A/N: Okay... I randomly got this idea. So... I don't know how this will turn out. Anyway, please read, for my sake, and reviews are much needed!!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Only the OC characters.

Chapter One – New and Rumored

I sighed angrily as I pushed a lock of my short black hair behind my right ear. I turned the black, plastic dial on my gray metal locker quickly and pulled up on the silver metal latch, opening it with ease. I tossed my math book in loudly. I grabbed my black gym bag and slammed my locker shut. I turned, my sheer blue eyes meeting green ones. I sighed, "What, Yamanaka?"

Ino, the popular girl in Konoha High School. Her long, blonde hair and skimpy purple clothing that always showed her midriff had almost all the guys' attention. She just stood there with her little posse that consisted of Tenten and Hinata Hyuuga. They used to be the quiet, kind girls, that was, until Ino got her talons on them.

I tapped my foot impatiently, "Well, if you're done staring idiotically, I have a class to get to. And last time I checked, you do, too." I stepped to the right to pass them, Ino stepped at the same time, still blocking me. I rolled my eyes, "I don't have time to play your stupid ass games. Now move."

Ino smirked and flipped her hair, "Oh, no. I'm not letting you go."

"Fine." I smiled sweetly, "I'll move you myself." Instantly, my smile was gone and in one swift movement, I had Ino against the lockers with my forearm against her neck. I spoke close to her ear, "I think we're done here." I let her drop to the ground roughly.

Tenten glared at me, "You're gonna pay for this!"

I cocked an eyebrow, "Yeah? What are you gonna do?"

She opened her mouth to speak but scoffed and turned to Ino, helping her. I walked through the halls, constantly getting scared looks, and made it to the gym finally. I was the first girl finished dressing, though I wasn't the first girl in there. I stood on the hard wood gym floor and stared at the ceiling until I heard someone jogging towards me, "Mana! What's up?"

I smiled and turned to my best guy-friend, Naruto Uzumaki, "Hey, Naruto. Just being harassed by the "it" group. Again."

Naruto nodded slightly, "Whatever "it" is, I'm sure it's not pretty."

I laughed lightly, "No kidding."

Just then, Gai-sensei burst into the gym in usual green jumpsuit, "Alright! Today, girls, you're staying inside and playing volleyball! Boys! You're outside running laps on the track field! Go!" Wow. He was way too enthusiastic about physical things. Naruto waved slightly to me and I returned it. Gai-sensei started to call out partners, "Next, Mana Hamasaki and Hinata Hyuuga! Here!" He chucked me a volleyball from across the gym and I caught it with ease. Great, I just loved life. Not.

I picked a spot on one side of a net and waited for Hinata to tear herself away from her "important" conversation about where to get a good manicure around Konoha. She walked to her place in front of me. I rolled my eyes and threw the ball up, smashing my fist into it. It soared over the net. Hinata's small form jumped in the air, hitting it back with a fraction of the force I used. I had to run to the net just to hit it. This time, Hinata didn't hit it back. It hit the ground and she picked it up, "Oops." She spoke, sarcastically.

I sighed, "Just serve it."

And she did, with more force than I thought she had. It neared me and I slammed my palm into it. I watched as Hinata just stood there as the ball hurled her way. The ball finally slammed her in the stomach with a loud thwack that seemed to echo throughout the gymnasium.

Gai-sensei, along with the rest of the class, was at her side in mere seconds. Hinata's eyes filled with tears, "G-Gai-sensei! Mana hit it too hard! I asked her not to!"

Gai-sensei shot me a sharp look, "Mana! What have we talked about being rough with the rest of the girls?!"

My jaw dropped. That sneaky little bitch. "What the hell?! I didn't- Ah, hell. I'm wasting my breath trying to explain."

Gai-sensei slightly glared at me and pointed to the doors that lead outside, "Run laps with the guys for the rest of class!" I started to walk towards the door. He shouted again, "I said run!"

I growled lowly and broke into a run. I glanced back at Hinata, her, Ino, and Tenten shot me smug looks. I rolled my eyes and jogged to the track field. I pulled my hair into a pony tail, watching the guys for a moment. Most were already sweating. It was pretty warm today. The guys wore baggy, white shirts with red basketball shorts with the Konoha Leaf symbol on the right short leg. And the girls? Tight, white shirts and red, way too tight, short shorts with the Leaf symbol on the butt. I found my blonde buddy and ran next to him, "Hey, Naruto."

He blinked a few times before realizing it was me, "Mana? Why are you...?"

I sighed, "Hinata faked an injury, making it look like I did it. So I'm our here for the rest of the class time."

We ran in silence for a few minutes before Naruto eyed me, "Why aren't you sweating? It's fucking hot today."

I shrugged, "I dunno. I just don't."

Someone neared us and chuckled, "I'm sure I could make you sweat." Kiba Inuzuka. The jock of the school. And the one dating Ino.

I side glanced at him as he came up on my opposite side, slapping my butt, "Don't you have a whore to fuck?"

Kiba chuckled, "Nah. She's no good anymore. I thought about exploring some new ground." He eyed me.

I smirked, "You really want to explore some new ground? Because I could help with that."

Kiba smiled, "Yeah!"

I laughed lightly and stuck out my foot quickly, tripping Kiba. I could hear his face make contact with the dirt. I turned around, jogging backwards, "There's your new ground! Have fun exploring it!" I turned back around.

Naruto chuckled, "That was awesome, Mana!"

I smiled, "Well, that's the only way I could think of getting him to leave me alone." I thought for a moment, "Mind if I go ahead?" My adrenaline was picking up and increasing. Naruto nodded. I broke into more of a sprint and passed all the guys, lapping them at least three times. I never really paid attention to who I passed and just ran.

When Gai-sensei poked his head outside the door to call for everyone that it was time to dress out, I finally stopped running. I had been the only one left on the field. The rest of the guys were too tired to continue. I sat on a bench beside Naruto and stole drinks from his bright orange water bottle. He looked at me, his face cherry red from running, "How can you run that fast for that long?"

I shrugged, my face only slightly pink, "Dunno. I just can." Naruto nodded. My eyes searched the area and locked on one person. He had pale skin and ink black hair that fell slightly into his onyx eyes. I had seen him in my first class this morning, "Naruto, who's that again? I forgot his name."

Naruto followed my gaze, "Oh, that's Sai. He's new today."

I nodded, "Ah, okay." I tossed his water bottle back to him and he almost didn't catch it, "I'm going. I'll see you at lunch, 'kay?"

Naruto nodded and I jogged into the gymnasium, changing into my blood red shirt and black pants. I didn't really sway too much from these colors. I found my locker, tossing my bag into it quickly and heading to lunch without making contact with anyone. I grabbed a water bottle from the cooler in the lunch line, cutting about thirty students and tossing the exact money to the lunch lady that worked the register. I got many angry yells from kids. I looked over my shoulder, blowing them kisses, "Love you, too!"

I made my way to the usual table I sat at and my friends were already there. I took my seat between Naruto and Shikamaru Nara. The rest of the table consisted of Sakura Haruno, Chouji Akimichi, Lee, and Shino Aburame. Yes, Sakura and I were the only girls. Less girls, less drama. I sipped at my water as the rest of the group indulged in small conversations about random things. My eyes scanned the cafeteria and fell on one person that was sitting alone. Sai. I furrowed my brows, why's he sitting alone? Well, I guess being the new kid didn't exactly mean you'd make best friends with anyone the first day.

The "end lunch" bell rang and my table parted ways. I grabbed my Literature book (that weighed at least five pounds) and made my way into Kakashi-sensei's class. Kakashi-sensei wore a white surgical mask everyday. He said it was to keep himself from getting sick. He read from the text book a story about a young girl who thought she was in love with a rich man, but her heart belonged to a mere commoner. I tuned Kakashi-sensei out and doodled on a piece of loose paper.

By the end of class, I had drawn about eleven different chibi forms of Kiba, face planting the dirt. I crumpled up the paper and tossed it in the trash while I left the classroom. I switched my math things for my black folder with a piece of silver duct tape across the front, labeling "Art".

I walked into the art room and took my assigned seat in the back alone. Thank goodness we had an odd number of students in this class. The tables were black and seated two people. We had the choice of our seating chart at the beginning of the school year and since no one wanted to sit with me, and I didn't want to sit with anyone, I was alone. Kurenai-sensei walked in, rather, I should say, Kurenai walked in. She had told us at the beginning of the school year to not use sensei, just Kurenai.

She had long, wavy black hair and wore white clothes that seemed to wrap around her body, showing her curves. She wore ruby red lipstick and her eyes were almost the same shade of her lipstick. "Class, we have a new student starting today. This is, Sai." The same kid from my first class, Social Studies with Asuma-sensei, and from my gym class walked in, his face void of emotion and clad in black. Kurenai's eyes swept the class and they fell on me, "Sai, you will be sitting in the back next to Mana, if that is alright with you."

I half-expected this kid to hiss like a cat and run from the room, seeing if someone had informed him of my reputation of beating the hell outta students and not caring who saw-

"I don't mind at all. Thank you, Kurenai." I blinked a few times as Sai made his way to the back of the room and sat next to me. He turned to me, plastering a fake smile in his flawless lips, "Hello, I am, Sai."

I nodded, "Yeah, I know. I'm Mana Hamasaki."

Sai still had that annoying smile on his face, "It's nice to meet you, Mana."

I raised an eyebrow, "Then, you haven't heard of my reputation around this school, have you?"

Sai nodded, "Actually, I have."

I blinked again, "Then, why are you being so nice and cool about it? Smiling and all."

Sai's smile stayed on his lips, "Because it does not bother me that you are a raging bitch. And a smile is supposed to be the best way to make a friend."

My eyebrow twitched, raging bitch? That's a new one, I guess. "Well, Sai. Get that damn fake smile off your lips before I smack it off, 'kay?"

Sai's smile faded and his face went back to emotionless, "If it makes you feel more comfortable, alright." He turned his attention to Kurenai as she started to speak.

"Alright, we're starting a new project. You're going to partner up." The rest of the class started to cheer but Kurenai held up her hand, silencing them, "I've already paired you up." Several groans erupted from the class, "As soon as I call your partners, you may either go to the cafeteria to make plans or the library to research. Your topic needs to have something to do with a couple from any novel. It can be a more recent published or from centuries ago. You are to create a piece of art before the end of the year based on the couple you chose. The characters must have some sort of relationship. The piece must depict either one or all the emotions of this relationship. Got it? I'm going to call out pairs now..." She started calling off the list and got to my name, "Mana Hamasaki, you were going to be alone, seeing as you requested that, but you're partners with Sai since he's new and you're the top student in here. You two are free to go."

I collected my things and was out in the hall, leaning against the lockers waiting for Sai. He stepped out the door, shutting it quietly, his onyx eyes stared at me, "Would you like to go to the cafeteria so you can be with your friends?"

I scoffed, "None of them are my friends. And I'm sure they're not yours either."

Sai nodded, "Then, shall we go to the library?"

"Sure, why not." I walked in the direction of the library with Sai next to me. I spoke after a long silence, "I'll do it."

He tilted his head slightly, "Do what?"

I sighed, "I'll do the project. I'm used to doing all the work. I've been doing the projects alone all year. I can handle it. And I'm sure you don't want to hang out with me all the time."

Sai surprised me by saying, "No. I want to help. Art is one of my specialties. And as for being with you for a long period of time? That, I don't mind either."

I forced away a slight blush. "Oh, okay." I regained my composure and walked into the library. I set my stuff at a table and Sai set his at the other end of the table. I started to search through shelves, Sai next to me. I turned to him, "I need to know something." I spoke quietly. Sai turned to me, listening, "If you agree to working with me, when I set a date to get together and work, do not back out on me. We'll work around whatever schedule you have, but after that, if you skimp out on me, you're dead. Got it?"

Sai nodded, "I understand. And I typically don't have plans so anytime would be fine."

I blinked, I didn't expect that either. "Well, okay. How about you come to my house Thursday at five pm?"

Sai nodded, "Just give me your address and I'll be there."

I nodded, pulling out a black ink pen and a piece of white paper, scribbling words onto it. "If I don't answer the door right away, just walk in. It's always unlocked." I handed him the paper.

Sai took it, eying it, memorizing it. He slipped it into his front pocket, "Alright. Have you found anything you want to use?"

I blinked, "Oh, no. Not yet." I opened my mouth to speak again until the intercom beeped on and the strong voice of our principal, Tsunade-sama, came on, "Mana Hamasaki. Please come to the office." It clicked off.

I sighed angrily, "Great."

Sai looked at me, "Do you know why you're going?"

"Either, it was because I slammed a girl with a volleyball, I made Kiba face plant into the track field, or because I slammed a girl into the lockers, choking her."

Sai nodded, "That could get you sent to the office for something."

I sighed, "I have detention after school. Again."

"You can tell by just being called?"

I smirked, "When you get in trouble as much as I do, you learn your punishment real quick." I slung my backpack over my shoulder and exited the library and headed for the office to face the wrath of Tsunade-sama. I walked in and stepped into Tsunade-sama's office, "Okay, I'm here. Detention, right?"

Tsunade-sama's hands were folded against her chin and she eyed my angrily, "Mana. Three things in one day. Why?"

I shrugged, "People piss me off easily. So I deal with it, my way."

She sighed, "You can't just beat the shit out everyone that irritates you!"

"Whoa now, Tsunade-sama. I thought it was against school code to cuss to students." I said sarcastically.

"You're the exception."

I smiled, "Aw, I'm flattered. Thank you."

"Just leave now."

I nodded and stood, "I'll be in the detention room after school. 'Kay?" Tsunade-sama nodded and waved me away. Yes, I was a trouble maker. Yes, my trouble always involved me hurting someone physically. But I wasn't one to flake on anything. Not even detention. I've gotten it so many times, and not once have I skipped it. That's probably why Tsunade-sama hasn't expelled me. I'm actually a good student, just a pain in the ass to everyone.

I made it back to the library and Sai was still searching the bookshelves. He glanced at me, "Were your predictions correct?"

I nodded and sighed, "Yeah. I'll be here for an extra hour after school." I kept my backpack on, seeing as we only had five minutes of school left. I placed my hands behind my head lazily, watching Sai carefully. He was precise in everything he did. If he pulled out a book, he took great care not to tear anything and when he put it back, it was with grace and purpose that it was in its exact place and position as before.

Two minutes left.

The intercom beeped again, Tsunade-sama spoke, "Sorry for the announcement. It has slipped my mind until now." Probably from drinking so much sake when none of the other teachers are around, I added silently, "The Konoha High School prom is this Friday from six pm to ten pm. It is a male choice dance. So ladies, don't ask a guy. That is all." It clicked off.

Sai blinked, "You guys have proms?"

I sighed, "It really sucks, but yes."

"You're not going, are you?" He asked.

"I prefer not to, but I always get yelled at for not going by Tsunade-sama. She thinks it's a good memory for every student. So anyone who doesn't go, gets an earful from her."

Sai nodded, "I see."

The bell rang. School's over. Finally.

"Well, I'm off to detention. See you." I turned and waved at Sai without looking. I got no verbal response so I figured he just waved back and I didn't see it. I found the detention room and sat for about five minutes, "Damn it." I had homework in Social Studies. I stood up, walking from the room and heading for my locker. I got my S.S. text book and turned back to the detention room. That was, until I heard the taunting voice of Kiba, "Where are you going, fag?"

A/N: Okay, how was it? Please, please, PLEASE review!!!

Kiba: Why am I so mean?

Me: Because I said so, that's why.

Kiba: That's a suck-ish reason.

Me: Deal with it.

Kiba: Ugh... Fine.