to not say anything back to them. They stood there for another minute, and Karin grew impatient with their silence.
Before she said something else, Sakura told her friends, "Let's just go." She walked to the door while her friends followed her behind.
"Don't ignore me!" Karin angrily shouted and pushed Sakura hard right after she opened the door. Hinata and Ino gasped.
Outside, Sasuke noticed and caught her before she could hit the floor. Karin shrieked for seeing Sasuke holding Sakura in his arms. Hinata and Ino got surprised.
With Sasuke's help, Sakura stood on her feet and turned to see. "Thanks for saving me, Sasuke" Sakura thanked him kindly.
"Don't mention it," Sasuke shrugged as if it was nothing. He doesn't like receiving gratitude from anyone.
"Still," Sakura insisted. "See you around." She left and her friends followed her. Sasuke also left walking after looking at her for a second.
Karin was left there standing like an idiot with defeat. She growled with fury, "I will soon get that forehead." She decided to let it go for now and left with her friends following her.
To Naruto and Sasuke:
Naruto and Sasuke were on the ridge, chatting. "Teme, you know you can't be alone for all your life," Naruto said. "You should give someone a chance."
"Wait a minute! When did you become a woman expert?" Sasuke asked. "Was it from your date with Sakura after she rejected you in middle school?"
Naruto blushed nervously and looked away, "I'm not a woman expert, I just valued feelings." Sasuke sweat dropped for considering him as an idiot. Then, they heard a ring of a cell phone. Naruto looked at ID and answered, "Sai, what's up?"
Sasuke looked out thinking Maybe Naruto's right. I will need to give someone a chance. He admitted himself, but his only problem was that there is no one interests him. Suddenly, a cherry blossom petal caught his eyes A cherry blossom? And he touched it. There aren't any trees around here. He remembered the time he saw cherry blossoms one time before his parents died. It flew down, and there he saw Sakura on the zebra-crossing line.
Sakura… He watched her standing there lovely with her long pink hair flying in the air. She slowly turned and saw the cherry blossom petal. She smiled and touched it, and it flew away. She kept the smile after the petal gone away, and continued walking. He stared at her entirely; until she disappeared into the crowd. Could it be her?He wondered if the cherry blossom petal may have been a sign. Sakura is the girl for him?
"Hey, teme! We have plans to the mall tomorrow!" Naruto scared him out of his thought.
"Damn you, dobe!" Sasuke smacked him hard on the head. "Don't do that while I'm thinking!"
"Ow!" Naruto held his head to ease the pain. "Easy, man! You coming?!" He couldn't understand why Sasuke suddenly got so angry with him for what reason.
"Of course, I am!" Sasuke told him, still glaring at him. He groaned annoyingly and walked home, leaving Naruto confused. While walking, he kept thinking about Sakura; he has known her since elementary school. She is very different from all of his fangirls It could be her? Oh, I'll give it a rest for now.
To Sakura:
Sakura arrived home, "I'm home!" She removed her shoes and put on his pink slippers, and she hung her bag on a wall hanger.
"Sakura! Welcome home!" she heard her mother, Mebuki, replied and came to hug her. Her mother was a beautiful woman with short dark blond hair with side bangs and green eyes. He was wearing a sleeveless pink shirt and white short pants, and red slippers. She loves her family so much and shows devotion to her husband.
"Welcome home, cherry blossom!" She heard her father laughed, "How was school today?" Her father was sitting in his chair, reading newspaper. He has a dark pink short hair, tied in a short ponytail, with side bangs and blue eyes, and angular moustache. He was wearing black pants and white long sleeved shirt (sleeves rolled), and dark blue slippers. Outside home, he was considered handsome to all women, but he ignores them and keeps his eyes on his wife. What Sakura loves about him, he was very protective of his family, and honorable to bring justice and peace in all of Japan.
"It was fine! I finished my homework early in class!" she told him.
"That's good, honey." Her mother said, "Tomorrow you may have some time to relax and calm your mind." She was considerate for her daughter's well-being, yet she does want her daughter to do well in school.
"Thanks, mom." Sakura smiled for appreciating her mother's worries about her. "How about you, daddy? You solved more cases or made some arrest today?"
"Not today! Maybe next time I will," He giggled humorously. He always tells his family about every case he had been solving which Sakura would find them mysterious and adventurous. "Oh Sakura, meet me outside before dinner." She nodded and went to her bedroom.
