Chapter 1- The Mistake
It was late, but Lee was still awake. It was a Sunday night and he had school the next day, but he didn't care. He had to finish typing the letter he was going to give to a certain girl. (Cough Sakura cough.)
"The Power of Youth will keep me awake. Oh, my dear Cherry Blossom, you will finally know my feelings for you," Lee said to himself. He wanted it to be perfect and you could see 20 sheets of paper crumbled into balls in the trash can. It also didn't help that he was using a typewriter and you couldn't fix mistakes.
"Aha! I finally finished my letter to Sakura! Now all I have to do is put this inside her locker at school tomorrow and let fate do the rest," Lee said an hour later. The note said:
My Love,
I knew immediately when I first saw you that you were that one. I felt this connection between us and I knew instantly that I loved you. My heart burns with passion for you. I can't keep these emotions bottled inside any longer and I just had to tell you, even if you don't feel the same way. I'll wait for you, my love. Because even though we're young, I know what I feel about you.
Love,
Your Secret Admirer
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Where the hell is Lee? thought TenTen. She was absent on Friday and she asked Lee if she could borrow his History notes. But that sure wasn't going to happen since he wasn't even at school yet. " I swear I'm going to kick his ass when he shows up," TenTen said, trying to control her temper.
"Hello TenTen! My, you look youthful than ever!" Lee said, running up the school stairs. TenTen breathed deeply and calmed herself . "Lee, do you have your notes?" Lee nodded. A whole minute passed. "Could you give them to me?" TenTen asked, her hands into fists. "Sure," Lee answered. Another minute passed, they just stood there. TenTen was waiting, but couldn't take it. "NOW!" she yelled. "Oh, why didn't you say so," Lee said, rummaging through his backpack.
Now, what do I have in here? thought Lee. "No, that's not it. That's not it. I don't know what that is. Oh, here it is," Lee said and handed TenTen a piece of paper. "Thanks," TenTen said and walked to towards the library to copy the notes.
She went to the school's library and sat down the nearest table. She read the note and man was she shocked! "I felt this connection between us," TenTen read silently. "And I knew instantly that I loved you. Oh shit! Lee is in love with ME!"
"Excuse me Miss, but if you're going to yell then you must leave the library," the librarian said. But TenTen didn't hear her. She was in shock. "Miss, did you hear me?" the librarian said again. "Y-yeah. I'll just g-go now," TenTen stuttered. How could I not see it, she thought. All those times during practice when he would congratulate me on doing a good job. He wasn't being nice, he loved me. Oh shit! How am I gonna get myself out of this mess?
But TenTen's thoughts were interrupted by the bell. She went to her locker and got her science book. They were going to learn a ninja's body system and how their chakra affected them. Might as well leave this tupid note in my locker, TenTen thought and left to her class, not wanting to be late.
There was only one person left in the hallway. It was Gaara, and he noticed a piece of paper sticking ouy of TenTen's locker. "Hmmm... I wonder who gave this love letter to TenTen. It would be awful if it fell to the wrong hands," Gaara said and smirked to himself. Whoever thought of blackmailing should get a gold medal, thought Gaara.
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After first period ended, TenTen went to her locker to put her book back and saw that the letter was missing. "Damn it! Who took it?" she said to herself. "Don't panic, if someone did find it, they won't know it was mine. Problem solved."
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"Hey Gaara, did you study for the test today?" Sakura asked him. She sat next to him in Asuma Sensei's class.
"I don't need to study," he answered. He had the answers to the test written down in a piece of paper. He felt generous today, so he said," You know what Sakura? Because I'm such a good guy, I have a surprise for you. Inside my backpack there is a piece of paper. It has the answers to all your questions. Go get it."
My questions? thought Sakura. She was confused, but got it anyway. She had to read it in secret because they were taking a test. " I can't keep these emotions bottles inside any longer and I just had to tell you," Sakura read. "I'll wait for you, my love."
Inner Sakura
Now I know what he meant by questions. That idiot with no eyebrows thought this letter would be the answer to all my questions! What makes him think that I'll wait for him. What kind of solution is that?
Throughout the whole test, Sakura kept glancing at Gaara. He would stop looking at his test and give her a smirk. That smirk gave Sakura goosebumps. It could be worse, she thought. It could of been Chouji. Instead of having dinner with you, he'll probably eat you for dinner.
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While everybody was eating lunch, Lee was standing in front of Sakura's locker. He was looking for his letter but he couldn't find it. "It's okay. Maybe I misplaced it or something. Maybe it's still at home on my desk. After school ends, I'll go find it in my room," Lee said. "The power of Youth will guide me to the letter."
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Gaara. Wait, why am I thinking about Gaara? I like Sasuke, right? Yeah, I do like Sasuke. Then why can't I stop thinking about Gaara? I hardly ever noticed him, let alone talk to him, Sakura thought . She was so confused.
"Sakura, are you okay?" asked Kiba. He was sitting across from her in Study Hall and noticed that she looked disturbed by something. "Huh? Oh, I'm sorry. What did you say?" asked Sakura, who snapped out of her thoughts. Kiba seemed annoyed that nobody paid attention to him these days but repeated his question," I said if-."
"Can I trust you?" Sakura said, cutting him off. Kiba got more annoyed but nooded. "Well, have you ever thought of someone in a new way, but you like someone else. And this person that you keep thinking of, you don't really pay attention to him, but now youy can't get him out of your head," Sakura explained.
That person that she described sounded a lot like me, Kiba thought. "Kiba, do you get what I'm saying?" Sakura said."Oh, I know exactly what you're saying," Kiba said. "Good. At least someone understands," Sakura said and returned doing her work.
"Can you believe it Akamaru? Sakura has the hots for me!" Kiba whispered to his dog.
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Crap! I'm going to be late for P.E. and all because I was thinking about Gaara, thought Sakura. She was running in the hallway when she bumped into someone. All her stuff fell out of her backpack.
"How troublesome. Now I have to pick up my stuff," Shikamaru said. "Sorry Shikamaru. I didn't realize where I was going," Sakura apologized.They were busy grabbing their stuff quickly, that they weren't really paying a lot of attention to what they were grabbing.
"Here Shikamaru. I think this is yours," Sakura said, handing him a piece of paper. " How troublesome. Now I have more crap to put in my backpack," Shikamaru said, putting it inside his backpack. The bell rang. Great, now I'm late for class, Shikamaru thought.
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A/N: Well that was the end of my first chapter for my first fanfic. I know that I haven't mentioned some of the other characters, but they will be in the next chapter. Some of the characters might be a little OOC, but I'm trying to make them true to the characters on the show. Oh, and all the characters are 15 while Temari and Kankuro (who are older) are 17. Please review and NO FLAMES!