Hello! This is my first fanfiction, soooo… yeah. Bear with me, I'm not that good at the moment! ^.^''
I haven't actually watched very much of Naruto, so I don't know the character's personalities very well. Sorry if they are out of character. I'll try my best :)
And also, I don't speak Japanese very well, as I'm from Australia, so sorry if I misspell anything or if I add the wrong suffix to someone's name!
Oh and it's AU by the way. ^.^
- Michi-chan
Sixteen-year-old Haruno Sakura ran a hand through her bubblegum pink, shoulder-length hair.
"Hello, school number seven," she murmured under her breath, looking up through emerald green eyes at the large, redbrick school that seemed to loom over her like an ominous cloud.
She straightened her skirt and followed the crowd of teenagers surging through the front doors. As she entered inside the throng of people either turned left, turned right, or stood around chatting. Sakura noticed the large OFFICE sign nailed onto the wall opposite her. She quickly navigated her way through the crowd lithely and took a hold of the office doorknob like it was a lifeline.
Quickly stepping inside, she sighed in relief as she was separated from the large group of people who were, most likely, gawking at her bright pink hair.
She greeted the quiet atmosphere of the office gladly, before stepping towards the desk. The lady sitting there looked up at her and smiled.
"Hello, how can I help you?" she asked. Sakura looked at her nametag, which read 'SHIZUNE'.
"Ohayo, Shizune-san. I'm Haruno Sakura, I'm new." Sakura spoke.
"Oh! Sakura-san! We've been expecting you. Hang on, I'll print off the things you need now." Shizune turned to the computer and began printing off some papers.
"Okay, here's a map of the school, your subjects and just some basic information that you should know," Shizune said, handing her the papers.
"Arigatou, Shizune-san. Sayonara!" Sakura turned and headed back out the door, immediately pressing herself against the wall as to avoid as much of the crowd as possible.
The last thing I want to do is knock someone and get them mad, and then if they're popular everyone will hate me, and then I'll be a loner and school will suck (not that it already does), all in one day! Sakura thought to herself.
The bell rang loudly and the students began dispersing into their respective classrooms. Sakura hurriedly looked down at her timetable.
"English with Kakashi-sensei, room 404," she murmured to herself, shuffling the papers so that the map was on top.
Okay, so I take a left here… go up these stairs… turn left again… damnit where is room 404?! Sakura screamed mentally.
She noticed that the crowd had disappeared.
"Oh, crap…" she muttered. "Seriously, how goddamn hard is it to get to room 404?!"
Sakura studied the map intently, walking quickly. She turned a left, and crashed into something – rather, someone.
She fell back – Curse my clumsiness! – and landed on the floor.
"Fuck," she swore under her breath, before realizing someone was there.
"Oh, crap, I just swore. Shit, I did it again! Fu- fudge!" she said, now blushing madly. She got up and quickly bowed to the person. "Gomenasai, it's just, I'm new, I can't find my way to room 404, and I'm getting frustrated, and when I get frustrated I swear a lot, and – oh shit, I'm rambling. And I just swore again. Gomen!" she bowed again.
The boy said nothing. Sakura looked up at him and he was smirking. He had blood red hair, and green eyes, much like her own. The kanji for love was tattooed on his forehead.
"C'mon, I have that class too," he spoke, before turning around and walking off.
"Oh!" Sakura ran to catch up to him.
"I'm Haruno Sakura, by the way," she told him.
"Sabaku no Gaara," he replied.
"Nice to meet you, Gaara-san." She said politely.
He said nothing. Sakura figured that he wasn't much of a talker. Finally they got to their designation – room 404.
"Arigatou, Gaara-san," Sakura bowed again.
"Hn," he replied, and turned to walk off.
"Wait! Aren't – aren't you going to go inside?" she called out.
"Kakashi is always late. He won't be there for another fifteen minutes minimum," he spoke without turning around.
"Oh," Sakura murmured. She took a deep breath and opened the door.
The class was running rampant. They were all yelling, running around and throwing things. One boy with spiky blonde hair was jumping from desk to desk yelling loudly.
Fortunately, no one seemed to notice her entrance. She quietly slipped into a vacant seat at the back of the classroom.
Suddenly someone slammed their hands down onto her desk and she jumped, looking up. It was the blonde boy that had been jumping on the desks.
"Hi! I'm Uzumaki Naruto! Believe it! Are you new? Is your hair naturally pink? Where did you move from? How do you like the school? Is-"
A girl thwacked him over the head. "Quiet, Naruto!" she scolded. "You'll scare the poor girl!"
The girl had long blonde hair, part of it covering one of her eyes, the rest tied up. She smiled at Sakura.
"Sorry about that. I'm Yamanaka Ino, and this baka here is Naruto," she grinned, taking a seat by Sakura.
"Oh okay, I'm Haruno Sakura," she replied, smiling.
"So, you're new, eh? How's the school going for ya?" Ino asked as Naruto ran off to go do something else stupid (A/N I have nothing against Naruto, I just love it when he does random stupid things! :D)
"Yeah, it's okay. I got lost looking for this class though, but Gaara-san showed me where to go," Sakura replied. Ino stared at her, mouth agape.
"Sabaku no Gaara?"
"Yeah… why?"
"Sakura," Ino said, looking serious. "Gaara… isn't someone you want to make friends with. He's… he's dangerous."
Sakura looked at her confusedly. "He seemed nice to me…"
Ino shook her head hurriedly. "Please, Sakura. I like you, you're nice. Don't go near him, okay?"
Sakura looked down. "Okay…"
Ino brightened up and changed the subject. "Anyway! Can I see your timetable?"
"Sure, here," Sakura realized she was still clutching her papers in her hand and gave Ino her timetable.
PERIOD 1 – English: Kakashi-Sensei (Room 404) –Mixed class of grades 10 and 11-
"You have that with me, obviously," Ino grinned. "Tenten too, but she isn't here yet."
PERIOD 2 – Mathematics: Genma-Sensei (Room 612)
"I have that too, and so does Shikamaru," Ino commented.
BREAK
"I'll introduce you to the gang at break, okay? Well, except for Tenten, 'cause you two will meet in soon," Ino grinned at Sakura again.
PERIOD 3 & 4 – Gym: Gai Sensei (Gym) –Mixed class of grades 10 and 11-
LUNCH
"Hinata has Gym, so does Temari. Temari is a year older then us, but it's a mixed class. Oh and Lee, he's kinda weird but that's how we like him."
PERIOD 5 – Society and Environment: Kurenai-Sensei (Room 802)
PERIOD 6 – Science: Orochimaru-Sensei (Room 107)
"Tenten and Hinata have Society and Environment, and me and Shikamaru have science. There ya go, you know at least one person in each class!" Ino handed her timetable back.
"Arigato, Ino. You're really nice," Sakura replied, grinning widely.
"I know I am!" Ino replied, and they both laughed.
A girl with brunette hair tied up in two buns came up to the two girls.
"Hey Ino! Hey… ?" Tenten trailed off, not knowing Sakura's name.
"Oh! Haruno Sakura. You must be Tenten?" Sakura smiled timidly.
"Yup, that's me! Ino told you, eh? She better have been saying good things about me!" Tenten joked as she took a seat next to Ino.
Ino slung an arm around Tenten's shoulders. "Course I was! When do I say bad things about anyone?"
"All the time," Tenten retorted. Sakura laughed softly.
Suddenly the door slammed open loudly. Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at the door, deathly quiet. Gaara walked in, glaring at everyone. He glanced briefly at Sakura and she looked away quickly.
"What the hell are you all staring at?" He growled, taking a seat next to a boy with black hair, the back of it eerily resembling a duck's behind. Sakura noticed that Naruto was sitting next to duck-butt too.
Ino leant over to her. "See what I mean? He's not the nicest person ever. Him, Sasuke, Naruto and Neji are pretty much the leaders of this school. They get what they want, when they want. Well, except for Naruto, he's nice. But he's Sasuke's best friend, so he hangs out with him."
"Oh…" Sakura said quietly. She'd thought Gaara was nice, but obviously she was wrong.
She noticed a group of girls sitting behind the three boys giggling and throwing notes at them. She raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, that's their fanclub. Yeah, they have a fanclub," Tenten rolled her eyes.
Sakura laughed, then looked up as a girl stood in front of her desk, her arms crossed. She had red hair and glasses, and her skirt was so short it could have been worn as a belt. Her hair was ragged on one side, Sakura thought it looked really strange.
"Who are you?" she sneered.
"I'm Haruno Sakura," Sakura replied coldly; she didn't like this girl.
"Well, Pinky, I suggest that you stay away from Sasuke-kun. He's mine."
Sakura growled at the word Pinky. Oh God how she hated that word. She stood up, and glared at the girl.
"Pinky? That coming from the girl with the hair that looks like it lost a fight with a lawn mower?" Sakura hissed. By now everyone was staring at them, but she didn't care. No one called her Pinky. Except for one person, but…
"Listen, bitch," the girl spoke in her nasally voice. "You don't have the right to say that to me. I could get you beaten up easily."
Sakura smirked. Yeah, right.
Suddenly Tenten and Ino were on their feet, too.
"You really want to try that?" Tenten growled, having a stare down with the girl.
Redhead kept her glare up for a few seconds, but then faltered. She snorted and walked to her fanclub group.
The three girls grinned to each other and sat back down.
"Wow, Sakura, I thought that you were all shy and stuff. But that proves me wrong!" Ino laughed.
"Heh, I guess so. I don't take shit from anyone, that's all."
The door opened again. This time a middle-aged man walked in. He was wearing a scarf that covered his mouth and nose, and spiky grey hair.
"Yo," he said. "Sorry I'm late. You see, there was this pineapple-"
Suddenly Naruto was on the desk, pointing a finger that seemed to shoot daggers at Kakashi.
"LIES!" Naruto yelled loudly. Sakura giggled, Naruto seemed to be the funny one of the "Popular Four". She liked him.
"Naruto, sit down. Today, class, we're going to learn about…"
xxx
Sakura stretched happily as she stepped out of the Gym into the fresh air, devoid of the stench of sweat. She walked with Temari, Lee and Hinata, who she'd met at break. They walked to the usual spot where they all met up.
"So, Sakura," Temari started. "I've been wanting to ask you, but y'know, don't take offense or anything. Is your hair naturally pink?"
"Heh, yeah, it is. I guess it's a genetic malfunction or something," Sakura grinned.
"I think it is a very beautiful colour for a very beautiful girl!" Lee cried.
"Ehh… thanks?" Sakura replied, confused. Temari laughed, and Hinata giggled softly.
Eventually they got to the meeting place, which was a bench underneath a big evergreen tree. Everyone was already there – Ino, Tenten, Shikamaru, Choji, Temari's brother Kankuro, and now Sakura, Temari, Hinata and Lee.
Sakura took a seat on the grass, next to Ino. But as soon as she sat down, she heard that annoying voice behind her.
"Ino." Redhead – Sakura still hadn't gotten her name – said.
Ino stood up. "What, Karin?" she growled.
"I saw you flip Sasuke-kun the bird."
Ino grinned. "Heh, and?"
"Nobody does that to my Sasu-cakes."
Ino snorted, "Sasu-cakes? What the fuck is Sasu-cakes?"
Karin narrowed her eyes and raised a hand to slap Ino. But before she could do anything, her wrist was caught in an iron grip.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Sakura said dangerously, her hand encircling Karin's wrist.
"And why not?" Karin sneered.
Sakura bent Karin's arm. Karin hissed in pain.
"Because people could get hurt. And it sure as hell won't be Ino," Sakura spoke. She released Karin.
"Now get the hell out of my sight, you make me feel sick," Sakura growled.
Karin glared at her and turned to flee. "This isn't over, Pinky."
Sakura felt the anger boiling up. She was behind Karin in an instant and grabbed hold of her hair, tugging it painfully.
"Don't ever call me Pinky, ever." She growled again, before letting her go. Karin stumbled forward, before glancing back at Sakura's murderous face, and then turning and running off.
"Woo! Go Saku!" Tenten cheered. Sakura grinned at them and sat back down.
Xxx
"Did you see that?" Neji murmured. His pale eyes surveyed the scene.
"Sakura totally owned Karin!" Naruto punched a fist in the air. "She deserved it!"
"Hn." Sasuke crossed his arms over his chest.
Gaara said nothing. She is different…
Heh… so how was it? I feel like I didn't put enough detail in… sorry! It's late and I really need sleep. Should I keep going or should it be burned and never looked at again?
- Michi-chan