Author's Notes:

Yeah, so basically, all I wanted you to know is that this has nothing to do with the manga. It is NOT located in Konoha, but in a town.

Sakura is nothing like what she is in the manga and this is in regard with all the characters...

And let me make myself clear I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS

This story is dedicated to one of my friends' dad who sadly, is no more

This is just half of the chapter I actually intended to write.

Here I go-

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The worst of the worst classes, Math had just ended and now they could relax as the following class was a free period. Everyone were loosening themselves and starting friendly chats with their fellow students.

Haruno Sakura yawned widely and placed her legs on the desk. Settling herself comfortably, she closed her eyes. This was her life. You may consider it to be a de-ja-vu for a continuous three months. She would continue with her catnap for as long as their next teacher arrived. If Sakura felt that whatever the teacher was teaching wasn't worth her time, then she silently left the class, without as much bothering to take the teachers' permission. And even the teacher couldn't complain because Sakura was horribly good at everything she did. Nobody knew if that catnap was a guise she put on to avoid talking to people or just she was tired. But no one dared to ask her. No, they'd rather get killed than face her wrath. She never thought twice to hurt people and was believed to have her own Victims List.

What can be told was that Sakura was no ordinary girl. She was not at all girly-twirly and didn't care a pin for anyone. She loved lazing on the tree branches and disliked, or more like, despised drooling fan-girls, She always had an I-pod with her and of course, her beloved bag of books. But she isn't a nerd either. She's just a mix of all elements, turning her neutral.

Her name did not fit her description in any aspect, except that she has bright pink hair. She wore loose cargos and dark tops for the whole good part of her sixteen years life.She accessorised herself with a black leather jacket that day, combat boots for her feet and a few silver chains dangling off her waist. She daily wore a bracelet on her left hand, on which the words "Rise Again" were embossed, proving that she never gave up. Her attire never changed. All these dark colours contrasted with her light peach coloured skin and gave an eerie effect to her surroundings. Even boys feared her- and she was a girl.

Presently, her sleep was disturbed when someone nervously called her name. Sakura didn't even have the need to look at her caller, because she already knew who it was, Hyuuga Hinata, the shy, stuttering girl who was the class' favourite. Maybe it was because of the fact that she was a Hyuuga, the only daughter of the very rich people who owned The Hyuuga Enterprises, or it was her innocence that captivated everyone-- execpt Sakura. To her, Hinata was just an underconfident girl who accepted anyone as her friend. And Sakura despised such people. Hinata usually hung around with a group of boys who each has different characteristics. Sakura wondered what Hinata was doing out of her pack,

'S-Sakura?'

Sakura cracked open her eyes just enough to see Hinata peering down at her.

'S-Sakura, can I ask you s-something?'

Sakura had the full mind to say no and that she was disturbing her sleep, but she decided against it and gave Hinata a curt nod, signalling her to continue.

'C-Can I be your f-friend?'

Sakura's eyes opened to the fullest extent as she glared at Hinata. She wondered why she even decided to hear Hinata out. She scrutinized Hinata and the words underconfident, useless, pathetic, crossed her mind the very next second.

'No' , she replied loud enough for the whole class to hear.

'B-But--'

'Hyuuga, I said NO' , Sakura replied resuming her sleep.

Everyone turned their gaze to Hinata, who walked back to her seat with her head hidden in her coat collar, deeply embarrased. Uchiha Sasuke witnessed the whole thing from his seat and what was to be said was that his hatred towards Sakura only increased ten fold.

'Cold, heartless bitch!', he thought angrily.

But, (our friend) Uzumaki Naruto, who also witnessed the incident could not quiet control his temper like Sasuke and started yelling at her, face to face.

'Who do you think you are? Just because you are 'Oh So Powerful' doesn't mean that you can hurt other persons' feelings! What does Hinata see in you? That was the fifth time you turned down her offer! Well let me say this, you are nothing but someone hiding behind a false facade and certainly nothing more than thrash! You think you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth? You aren't even cool to hang out with! I don't know why Hinata keeps asking someone as bitchy as you to be her friend- ', anyone wise would have stopped on noticing Sakura giving out a deathly aura, but Naruto didn't even care whom he was up against with, so he continued, ' -but you must be happy she even asked that wothless opinion of yours'! And what was the need to offend Hinata? I know that you wantedly emabar- '

Sakura narrowed her eyes until they were mere slits. Placing a hand on his mouth, she hissed:

' Are you done? Because if you are, then I wanted to take a stroll', and without even waiting for his reply, she shoved him off and made her way to the door. Looking back at Naruto from the threshold of the door, she commented loudly:

'You bark worse than Akamaru', and with that, she took off.

Naruto stared at her retreating back, with his lower jaw somewhere on the floor.

'Wha-?', he started idiotically. Slowly he made his way back to his group,

'Man, Naruto, I thought that you were going to rest in pieces today', Rock Lee said, looking at Naruto through his youthful, jet black orbs.

'Troublesome', Nara Shikamaru muttered his favourite catch phrase.

Naruto simply huffed and pursed his lips.

'She's actually right when she said that Naruto barks worse than Akamaru. She's got something', Sasuke said, ruining his reputation by talking something other than his favourite word/sentence, 'hn',

Naruto decided to let the insult pass but instead asked him,

"You mean to say you like her?'

Sasuke looked at him as though he had been seriously offended.

'Who in their right mind would like her? She's a complete egoistic gal', Sasuke declared.

'Well said. my youthful flower of handsomeness!' Lee yelled, punching his fist in the air.

'Troublesome', Shikamaru muttered yet again, not knowing quiet what to say.

'Anyway Hinata, why did you want to be friends with someone who has an ego higher than the Mt.Everest itself?' , Naruto asked something sensible for once.

'W-Well, I've been watching her since she joined this school three months ago, and everyday was the same, a loner. And because I knew that being lonely is painful, I wanted to help her.'

'But its as though she enjoys being lonely', Lee said taking in what she said.

'That's the point. People with a weak cause give in when someone comes with an offer of friendship. But Sakura seems to have a strong reason for not having friends. Its like she's determined not to have friends', Hinata said, speaking the most words she ever had in that day.

'But what they themselves don't know-', she continued,' -is that they actually need friends. That need eats them inside out and they still don't realise what's wrong with them. Trust me, I've seen a lot of such people and they did not turn out- well- normal', she said looking down at her shoes, wondering if she was just embarrasing herself even more, if that's possible,

The silence that greeted her at the end of her speech just added to her discomfort. Everyone looked at her in silent admiration. Who knew that the ever silent Hinata could be such an observant?

'Wow! Hinata I never knew you could observe so keenly! Believe it! ', Naruto screamed enthusiastically, which caused Hinata to turn into a deep shade of red. The boys, excepting Sasuke, didn't know if she was blushing or was further embarrased.

'But why do you want to help her? Its clear she's denying your help', Sasuke asked her.

''I don't want her to turn the way others did. Sakura maybe a stuck up sometimes and I agree she's always Ms. Bossy Boots. But believe me, she's kind at heart and helpful at intentions.'

Just as she spoke these words. the bell rang, sending a message that the free period was over. The teacher walked in and Sasuke wondered if it was even worth their time talking about Sakura when they clearly could have used the time for more useful things. The last class for the day and the week began with Sakura dozing off on the branch of a tree.

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If you noticed, there has been a pathetic attempt at humour in this chapter. I promise that won't happen again because I just realised how bad I suck at writing humour.

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